কৰ্ম কিং পৰং কৰ্ম তজ্জডম্ ॥ 1 ॥
- কৰ্তুঃ আজ্ঞযা (kartuḥ ājñayā)by the ordinance of the Doer
- প্ৰাপ্যতে (prāpyate)is obtained
- ফলম্ (phalam)the fruit
- কৰ্ম (karma)action
- কিম্ পৰম্ (kim param)how then should it be supreme
- কৰ্ম (karma)action
- তত্ জডম্ (tat jaḍam)that is a thing insentient
ফলমশাশ্ৱতং গতিনিৰোধকম্ ॥ 2 ॥
- কৃতি-মহা-উদধৌ (kṛti-mahā-udadhau)into the great ocean of doing
- পতন-কাৰণম্ (patana-kāraṇam)the cause of falling
- ফলম্ (phalam)its fruit
- অশাশ্ৱতম্ (aśāśvatam)impermanent
- গতি-নিৰোধকম্ (gati-nirodhakam)blocking the way onward
চিত্তশোধকং মুক্তিসাধকম্ ॥ 3 ॥
- ঈশ্ৱৰ-অৰ্পিতম্ (īśvara-arpitam)offered up to the Lord
- ন ইচ্ছযা কৃতম্ (na icchayā kṛtam)not done out of desire
- চিত্ত-শোধকম্ (citta-śodhakam)cleanser of the mind
- মুক্তি-সাধকম্ (mukti-sādhakam)bringer of release
পূজনং জপশ্চিন্তনং ক্ৰমাত্ ॥ 4 ॥
- কায-ৱাক্-মনঃ (kāya-vāk-manaḥ)by body, by speech, by mind
- কাৰ্যম্ (kāryam)the work to be done
- উত্তমম্ (uttamam)each higher than the last
- পূজনম্ (pūjanam)ritual worship
- জপঃ (japaḥ)repetition of the name
- চিন্তনম্ (cintanam)contemplation
- ক্ৰমাত্ (kramāt)in that order
অষ্টমূৰ্তিভৃদ্দেৱপূজনম্ ॥ 5 ॥
- জগতঃ (jagataḥ)of the world
- ঈশ-ধী-যুক্ত-সেৱনম্ (īśa-dhī-yukta-sevanam)service rendered holding the thought that it is the Lord
- অষ্ট-মূৰ্তি-ভৃত্-দেৱ-পূজনম্ (aṣṭa-mūrti-bhṛt-deva-pūjanam)is worship of the God who bears the eight forms
চিত্তজং জপধ্যানমুত্তমম্ ॥ 6 ॥
- উত্তমঃ (uttamaḥ)better
- স্তৱাত্ (stavāt)than praise cried aloud
- উচ্চ-মন্দতঃ (ucca-mandataḥ)is the low-voiced murmur
- চিত্ত-জম্ (citta-jam)that born within the mind
- জপ-ধ্যানম্ (japa-dhyānam)repetition become meditation
- উত্তমম্ (uttamam)is best of all
সৰলচিন্তনং ৱিৰলতঃ পৰম্ ॥ 7 ॥
- আজ্য-ধাৰযা (ājya-dhārayā)like an unbroken pouring of ghee
- স্ৰোতসা সমম্ (srotasā samam)even as a running stream
- সৰল-চিন্তনম্ (sarala-cintanam)contemplation straight and unbroken
- ৱিৰলতঃ পৰম্ (viralataḥ param)is higher than that which comes in fits
ভাৱনাঽভিদা পাৱনী মতা ॥ 8 ॥
- ভেদ-ভাৱনাত্ (bheda-bhāvanāt)than holding the sense of difference
- সঃ অহম্ ইতি (saḥ aham iti)“He am I”
- অসৌ (asau)that
- ভাৱনা (bhāvanā)contemplation
- অভিদা (abhidā)of no-difference
- পাৱনী (pāvanī)purifying
- মতা (matā)is held to be
ভাৱনাবলাদ্ভক্তিৰুত্তমা ॥ 9 ॥
- ভাৱ-শূন্য-সদ্-ভাৱ-সু-স্থিতিঃ (bhāva-śūnya-sad-bhāva-su-sthitiḥ)firm abiding in pure Being, empty of every notion
- ভাৱনা-বলাত্ (bhāvanā-balāt)by the strength of that contemplation
- ভক্তিঃ উত্তমা (bhaktiḥ uttamā)is devotion at its highest
ভক্তিযোগবোধাশ্চ নিশ্চিতম্ ॥ 10 ॥
- হৃদ্-স্থলে (hṛd-sthale)in the place of the Heart
- মনঃ (manaḥ)the mind
- স্ৱ-স্থতা (sva-sthatā)its settling into itself
- ক্ৰিযা (kriyā)this is action
- ভক্তি-যোগ-বোধাঃ (bhakti-yoga-bodhāḥ)and devotion, yoga and knowledge as well
- চ (ca)and
- নিশ্চিতম্ (niścitam)of this there is no doubt
জালপক্ষিৱদ্ৰোধসাধনম্ ॥ 11 ॥
