Exposition Of My Metaphysics (AI Assisted)

एकशून्यविस्फारस्तोत्रम्

Ekaśūnya-Visphāra-Stotram

एकस्य मौनात् सृष्टेः विस्फारपर्यन्तम्

प्रथमः स्तवः — एकम्

The One

नासीत् द्वितीयं न च किञ्चिदन्यत्। एकं परं ब्रह्म बभूव केवलम्॥ न व्योम न द्यौर्न दिशो न कालः। स्वयम्प्रकाशं तदभूदनन्तम्॥

Transliteration

Nāsīt dvitīyaṃ na ca kiñcid anyat, ekaṃ paraṃ brahma babhūva kevalam. Na vyoma na dyaur na diśo na kālaḥ, svayaṃprakāśaṃ tad abhūd anantam.

Meaning

There was no second, nor anything else. The One, supreme Brahman, alone existed. There was no sky, no heaven, no direction, no time. It was infinite, self-luminous.

द्वितीयः स्तवः — एकाकित्वम्

Primordial aloneness

एकाकि तिष्ठन् परमः सनातनः। नान्यं ददर्श स्वयमेव केवलः॥ कस्येह साक्षी भवतु स्वयम्प्रभुः? कं वा निरीक्षेत् परिपूर्णचेतनः॥

Transliteration

Ekāki tiṣṭhan paramaḥ sanātanaḥ, nānyaṃ dadarśa svayam eva kevalaḥ. Kasy eha sākṣī bhavatu svayaṃprabhuḥ? Kaṃ vā nirīkṣeta paripūrṇacetanaḥ?

Meaning

The eternal Supreme stood alone. It beheld no other; it alone was. Of what could the self-luminous Lord be the witness? Whom could infinite consciousness behold?

तृतीयः स्तवः — स्वदर्शनम्

Self-observation

स्वं द्रष्टुमिच्छन् स्वयमेव देवः। स्वस्मिन् स्वदृष्टिं विनिवेश्य तस्थौ॥ द्रष्टा च दृश्यं च बभूव तत्र। एकस्य मध्ये द्वयमाभभूव॥

Transliteration

Svaṃ draṣṭum icchan svayam eva devaḥ, svasmin svadṛṣṭiṃ viniveśya tasthau. Draṣṭā ca dṛśyaṃ ca babhūva tatra, ekasya madhye dvayam ābabhūva.

Meaning

Desiring to behold itself, the Divine turned its gaze inward. The seer and the seen appeared there. Within the One, two seemed to arise.

चतुर्थः स्तवः — शून्योदयः

The arising of Zero

पूर्णस्य मध्ये शून्यमुद्बभूव। नापूरयत् तन्न च पूर्णमूनम्॥ एकस्य छायामिव शून्यमासीत्। अभिन्नमप्याभिमुखं बभूव॥

Transliteration

Pūrṇasya madhye śūnyam udbabhūva, nāpūrayat tan na ca pūrṇam ūnam. Ekasya chāyām iva śūnyam āsīt, abhinnam apy ābhimukhaṃ babhūva.

Meaning

Within the Full, Zero arose. It neither filled the Full nor made it deficient. Zero was like the shadow of the One. Though never separate, it appeared to face the One.

पञ्चमः स्तवः — विरोधः

The paradox

एकोऽपि द्रष्टा द्वयमत्र जातम्। अद्वैततत्त्वे द्वयमाभभूव॥ भेदोऽभवद्भेदविहीनमध्ये। कोऽयं विरोधः परमस्य गर्भे॥

Transliteration

Eko'pi draṣṭā dvayam atra jātam, advaitatattve dvayam ābabhūva. Bhedo'bhavad bhedavihīnamadhye, ko'yaṃ virodhaḥ paramasya garbhe?

Meaning

Though the seer was One, two appeared. Within non-dual reality, duality seemed to arise. Difference emerged within that which admits no ultimate division. What paradox lay within the womb of the Supreme?

षष्ठः स्तवः — विस्फारः

The explosive manifestation

विरोधगर्भाद् विस्फार उदैत्। दीप्तिः सहस्रैरिव खण्डरूपैः॥ न ब्रह्म भग्नं न च तस्य हानिः। एकस्य रूपाणि बहून्यभूवन्॥

Transliteration

Virodhagarbhād visphāra udait, dīptiḥ sahasrair iva khaṇḍarūpaiḥ. Na brahma bhagnaṃ na ca tasya hāniḥ, ekasya rūpāṇi bahūny abhūvan.

