Progress:3.8%
मकारं मध्यतश्चैव नादमंतेऽस्य चोमिति ॥ सूर्यमंडलवद्दृष्ट्वा वर्णमाद्यं तु दक्षिणे ॥६॥
He saw the syllable “M” in the middle and Nāda (the mystical sound) in the form “Oṃ” in the end. He saw the first syllable on the right like the blazing sphere of the sun.
english translation
उत्तरे पावकप्रख्यमुकारमृषि सत्तम ॥ शीतांशुमण्डलप्रख्यं मकारं तस्य मध्यतः ॥७॥
O foremost of sages, thereafter he saw the syllable “U” dazzling like fire. In the middle he saw the syllable “M” glittering like the lunar sphere.
english translation
तस्योपरि तदाऽपश्यच्छुद्धस्फटिकसुप्रभम् ॥ तुरीयातीतममलं निष्कलं निरुपद्रवम् ॥ ८ ॥
Above that what he saw was the supreme Brahman, the greatest refuge. It had the lustre of the pure crystal. It was the pure Being beyond the Fourth (Turīya), the unsullied & free from extraneous harassment.
english translation
निर्द्वंद्वं केवलं शून्यं बाह्याभ्यंतरवर्जितम् ॥ स बाह्यभ्यंतरे चैव बाह्याभ्यंतरसंस्थितम् ॥ ९ ॥
It was free from mutually clashing opposites. It was single (isolated), void, free from exterior and interior though stationed in the exterior and the interior.
english translation
आदिमध्यांतरहितमानंदस्यापिकारणम् ॥ सत्यमानन्दममृतं परं ब्रह्मपरायणम् ॥ 2-1-8-१० ॥
Devoid of beginning, middle and end, the primordial cause of Bliss, the truth, The Bliss and the Nectar.
english translation