- ৱাযু-ৰোধনাত্ (vāyu-rodhanāt)by the restraining of the breath
- লীযতে মনঃ (līyate manaḥ)the mind is absorbed
- জাল-পক্ষি-ৱত্ (jāla-pakṣi-vat)as a bird is held in a net
- ৰোধ-সাধনম্ (rodha-sādhanam)such is the means of restraint
শাখযোৰ্দ্ৱযী শক্তিমূলকা ॥ 12 ॥
- চিত্ত-ৱাযৱঃ (citta-vāyavaḥ)mind and breath
- চিত্-ক্ৰিযা-যুতাঃ (cit-kriyā-yutāḥ)joined the one to knowing, the other to doing
- শাখযোঃ দ্ৱযী (śākhayoḥ dvayī)a pair of branches
- শক্তি-মূলকা (śakti-mūlakā)rooted in a single power
লযগতং পুনৰ্ভৱতি নো মৃতম্ ॥ 13 ॥
- লয-ৱিনাশনে (laya-vināśane)subsiding and destruction
- উভয-ৰোধনে (ubhaya-rodhane)are the two ways of restraint
- লয-গতম্ (laya-gatam)what has merely subsided
- পুনঃ ভৱতি (punaḥ bhavati)rises again
- নো মৃতম্ (no mṛtam)what is dead does not
একচিন্তনান্নাশমেত্যদঃ ॥ 14 ॥
- প্ৰাণ-বন্ধনাত্ (prāṇa-bandhanāt)through the binding of the breath
- লীন-মানসম্ (līna-mānasam)the mind that has subsided
- এক-চিন্তনাত্ (eka-cintanāt)by contemplation of the One
- নাশম্ এতি (nāśam eti)comes to its destruction
- অদঃ (adaḥ)that mind
কৃত্যমস্তি কিং স্ৱস্থিতিং যতঃ ॥ 15 ॥
- নষ্ট-মানস-উত্কৃষ্ট-যোগিনঃ (naṣṭa-mānasa-utkṛṣṭa-yoginaḥ)for the surpassing yogin whose mind is destroyed
- কৃত্যম্ অস্তি কিম্ (kṛtyam asti kim)what work remains to be done
- স্ৱ-স্থিতিম্ (sva-sthitim)his own true state
- যতঃ (yataḥ)since he has reached
চিত্ত্ৱদৰ্শনং তত্ত্ৱদৰ্শনম্ ॥ 16 ॥
- দৃশ্য-ৱাৰিতম্ (dṛśya-vāritam)turned back from the things it saw
- চিত্তম্ (cittam)the mind
- আত্মনঃ (ātmanaḥ)of the Self
- চিত্ত্ৱ-দৰ্শনম্ (cittva-darśanam)the beholding of its own nature as consciousness
- তত্ত্ৱ-দৰ্শনম্ (tattva-darśanam)is the beholding of Reality itself
নৈৱ মানসং মাৰ্গ আৰ্জৱাত্ ॥ 17 ॥
- মানসম্ তু কিম্ (mānasam tu kim)“what then is this mind?”
- মাৰ্গণে কৃতে (mārgaṇe kṛte)when the search is made
- ন এৱ মানসম্ (na eva mānasam)there is no mind at all
- মাৰ্গঃ আৰ্জৱাত্ (mārgaḥ ārjavāt)this is the path, by its very directness
ৱৃত্তযো মনো ৱিদ্ধ্যহং মনঃ ॥ 18 ॥
- ৱৃত্তযঃ (vṛttayaḥ)the mind’s movements
- তু (tu)indeed
- অহম্-ৱৃত্তিম্ আশ্ৰিতাঃ (aham-vṛttim āśritāḥ)rest upon the “I”-thought
- ৱৃত্তযঃ মনঃ (vṛttayaḥ manaḥ)those movements are the mind
- ৱিদ্ধি (viddhi)know then
- অহম্ মনঃ (aham manaḥ)the “I” is the mind
অযি পতত্যহং নিজৱিচাৰণম্ ॥ 19 ॥
- অহম্ অযম্ (aham ayam)this “I”
- কুতঃ ভৱতি (kutaḥ bhavati)whence does it arise
- চিন্ৱতঃ (cinvataḥ)for one who searches it out
- অযি (ayi)lo
- পততি অহম্ (patati aham)the “I” falls away
- নিজ-ৱিচাৰণম্ (nija-vicāraṇam)this is the inquiry into oneself
স্ফুৰতি হৃত্স্ৱযং পৰমপূৰ্ণসত্ ॥ 20 ॥
- অহমি নাশ-ভাজি (ahami nāśa-bhāji)when the “I” has met its destruction
- অহম্-অহন্তযা (aham-ahantayā)as the pure “I-I”
- স্ফুৰতি (sphurati)there shines forth
- হৃত্ (hṛt)in the Heart
- স্ৱযম্ (svayam)of itself
- পৰম-পূৰ্ণ-সত্ (parama-pūrṇa-sat)the supreme and perfect Being
অহমিলীনকেঽপ্যলযসত্তযা ॥ 21 ॥
- ইদম্ (idam)this
