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Yoga Vashishtha 3.13.44–54
(Brahm alone in the Universe, shines purely within itself, by itself, as itself)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अनाद्यनुभवस्त्वित्थं योऽत्रास्ति वनिकादिके ।
स्वप्नानुभूतं पृथ्व्यादि प्रबोधे यादृशं भवेत् ॥ ४४ ॥
स्मृतः स व्योममात्रात्मा सर्वदैव स्मृतं जगत् ।
यत्र यत्र यथा तोये द्रवत्वं नाम भिद्यते ॥ ४५ ॥
तत्र तत्र तथा नान्यः सर्गोऽस्ति परमात्मनि ।
सृष्टिरेवमियं प्रौढा सम एव त्वयं स्थितः ॥ ४६ ॥
भात्येवं नाम ब्रह्माण्डं व्योमात्मेवातिनिर्मलम् ।
दृश्यमेवमिदं शान्तं स्वात्मनिर्मितविभ्रमम् ॥ ४७ ॥
निराधारं निराधेयमद्वैतं चैक्यवर्जितम् ।
जगत्संविदि जातायामपि जातं न किंचन ॥ ४८ ॥
परमाकाशमाशून्यमच्छमेव व्यवस्थितम् ।
सर्वसंसारता नास्ति यदेव तदवस्थितम् ॥ ४९ ॥
नाधेयं तत्र नाधारो न दृश्यं न च द्रष्टृता।
ब्रह्माण्डं नास्ति न ब्रह्मा न च वैतण्डिका क्वचित् ॥ ५० ॥
न जगन्नापि जगती शान्तमेवाखिलं स्थितम् ।
ब्रह्मैव कचति स्वच्छमित्थमात्मात्मनात्मनि ॥ ५१॥
चित्त्वाद्द्रवत्वात्सलिलमिवावर्ततयात्मनि ।
असदेवेदमाभाति सदिवेहानुभूयते ॥ ५२ ॥
विनश्यत्यसदेवान्ते स्वप्ने स्वमरणं यथा ।
अथवा स्वस्वरूपत्वात्सदेवेदमनामयम् ।
अखण्डितमनाद्यन्तं ज्ञानमात्राम्बरोदरम् ॥ ५३ ॥
आकाश एव परमे प्रथमः प्रजेशो नित्यं स्वयं कचति शून्यतया समो यः ।
स ह्यातिवाहिकवपुर्नतु भूतरूपी पृथ्व्यादि तेन न सदस्ति यथा न जातम् ॥ ५४ ॥
Maharishi Vashishta concluded:
3.13.44: The endless experience that exists in this way for the merchant and others is just like the earth and other things that one experiences in a dream. When one wakes up, those things are remembered as nothing but empty Space. In the same way, the whole world that is remembered is always nothing but Pure empty Awareness.
3.13.45: The world is remembered as pure sky-like Consciousness. Just as the quality of liquidity is not different from water wherever and however it appears, in the same way, there is no other Creation separate from the Supreme Self.
3.13.46: This creation is fully grown and mature in this way, yet you remain the same, unchanged. The Universe appears in this manner as nothing but extremely Pure sky-like Consciousness.
3.13.47: This visible world is calm and peaceful, a mere illusion created by one’s own Self. It has no real support, nothing to place upon it, no duality, and no sense of Oneness with anything else.
3.13.48: Even when the Awareness of the world arises, nothing has truly been born. The Supreme Space is empty, Pure, and Unchanging. There is no trace of worldly existence at all; only That remains as it is.
3.13.49: In That, there is nothing to place, no support, no seen object, and no Seer. There is no Universe, no Creator Brahma, and no illusory play anywhere.
3.13.50: There is no world and no earth; everything is completely calm and still. Brahm alone shines purely in this way within itself, by itself, as itself.
3.13.51: Due to the nature of mind, just as water appears with whirlpools within itself, this unreal world shines here as if Real and is experienced as such.
3.13.52: In the end, the unreal vanishes just like one’s own death in a dream. Or, because it is truly one’s own Real Nature, this world is ever-free from disease, unbroken, without beginning or end, and filled only with Pure Knowledge within the sky of Consciousness.
3.13.53: It is unbroken, without beginning or end, made only of Pure Knowledge, filling the vast sky of Consciousness.
3.13.54: In the Supreme Reality, the very first Lord of all Beings is nothing but Pure Space itself. He eternally shines on his own, completely by himself, in perfect emptiness, remaining ever the same and unchanging. That Lord has only a subtle body made of Pure Awareness — not a gross, physical body made of earth or other material elements. Because of this, nothing Real ever truly exists through him, just as nothing is ever actually born.
Summary of the Teachings:
The verses begin by comparing the world-experience to a dream. Just as objects seen in a dream—such as the earth—are recalled upon waking as mere empty space, the entire remembered world is nothing but Pure Consciousness. This Consciousness is like the sky: vast, Formless, and Unchanging. The Creation we perceive is not a separate event happening outside the Supreme Self; it is the Self itself appearing in various forms, just as water cannot be separated from its wetness. No matter where or how the world seems to arise, it is never apart from the One Reality.
The teaching stresses that the mature, fully developed Universe is still the same untouched Self. The Cosmos shines as Pure, spotless Consciousness. What we see as the world is a calm, self-made illusion with no real foundation, no objects to rest upon, and no duality or forced unity. Even when the mind becomes aware of a world, nothing new has actually come into Being. The Supreme Space remains empty and clear, free from all traces of worldly activity. Only the One Reality abides.
In this Ultimate Reality, there is no container, no contents, no seen, and no Seer. The Universe, the creator-god Brahma, and all dramatic play are absent. The world and its ground do not exist; everything is perfectly still. Brahm alone radiates clearly within itself, through itself, as itself. The mind’s nature causes the unreal to appear Real, like whirlpools forming in water yet never separate from it. This appearance is experienced as solid, yet it is empty.
The unreal finally dissolves, just as death in a dream vanishes upon waking.
Alternatively, recognizing the world as one’s own true nature reveals it as ever-pure, unbroken, beginningless, and endless—Pure Knowledge filling the sky of Awareness. The first creator is Space itself, eternally shining in emptiness, with a subtle Awareness-body, not a physical form. Nothing Real arises from this; nothing is ever truly born.
These verses thus guide the seeker to see the world as a harmless, Self-created appearance within Unchanging Consciousness. By understanding this, one rests in the peaceful, non-dual Reality where no Creation, destruction, or separation ever occurs.
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