Spanda Karika · Chapter 3

tṛtīyo niḥṣyandaḥ
yathecchābhyarthito dhātā jāgrato 'rthān hṛdi sthitān
somasūryodayaṃ kṛtvā sampādayati dehinaḥ || 1 |
tathā svapne 'py abhīṣṭārthān praṇayasyānatikramāt |
nityaṃ sphuṭataraṃ madhye sthito 'vaśyaṃ prakāśayet

anyathā tu svatantrā syāt sṛṣṭis taddharmakatvataḥ |
satataṃ laukikasyeva jāgratsvapnapadadvaye

yathā hi artho 'sphuṭo dṛṣṭaḥ sāvadhāne 'pi cetasi |
bhūyaḥ sphuṭataro bhāti svabalodyogabhāvitaḥ

tathā yat paramārthena yena yatra yathā sthitam |
tat tathā balam ākramya na cirāt sampravartate

durbalo 'pi tadākramya yataḥ kārye pravartate |
ācchādayed bubhukṣāṃ ca tathā yo 'ti bubhukṣitaḥ

anenādhiṣṭhite dehe yathā sarvajñatādayaḥ |
tathā svātmany adhiṣṭhānāt sarvatraivam bhaviṣyati

glānir vilu.ṅthikā dehe tasyāścājñānataḥ sṛtiḥ |
tad unmeṣaviluptaṃ cet kutaḥ sā syād ahetukā

ekacintāprasaktasya yataḥ syād aparodayaḥ |
unmeṣaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ svayaṃ tam upalakṣayet

ato bindur ato nādo rūpam asmād ato rasaḥ |
pravartante 'cireṇaiva kṣobhakatvena dehinaḥ

didṛkṣayeva sarvārthān yadā vyāpyāvatiṣṭhate |
tadā kiṃ bahunoktena svayam eva avabhotsyate

prabuddhaḥ sarvadā tiṣṭhej jñānenālokya gocaram |
ekatrāropayet sarvaṃ tato 'nyena na pīḍyate

śabdarāśisamutthasya śaktivargasya bhogyatām |
kalāviluptavibhavo gataḥ san sa paśuḥ smṛtaḥ

parāmṛtarasāpāyas tasya yaḥ pratyayodbhavaḥ |
tenāsvatantratām eti sa ca tanmātragocaraḥ

svarūpāvaraṇe cāsya śaktayaḥ satatotthitāḥ |
yataḥ śabdānuvedhena na vinā pratyayodbhavaḥ

seyaṃ kriyātmikā śaktiḥ śivasya paśuvartinī |
bandhayitrī svamārgasthā jñāta siddhyupapādikā

tanmātrodayarūpena mano 'haṃbuddhivartinā |
puryaṣṭakena saṃruddhas taduttham pratyayodbhavam

bhuṅkte paravaśo bhogaṃ tadbhāvāt saṃsared ataḥ |
saṃsṛtipralayasyāsya kāraṇaṃ sampracakṣmahe

yadā tv ekatra saṃrūḍhas tadā tasya layodayau |
niyacchan bhoktṛtām eti tataś cakreśvaro bhavet