- অহম্-পদ-অভিখ্যম্ (aham-pada-abhikhyam)is what the word “I” names
- অন্ৱহম্ (anvaham)at every moment
- অহমি লীনকে অপি (ahami līnake api)even when the “I” has subsided
- অলয-সত্তযা (alaya-sattayā)by a being that itself never subsides
নাহমেকসত্তজ্জডং হ্যসত্ ॥ 22 ॥
- ৱিগ্ৰহ-ইন্দ্ৰিয-প্ৰাণ-ধী-তমঃ (vigraha-indriya-prāṇa-dhī-tamaḥ)body, senses, breath, intellect and the darkness of ignorance
- ন অহম্ (na aham)I am none of these
- এক-সত্ (eka-sat)I am the one Being
- তত্ জডম্ (tat jaḍam)they are insentient
- হি অসত্ (hi asat)and therefore unreal
সত্তযা হি চিচ্চিত্তযা হ্যহম্ ॥ 23 ॥
- সত্ত্ৱ-ভাসিকা (sattva-bhāsikā)that which lights up Being
- চিত্ (cit)is consciousness
- ক্ৱ ৱা ইতৰা (kva vā itarā)where then is any other
- সত্তযা হি (sattayā hi)since in its very being
- চিত্ (cit)it is consciousness
- চিত্তযা হি (cittayā hi)and in its very consciousness
- অহম্ (aham)it is “I”
সত্স্ৱভাৱতো ৱস্তু কেৱলম্ ॥ 24 ॥
- ঈশ-জীৱযোঃ (īśa-jīvayoḥ)of the Lord and the individual soul
- ৱেষ-ধী-ভিদা (veṣa-dhī-bhidā)the difference lies in the garb and in the notion of it
- সত্-স্ৱভাৱতঃ (sat-svabhāvataḥ)in their true nature as Being
- ৱস্তু কেৱলম্ (vastu kevalam)the substance is one alone
ঈশদৰ্শনং স্ৱাত্মৰূপতঃ ॥ 25 ॥
- ৱেষ-হানতঃ (veṣa-hānataḥ)by the putting off of the garb
- স্ৱ-আত্ম-দৰ্শনম্ (sva-ātma-darśanam)comes the seeing of one’s own Self
- ঈশ-দৰ্শনম্ (īśa-darśanam)and that is the seeing of the Lord
- স্ৱ-আত্ম-ৰূপতঃ (sva-ātma-rūpataḥ)since his very form is one’s own Self
আত্মনিৰ্দ্ৱযাদাত্মনিষ্ঠতা ॥ 26 ॥
- আত্ম-সংস্থিতিঃ (ātma-saṃsthitiḥ)to abide as the Self
- স্ৱ-আত্ম-দৰ্শনম্ (sva-ātma-darśanam)is to see the Self
- আত্ম-নিৰ্দ্ৱযাত্ (ātma-nirdvayāt)since the Self is without a second
- আত্ম-নিষ্ঠতা (ātma-niṣṭhatā)it is standing firm in the Self
জ্ঞানমস্তি কিং জ্ঞাতুমন্তৰম্ ॥ 27 ॥
- জ্ঞান-ৱৰ্জিতা (jñāna-varjitā)devoid of knowledge
- অজ্ঞান-হীন-চিত্ (ajñāna-hīna-cit)consciousness free of ignorance too
- জ্ঞানম্ অস্তি (jñānam asti)such is Knowledge
- কিম্ জ্ঞাতুম্ অন্তৰম্ (kim jñātum antaram)what other thing is left to be known
অৱ্যযাঽভৱাঽঽপূৰ্ণচিত্সুখম্ ॥ 28 ॥
- কিম্ স্ৱ-ৰূপম্ ইতি (kim sva-rūpam iti)“what is my own nature?”
- আত্ম-দৰ্শনে (ātma-darśane)when the Self is so beheld
- অৱ্যযা (avyayā)imperishable
- অভৱা (abhavā)unborn
- আপূৰ্ণ-চিত্-সুখম্ (āpūrṇa-cit-sukham)the brimming bliss that is consciousness
ৱিন্দতীহ জীৱস্তু দৈৱিকঃ ॥ 29 ॥
- বন্ধ-মুক্তি-অতীতম্ (bandha-mukti-atītam)beyond both bondage and release
- পৰম্ সুখম্ (param sukham)the supreme happiness
- ৱিন্দতি (vindati)he finds
- ইহ (iha)here, in this very life
- জীৱঃ তু দৈৱিকঃ (jīvaḥ tu daivikaḥ)the individual, become divine
মহদিদন্তপো ৰমনৱাগিযম্ ॥ 30 ॥
- অহম্-অপেতকম্ (aham-apetakam)that from which the “I” has departed
- নিজ-ৱিভানকম্ (nija-vibhānakam)shining forth as its own self
- মহত্ ইদম্ তপঃ (mahat idam tapaḥ)this is the great austerity
- ৰমণ-ৱাক্ ইযম্ (ramaṇa-vāk iyam)these are Ramaṇa’s words