Meaning

From the womb of paradox, an explosion arose. Radiance appeared in thousands upon thousands of fragment-like forms. Brahman was not broken; it suffered no loss. The forms of the One became many.

सप्तमः स्तवः — जीवाः

The innumerable centres of experience

एकस्य तेजोऽणुषु व्यराजत्। जीवेषु नानाभिमुखं विभाति॥ स्वस्वं जगत् पश्यति सीमितात्मा। एकस्य मध्ये बहुधा चरन्ति॥

Transliteration

Ekasya tejo'ṇuṣu vyarājat, jīveṣu nānābhimukhaṃ vibhāti. Sva-svaṃ jagat paśyati sīmitātmā, ekasya madhye bahudhā caranti.

Meaning

The light of the One shone through innumerable particles. Within the Jīvas, it appeared in different perspectives. Each limited self beheld its own world. Within the One, they moved as though many.

अष्टमः स्तवः — अविद्या

The veiling of recognition

यो भेदमेव स्वमिति प्रपन्नः। स सीमितात्मा विरहं बिभर्ति॥ अविद्यया छादितचेतनः सन्। तृष्णावशो धावति पूर्णकामः॥

Transliteration

Yo bhedam eva svam iti prapannaḥ, sa sīmitātmā virahaṃ bibharti. Avidyayā chāditacetanaḥ san, tṛṣṇāvaśo dhāvati pūrṇakāmaḥ.

Meaning

Whoever takes difference alone to be the Self bears separation. Consciousness veiled by ignorance runs under the sway of craving, seeking fulfilment as though it were incomplete.

नवमः स्तवः — आत्मज्ञानम्

Recognition of the One

योऽन्तःप्रकाशं स्वमवेक्षतेऽत्र। स ज्ञातुमर्हत्यखिलस्य मूलम्॥ न गच्छति ब्रह्म न चान्यदाप्नोति। स्वं ब्रह्मभावं पुनरेव वेत्ति॥

Transliteration

Yo'ntaḥprakāśaṃ svam avekṣate'tra, sa jñātum arhaty akhilasya mūlam. Na gacchati brahma na cānyad āpnoti, svaṃ brahmabhāvaṃ punar eva vetti.

Meaning

Whoever beholds the inner light may know the root of all. That one does not travel to Brahman, nor obtain something alien. One recognizes again one's own nature as Brahman.

दशमः स्तवः — पूर्णत्वम्

The unbroken Whole

न भग्नमासीत् परमं कदाचित्। नैक्यं लुप्तं न च पूर्णहानिः॥ विस्फारलीला बहुरूपभासा। एकं परं ब्रह्म सदैव पूर्णम्॥

Transliteration

Na bhagnam āsīt paramaṃ kadācit, naikyaṃ luptaṃ na ca pūrṇahāniḥ. Visphāralīlā bahurūpabhāsā, ekaṃ paraṃ brahma sadaiva pūrṇam.

Meaning

The Supreme was never broken. Unity was never lost; the Full never diminished. The play of explosive manifestation shines forth in many forms. The One, supreme Brahman, is eternally whole.

समापनम् — The concluding vision

एकं ब्रह्म बहुधा भाति, बहुधा भाति चैककम्।

Ekaṃ brahma bahudhā bhāti, bahudhā bhāti caikakam.

The One Brahman shines as many; the many shine as the One.

नैक्यस्योत्पत्तिरस्त्यत्र न नाशो न पुनः स्थितिः।

Naikyasyotpattir asty atra na nāśo na punaḥ sthitiḥ.

Here, unity is neither newly created nor destroyed, nor restored after actual loss.

स्वदर्शनेन विस्फारः, विस्फारे बहुरूपता।

Svadarśanena visphāraḥ, visphāre bahurūpatā.

Through self-observation comes the bursting forth; through the bursting forth, multiplicity.

आत्मज्ञानेन निर्वाणं पूर्णे पूर्णस्य दर्शनम्॥

Ātmajñānena nirvāṇaṃ pūrṇe pūrṇasya darśanam.

Through self-knowledge comes liberation: the Full recognizing the Full.