Dashak 15 · Samāsa 8

Insects smaller than dust-mote — their lifespan is very little. / Yukti, buddhi — in the same proportion — within them.

Such various jīvas exist; on looking are not seen. / The antaḥkaraṇa-pañcaka state — is there itself.

To the extent of them is their jñāna; sense-objects-senses equal; / subtle bodies examining — who sees?

To them, an ant is great; an elephant is unknown; / to ant, urine is a flood — so they say.

Likewise ant-sized bodies — abundant, small and great; / in all of them, jīveśvara — dwells.

Of such insects the multitude — abundant, packed in expanse; / the extremely attentive person — examines-and-sees.

In various constellations various insects; to them mountains appear; / lifespan too in proportion — seems abundant.

Smaller than bird there is nothing; greater than bird there is nothing; / serpent and fish see — by the same logic.

From ant to great ones — ascending, growing bodies; / on determining their inner-beings — they come to be known.

Various varṇas, various rāgas; various waves of life; / some beautiful, some colorless — how many to tell?

Some tender, some hard — created by jagadeśvara. / Gold-like bodies — dazzling.

By body-bheda, by food-bheda; by speech-bheda, by guṇa-bheda; / within, dwell as abheda — in one-form.

Some terrifying, some killing — on seeing, various wonders; / several priceless — in sṛṣṭi.

Who is such a creature — that examines all and sees? / Knows beyond oneself only a little — slightly.

The nine-khaṇḍa earth; circuit of seven seas; / water beyond the brahmāṇḍa — who sees?

In that water are jīvas; on looking, innumerable. / The state of those vast jīvas — who knows?

Where there is water, there is jīva — this is the svabhāva of utpatti. / On examining, its purport — is abundant.

In the earth's womb various waters; in those waters, bodies; / various kinds, small-and-large — who knows?

Some creatures are in air; they have not seen earth; / they fly upward-and-upward — after wings emerge.

Various sky-dwellers, land-dwellers; various forest-dwellers, water-dwellers; / the 84-lakh yoni-kinds — who knows?

Separating the hot-tejas, wherever there are jīva-yonis; / from kalpanā creatures arise — who knows?

Some made by various powers; some arose from icchā (will); / some attained by śabda — curse-body.

Some are juggler-bodies; some oḍambari (magical)-bodies; / some are devatā-bodies — of various kinds.

Some arose from krodha; some were born from tapas; / some attained prior body — by counter-curse.

Such is Bhagavant's doing — how much to tell? / By māyā's wondrous guṇa — happens-and-goes.

Various difficult-makings made — no one has seen or heard. / Wondrous art must be understood — thoroughly.

Understood a little; learned vidyā enough for belly; / the creature uselessly with pride — says 'I am a jñātā.'

The one Antarātmā, the jñānī; Sarvātmā within all; / to know his greatness — whence buddhi?

Seven-sheath brahmāṇḍa; in it seven-sheath piṇḍa; / in that piṇḍa abundant — creatures exist.

Inside one's own body not known; then how is everything known? / People become eager — with little jñāna.

Dust-mote-like creatures; for them we are virāṭ-puruṣas; / our lifespan is abundant — by their reckoning.

Their ways, their rules; abundant ways of conducting; / who knows all the delight — is not.

Blessed is Parameśvara's doing; not inferred in antaḥkaraṇa. / Uselessly sinful ahantā — lays the siege.

Abandoning ahantā, examining — several tasks of Deva; / on examining, a human's life — is little.

Little life, half-tray body; takes pride to cry; / for body to fall entirely — no time.

Born in filthy place; grown on filthy juice; / calling this 'great' — by what reckoning?

Filthy and momentary; continuously sick, worried; / people uselessly call 'great' — foolishly.

Body-māyā of two days; from beginning to end all 'ci-ci'; / uselessly by covering-hiding — show greatness.

If covered, pus still flows; stench spreads here and there; / he who expands by vivek — he alone is blessed.

Why uselessly quarrel? Break the pride of ahantā; / seek Deva by vivek — this is the supreme.