.:' k5eiR ." 6;O5y u ;m dev; that which is auspicious; Adorable Ones, .:' p6yem;=i.yRj+;" 0 with our eyes may we see that which is auspicious; while praising the gods with iSqrwrwStuuv;sStnUi. steady limbs, may we enjoy the life that is VyRxem deviht' yd;yu" 00 allotted by the gods. May Indra of ancient fame be auspicious to SviSt n IN:o vOv;" us; may Pusan and the Visva-Devas be SviSt n" pUW; ivved;" 0 propitious to us; may Tarksya, of unhampered movement, be well disposed SviSt nSt;yoR airneim" towards us; may Brihaspati ensure our welfare. SviSt no bOhSpitdR/;tu 00 Aum! Peace! Peace! Peace! x;iNt" x;iNt" x;iNt" 00
1. Aum, this syllable is all this. An
aoimTyetd=rimdsv] tSyopVy;<y;n' explanation of that. All that is past, the .ut' .vivyidit svRmo;r Ev 0 present and the future, all this is only the syllable aum. And whatever else there is y;Nyt9 +k;l;t7t' tdPyo;r Ev 00!00 beyond the threefold time, that too is only the syllable aum. 2. All this is verily, Brahman. This self is svR etd9 b[ ;ym;Tm; b Brahman. This same self has four quarters. soym;Tm; ctuy;t9 00@00 3. The first quarter is Vaisvanara, whose j;girtSq;no bih[pD" s; sphere is the waking state, who cognises Ekoniv'xitmu," SqUl.uGvw;nr" external objects, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths and who experiences p[ qm" p;d" 00#00 gross objects. 4. The second quarter is taijasa, whose SvpSq;noNt"[pD" s; Ekoniv'xitmu," sphere is the dream state, who cognises p[ iviv.uk9 twjso t7y" p;d" 00$00 internal objects, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and who experiences the subtle objects. 5. Where one, being fast asleep, does not y+ suo n kn k;m' k;myte desire any desire whatsoever and does not n kn Svp' pyit tTsuWu m9 0 see any dream whatsoever, that is deep sleep. The third quarter is prajna, whose suWu Sq;n Ek7.Ut" p[ D;n`n Ev;nNdmyo sphere is the state of deep sleep, who has become one, who is verily, a mass of ;nNd.uk9 cetomu," p[ ;DStOt7y" p;d" 00%00 cognition, who is full of bliss and who experiences bliss, whose face is thought. 6. This is the lord of all, this is the knower EW svr EW svRD EWoNty;RMyeW of all, this is the inner controller; this is the yoin" svRSy p[ .v;Pyy ih .Ut;n;m9 00^00 source of all; this is the beginning and the end of beings. 7. Turiya is not that which cognises the N;;Nt"[pD' n bih[pD' no.yt"[pD' n internal, not that which cognises the p[ D;n`n' n p[ D' n;[pDm9 0 external, not what cognises both of them, not a mass of cognition, not cognitive, not amVyvh;yRmg[ ;ml=5micNTym non-cognitive. It is unseen, incapable of being spoken of, unnameable, the essence Vypdeymek;Tm[pTyys;r' p[ popxm' of the knowledge of the one self, that into which the world is resolved, the peaceful, x;Nt' ixvmwt' ctuq] the benign, the non-dual, such, they think, is the fourth quarter. He is the self; He is to mNyNte s a;Tm; s ivDey" 00&00 be known. 8. This is the self, which is of the nature Soym;Tm;?y=rmo;roi/m;+' p;d; m;+; of the syllable aum, in regard to its m;+; p;d; ak;r k;ro mk;r Iit 00*00 elements. The quarters are the elements, the elements are the quarters, namely the letter, a, the letter u, and the letter m. 9. Vaisvanara, whose sphere is the j;girtSq;no vw;nrok;r" p[ qm; waking state, is the letter a, the first m;+;er;idm_v;;poit h vw element, either from the root ap to obtain or from being the first. He who knows this, sv;RNk;m;n;id .vit y Ev' ved 00(00 obtains, verily, all desires, also he becomes first. 10. Taijasa, whose sphere is the dream SvpSq;nStwjs k;ro it7y; state, is the letter u, the second element, m;+oTkW;Rd.u yTv;oTkWRit h vw from exaltation or inter-mediateness. He who knows this exalts, verily, the D;nsNtit' sm;n .vit continuity of knowledge and he becomes equal; in his family is born no one who n;Sy;[bivTkule .vit y Ev' ved 00!)00 does not know Brahman. 11. Prajna, whose sphere is the state of suWu Sq;n" p[ ;Do mk;rStOt7y; m;+; deep sleep is the letter m, the third element, imterp7tev;R imnoit h v; Id either from the root mi, to measure or because of merging. He who knows this svRmp7it .vit y Ev' ved 00!!00 measures all this and merges also. 12. The fourth is that which has no am;+tuqoRVyvh;yR" p[ popxm" ixvowt elements, which cannot be spoken of, into Evm;e;r a;Tmwv s'ivxTy;Tmn;Tm;n' y Ev' which the world is resolved, benign, non- dual. Thus the syllable aum is the very self. ved y Ev' ved 00!@00 He who knows it thus enters the self with his self.