śrī mahādeva uvāca – tato rāmaḥ svayaṃ prāha hanumantamupasthitam । śaṛṇu yatvaṃ pravakṣyāmi hyātmānātmaparātmanām ॥ 1 ॥ ākāśasya yathā bhedastrividho dṛśyate mahān । jalāśaye mahākāśastadavacchinna eva hi । pratibimbākhyamaparaṃ dṛśyate trividhaṃ nabhaḥ ॥ 2 ॥ buddhyavacchinnacaitanyamekaṃ pūrṇamathāparam । ābhāsastvaparaṃ bimbabhūtamevaṃ tridhā citiḥ ॥ 3 ॥ sābhāsabuddheḥ kartṛtvamavicchinne'vikāriṇi । sākṣiṇyāropyate bhrāntyā jīvatvaṃ ca tathā'budhaiḥ ॥ 4 ॥ ābhāsastu mṛṣābuddhiravidyākāryamucyate । avicchinnaṃ tu tadbrahma vicchedastu vikalpitaḥ ॥ 5 ॥ avicchinnasya pūrṇena ekatvaṃ pratipadyate । tattvamasyādivākyaiśca sābhāsasyāhamastathā ॥ 6 ॥ aikyajñānaṃ yadotpannaṃ mahāvākyena cātmanoḥ । tadā'vidyā svakāryaiśca naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ ॥ 7 ॥ etadvijñāya madbhakto madbhāvāyopapadyate madbhaktivimukhānāṃ hi śāstragarteṣu muhyatām । na jñānaṃ na ca mokṣaḥ syātteṣāṃ janmaśatairapi ॥ 8 ॥ idaṃ rahasyaṃ hṛdayaṃ mamātmano mayaiva sākṣātkathitaṃ tavānagha । madbhaktihīnāya śaṭhāya na tvayā dātavyamaindrādapi rājyato'dhikam ॥ 9 ॥ ॥ iti śrī rāma hṛdayam ॥