Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.12.29-30
मनो मनोरथैश्चन्द्रे बुद्धिं बोध्यै: कवौ परे ।
कर्माण्यध्यात्मना रुद्रे यदहं ममताक्रिया ।
सत्त्वेन चित्तं क्षेत्रज्ञे गुणैर्वैकारिकं परे ॥ २९ ॥
अप्सु क्षितिमपो ज्योतिष्यदो वायौ नभस्यमुम् ।
कूटस्थे तच्च महति तदव्यक्तेऽक्षरे च तत् ॥ ३० ॥
mano manorathaiś candre
[mano manorathaish chandre]
buddhiṁ bodhyaiḥ kavau pare
[buddhim bodhyaih kavau pare]
karmāṇy adhyātmanā rudre
[karmaany adhyaatmanaa rudre]
yad-aham mamatā-kriyā
[yad-aham mamataa-kriyaa]
sattvena cittaṁ kṣetra-jñe
[sattvena chittam kshetra-jne]
guṇair vaikārikaṁ pare
[gunair vaikaarikam pare]
apsu kṣitim apo jyotiṣy
[apsu kshitim apo jyotishy]
ado vāyau nabhasy amum
[ado vaayau nabhasy amum]
kūṭasthe tac ca mahati
[kootasthe tach cha mahati]
tad avyakte ’kṣare ca tat
[tad avyakte ’kshare cha tat]
Word-for-word
manaḥ
—
the mind
manorathaiḥ
—
along with material desires
candre
—
unto Candra, the moon demigod
buddhim
—
intelligence
bodhyaiḥ
—
with the subject matter of intelligence
kavau pare
—
unto the supreme learned person, Lord Brahmā
karmāṇi
—
material activities
adhyātmanā
—
with false ego
rudre
—
unto Lord Śiva (Rudra)
yat
—
wherein
aham
—
I am the material body
mamatā
—
everything belonging to the material body is mine
kriyā
—
such activities
sattvena
—
along with the existential conception
cittam
—
consciousness
kṣetra-jñe
—
unto the individual soul
guṇaiḥ
—
along with the material activities conducted by the material qualities
vaikārikam
—
the living entities under the influence of the material modes
pare
—
in the Supreme Being
apsu
—
in the water
kṣitim
—
the earth
apaḥ
—
the water
jyotiṣi
—
in the luminaries, specifically in the sun
adaḥ
—
brightness
vāyau
—
in the air
nabhasi
—
in the sky
amum
—
that
kūṭasthe
—
in the materialistic conception of life
tat
—
that
ca
—
also
mahati
—
in the mahat-tattva, the total material energy
tat
—
that
avyakte
—
in the nonmanifested
akṣare
—
in the Supersoul
ca
—
also
tat
—
that.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mano manorathaiś candre
manaḥ
the mind
manorathaiḥ
along with material desires
candre
unto Candra, the moon demigod
buddhiṁ bodhyaiḥ kavau pare
buddhim
intelligence
bodhyaiḥ
with the subject matter of intelligence
kavau pare
unto the supreme learned person, Lord Brahmā
karmāṇy adhyātmanā rudre
karmāṇi
material activities
adhyātmanā
with false ego
rudre
unto Lord Śiva (Rudra)
yad-aham mamatā-kriyā
yat
wherein
aham
I am the material body
mamatā
everything belonging to the material body is mine
kriyā
such activities
sattvena cittaṁ kṣetra-jñe
sattvena
along with the existential conception
cittam
consciousness
kṣetra-jñe
unto the individual soul
guṇair vaikārikaṁ pare
guṇaiḥ
along with the material activities conducted by the material qualities
vaikārikam
the living entities under the influence of the material modes
pare
in the Supreme Being
apsu kṣitim apo jyotiṣy
apsu
in the water
kṣitim
the earth
apaḥ
the water
jyotiṣi
in the luminaries, specifically in the sun
ado vāyau nabhasy amum
adaḥ
brightness
vāyau
in the air
nabhasi
in the sky
amum
that
kūṭasthe tac ca mahati
kūṭasthe
in the materialistic conception of life
tat
that
ca
also
mahati
in the mahat-tattva, the total material energy
tad avyakte ’kṣare ca tat
tat
that
avyakte
in the nonmanifested
akṣare
in the Supersoul
ca
also
tat
that.
The mind, along with all material desires, should be merged in the moon demigod. All the subject matters of intelligence, along with the intelligence itself, should be placed in Lord Brahmā. False ego, which is under the influence of the material modes of nature and which induces one to think, “I am this body, and everything connected with this body is mine,” should be merged, along with material activities, in Rudra, the predominating deity of false ego. Material consciousness, along with the goal of thought, should be merged in the individual living being, and the demigods acting under the modes of material nature should be merged, along with the perverted living being, into the Supreme Being. The earth should be merged in water, water in the brightness of the sun, this brightness into the air, the air into the sky, the sky into the false ego, the false ego into the total material energy, the total material energy into the unmanifested ingredients [the pradhāna feature of the material energy], and at last the ingredient feature of material manifestation into the Supersoul.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
He should merge the mind along with all material desires into the moon god. He should merge intelligence along with its objects into Lord Brahmā. He should merge false ego along with material activities into Rudra, since actions are preceded by the false identity of me and mine. He should merge citta along with consciousness into Vāsudeva, the presiding deity of citta. He should merge the jīva along with the devatās (guṇaiḥ) into the Brahman (pare). He should merge earth into water, water into fire, fire into air, air into ether, and ether into ahaṅkāra. He should merge ahaṅkāra into mahat-tattva, mahat-tattva into pradhāna and pradhāna into Paramātmā.
He merges the mind, along with all material desires, into moon god. He merges intelligence, along with its objects, into Lord Brahmā. He merges false ego, along with material activities, into Rudra, since actions are preceded by false identity of me and mine. He should merge citta along with consciousness (sattvena) into Vāsudeva, the presiding deity of citta. He should merge the jīva (vaikārikam) along with the devatās (guṇaiḥ) into the Brahman (pare). The devatās, except for Vāsudeva, are products of the guṇas. Thus Vāsudeva does not merge into Brahman.
“How does non-dual Brahman exist, since earth and other material elements still exist?” These will also be merged. Thus earth merges into water, and water merges into fire. He merges fire (adaḥ) into air. He merges air (amum) into ether. He merges ether into ahaṅkāra (kūṭaṣthe), and merges ahaṅkāra into mahat-tattva. He merges mahat-tattva into pradhāna. He merges pradhāna into Paramātmā.
Personal Guidance
Mind to moon, intelligence to Brahmā, false ego (and 'I am this body') to Rudra, consciousness to the individual living being, demigods to the Supreme Being; earth to water, water to fire, fire to air, air to sky, sky to false ego, all into the unmanifested, finally into the Supersoul. A full unwinding.
Reflection Questions
- Where in your daily mind do these layers — moon, Brahmā, Rudra — already feel reachable as references?
- How might this map become an actual contemplation, not just a list?
My note
Source: vedabase.io