Verse 31
Akshi
सन्तोषामोदमधुरा प्रथमोदेति भूमिका । भूमिप्रोदितमात्रोऽन्तरमृताङ्कुरिकेव सा ॥ एषा हि परिमृष्टान्तः संन्यासा प्रसवैकभूः । द्वितीयां च तृतीयां च भूमिकां प्राप्नुयात्ततः ॥ श्रेष्ठा सर्वगता ह्येषा तृतीया भूमिकात्र हि । भवति प्रोज्झिताशेषसंकल्पकलनः पुमान् ॥ भूमिकात्रितयाभ्यासादज्ञाने क्षयमागते । समं सर्वत्र पश्यन्ति चतुर्थीं भूमिकां गताः ॥ अद्वैते स्थैर्यमायाते द्वैते च प्रशमं गते । पश्यन्ति स्वप्नवल्लोकं चतुर्थीं भूमिकां गताः ॥
सन्तोष-आमोद-मधुरा । प्रथमा उदेति भूमिका । भूमि-प्रोदित-मात्रः । अन्तरम् । ऋत-अङ्कुरिका-इव । सा ॥ एषा हि । परिमृष्ट-अन्तः । संन्यासा । प्रसव-एक-भूः । द्वितीयाम् च । तृतीयाम् च । भूमिकाम् । प्राप्नुयात् । ततः ॥ श्रेष्ठा । सर्व-गता हि । एषा । तृतीया भूमिका । अत्र हि । भवति । प्रोज्झित-अशेष-संकल्प-कलनः । पुमान् ॥ भूमिका-त्रितय-अभ्यासात् । अज्ञाने । क्षयम् आगते । समम् । सर्वत्र । पश्यन्ति । चतुर्थीम् । भूमिकाम् । गताः ॥ अद्वैते । स्थैर्यम् आयाते । द्वैते च । प्रशमम् गते । पश्यन्ति । स्वप्न-वत् । लोकम् । चतुर्थीम् । भूमिकाम् । गताः ॥
santoṣāmodamadhurā prathamodeti bhūmikā | bhūmiprodītamātro 'ntaramṛtāṅkurikeva sā || eṣā hi parimṛṣṭāntaḥ saṃnyāsā prasavaikabhūḥ | dvitīyāṃ ca tṛtīyāṃ ca bhūmikāṃ prāpnuyāt tataḥ || śreṣṭhā sarvagatā hyeṣā tṛtīyā bhūmikātra hi | bhavati projjhitāśeṣasaṅkalpakalanaḥ pumān || bhūmikātritayābhyāsād ajñāne kṣayam āgate | samaṃ sarvatra paśyanti caturthīṃ bhūmikāṃ gatāḥ || advaite sthairyam āyāte dvaite ca praśamaṃ gate | paśyanti svapnaval lokaṃ caturthīṃ bhūmikāṃ gatāḥ ||
ਸੰਤੋਖ ਦੇ ਆਨੰਦ ਨਾਲ ਮਿੱਠੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਭੂਮਿਕਾ ਉਦਿਤ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ; ਉਹ ਉਦਿਤ ਹੋਣ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਅੰਦਰ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਦਾ ਅੰਕੁਰ ਜਿਹਾ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹੀ ਸੰਨਿਆਸ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਅੰਤ ਛੂਹ ਲਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਆਤਮਿਕ ਜਨਮ ਦੀ ਇਕੋ ਭੂਮੀ ਹੈ; ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਦੂਜੀ ਤੇ ਤੀਜੀ ਭੂਮਿਕਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ। ਇੱਥੇ ਤੀਜੀ ਭੂਮਿਕਾ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਅਤੇ ਸਰਵਵਿਆਪੀ ਹੈ; ਉਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਸਭ ਸੰਕਲਪ-ਕਲਪਨਾਵਾਂ ਤਿਆਗ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਤਿੰਨ ਭੂਮਿਕਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਨਾਲ ਜਦ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਨਾਸ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇ, ਚੌਥੀ ਭੂਮਿਕਾ ਵਾਲੇ ਹਰ ਥਾਂ ਸਮਤਾ ਵੇਖਦੇ ਹਨ। ਅਦ੍ਵੈਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਥਿਰਤਾ ਆਵੇ ਅਤੇ ਦ੍ਵੈਤ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਚੌਥੀ ਭੂਮਿਕਾ ਵਾਲੇ ਜਗਤ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਪਨੇ ਵਾਂਗ ਵੇਖਦੇ ਹਨ।
The first stage arises, sweet with the joy of contentment; as soon as that stage has arisen, within there is (something) like a sprout of immortality. For this is renunciation whose end has been well-touched, the single ground of (spiritual) birth; from it one should then attain the second and the third stages. This third stage here is indeed excellent and all-pervading; in it the person becomes one who has cast away all constructions of intention. By practice of the three stages, when ignorance has come to destruction, those who have reached the fourth stage see equality everywhere. When steadiness in non-duality has come, and duality has subsided, those who have reached the fourth stage see the world as if a dream.