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Yoga Vashishtha 3.13.36–43
(Creation is only a memory shaped by the Creator's own thought)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
आत्मगर्भगृहं चित्ताद्यथासंकल्पमात्मनः ।
देशकालक्रियाद्रव्यकल्पनावेदनं स तत् ॥ ३६ ॥
भावयञ्छब्दनिर्माता शब्दैर्बध्नाति कल्पितैः ।
आतिवाहिकदेहोऽसावित्यसत्यजगद्भ्रमे ॥ ३७ ॥
असत्य एव कचति स्वप्ने खोड्डयनं यथा ।
इत्यनुत्पन्न एवासौ स्वयंभूः स्वयमुत्थितः ॥ ३८ ॥
आतिवाहिकदेहात्मा प्रभुराद्यः प्रजापतिः ।
एतस्मिन्नपि संपन्ने ब्रह्माण्डाकारिणि भ्रमे ॥ ३९ ॥
न किंचिदपि संपन्नं न च जातं न दृश्यते ।
तद्ब्रह्माकाशमाकाशमेव स्थितमनन्तकम् ॥ ४० ॥
संकल्पनगराकारमेतत्सदपि नैव सत् ।
अनिर्मितमरागं च एतद्वै चित्रमुत्थितम् ॥ ४१ ॥
अकृतं चानुभूतं च न सत्यं सत्यवत्स्थितम् ।
महाकल्पे विमुक्तत्वाद्ब्रह्मादीनामसंशयम् ॥ ४२॥
स्मृतिर्न प्राक्तनी काचित्कारणं वा स्वयंभुवः ।
तेन यादृक्स्वयंभूः स्यात्तादृक्तज्जमिदं स्मृतम् ॥ ४३ ॥
Maharishi Vashishta continued:
3.13.36: The mind is like a room inside the True Self. The Self makes up ideas about place, time, actions, and things. The Self feels these made-up ideas as if they are Real.
3.13.37: A person thinks of sounds and makes them. Then those same made-up sounds tie the person up. This body that carries feelings from life to life is like that. All this happens in the false idea of the world.
3.13.38: Something false shines like a dream where a person flies through the sky. In the same way, this self-born creator was never really born. He rises up by himself.
3.13.39: This Self-born creator has the body that carries feelings. He is the first Lord, the father of all people. Even when this big mistake grows into the shape of the whole Universe,
3.13.40: nothing has really happened. Nothing has been born. Nothing can be seen. Only the endless sky of the Great Self stays there, like empty Space.
3.13.41: This looks like a city made by thoughts. Even if it seems real, it is not Real at all. Nothing built it. It has no strong likes or dislikes. Still, it rises up in a strange way.
3.13.42: It was not made, yet it is felt. It is not true, but it stands as if it were true. At the time of the great ending of the world, gods like the Creator become Free. This is certain.
3.13.43: There is no old memory and no reason for the Self-born Creator. So, whatever the Self-born Creator becomes, the world that comes from him is remembered in the same way.
Summary of the Teachings:
The verses teach that the mind creates everything inside the True Self. Ideas of place, time, actions, and objects come only from the Self 's own thoughts.
The Self experiences these ideas as Real, but they are not. This shows the world is like a thought-picture made by the mind.
The verses explain how thoughts trap a person. When someone imagines sounds or forms, those same imaginations bind the person. The subtle body that moves feelings from one life to another works the same way. All this happens inside the false belief in a Real world. Nothing outside the Self truly exists.
The Self-born Creator appears without any Real birth, like a dream figure flying in the sky. He is the first Lord with a subtle body and Father of all Beings. Even when the mistake grows into a full Universe, nothing has truly happened. The endless Self alone remains, like Pure empty Space with no limits.
The world looks like a city built by imagination, but it is never Real. It has no builder, no strong desires, and yet it rises in a surprising way. It feels Real without being made or True. At the great end of the world, even gods become Free because everything was always empty.
No past memory or cause starts the Self-born Creator. The world matches exactly what he imagines himself to be. This means the whole Creation is only a memory shaped by the Creator's own thought, with no outside reason or beginning.
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