स्थूळ सूक्ष्म कारण माहाकारण । ऐसे हे चत्वार देह जाण । जागृति स्वप्न सुषुप्ति पूर्ण । तुर्या जाणावी ॥ १ ॥

Gross, subtle, causal, and great-causal — these are the four bodies to be known. Beyond the three states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, the fourth, Turiya, should be understood.

विश्व तैजस प्राज्ञ । प्रत्यगात्मा हे अभिमान । नेत्रस्थान कंठस्थान हृदयस्थान । मूर्धनी ते ॥ २ ॥

Vishva, Taijasa, Prajna, and Pratyagatma are the identifying selves of these four states. Their respective seats are the eyes, the throat, the heart, and the crown of the head.

स्थूळभोग प्रविक्तभोग । आनंदभोग आनंदावभासभोग । ऐसे हे चत्वार भोग । चौंदेहाचे ॥ ३ ॥

The experience of gross objects, the experience of distinct subtle objects, the experience of bliss, and the mere reflection of bliss — these are the four kinds of experience belonging to the four bodies.

अकार उकार मकार । अर्धमात्रा तो ईश्वर । ऐस्या मात्रा चत्वार । चौंदेहाच्या ॥ ४॥

The letters A, U, M, and the half-measure (representing Ishwar) — these four measures of the syllable Om correspond to the four bodies.

तमोगुण रजोगुण । सत्वगुण शुद्धसत्वगुण । ऐसे हे चत्वार गुण । चौंदेहाचे ॥ ५॥

Tamas, Rajas, Sattva, and pure Sattva — these are the four qualities corresponding to the four bodies.

क्रियाशक्ति द्रव्याशक्ती । इछाशक्ति ज्ञानशक्ती । ऐशा चत्वार शक्ती । चौंदेहाच्या ॥ ६ ॥

The power of action, the power of substance, the power of will, and the power of knowledge — these are the four powers belonging to the four bodies.

ऐसीं हे बत्तिस तत्वें । दोहींचीं पन्नास तत्वें । अवघीं मिळोन ब्यासि तत्वें । अज्ञान आणी ज्ञान ॥ ७ ॥

Thus these thirty-two principles have been described, and together with the fifty of the gross and subtle bodies, all combine to make eighty-two principles in all — comprising both ignorance and knowledge.

ऐसीं हे तत्वें जाणावीं । जाणोन माइक वोळखावीं । आपण साक्षी निरसावीं । येणें रितीं ॥ ८ ॥

All these principles should be known, and knowing them, they should be recognized as merely illusory. Remaining oneself the witness, one should in this very manner dissolve them away.

साक्षी म्हणिजे ज्ञान । ज्ञानें वोळखावें अज्ञान । ज्ञानाज्ञानाचें निर्शन । देहासरिसें ॥ ९ ॥

The witness itself is knowledge; through this knowledge alone ignorance is recognized. Both knowledge and ignorance are to be dissolved together, along with the body itself.

ब्रह्मांडीं देह कल्पिले । विराट हिरण्यगर्भ बोलिले । ते हे विवेकें निर्शले । आत्मज्ञानें ॥ १० ॥

At the level of the cosmos, the bodies called Virat and Hiranyagarbha are conceived. These too are dissolved through discernment, by the knowledge of the Self.

आत्मानात्माविवेक करितां । सारासारविचार पाहतां । पंचभूतांची माइक वार्ता । प्रचित आली ॥ ११ ॥

Through discriminating the Self from the non-self, and through weighing the essential against the non-essential, it becomes directly evident that the whole account of the five elements is merely illusory.

अस्ति मांष त्वचा नाडी रोम । हे पांचहि पृथ्वीचे गुणधर्म । प्रत्यक्ष शरीरीं हें वर्म । शोधून पाहावें ॥ १२ ॥

Bones, flesh, skin, veins, and hair — these five are the qualities of the earth element. This truth should be searched out and verified directly within one's own body.

शुक्लीत श्रोणीत लाळ मूत्र स्वेद । हे आपाचे पंचकभेद । तत्वें समजोन विशद । करून घावीं ॥ १३ ॥

Semen, blood, saliva, urine, and sweat — these are the five distinctions of the water element. These principles should be understood and made thoroughly clear to oneself.

क्षुधा त्रुषा आलस्य निद्रा मैथुन । हे पांचहि तेजाचे गुण । या तत्वांचें निरूपण । केलेंचि करावें ॥ १४ ॥

Hunger, thirst, laziness, sleep, and sexual desire — these are the five qualities of the fire element. This exposition of these principles should be carried out again and again.

चळण वळण प्रासारण । निरोध आणि आकोचन । हें पंचहि वायोचे गुण । श्रोतीं जाणावे ॥ १५ ॥

Movement, turning, expansion, restraint, and contraction — these five qualities of the air element should be understood by the listener.

काम क्रोध शोक मोहो भये । हा आकाशाचा परिपाये । हें विवरल्याविण काये । समजों जाणें ॥ १६ ॥

Desire, anger, grief, delusion, and fear are the outcomes of the ether element. Without careful reflection upon this, how indeed could it ever be understood?

असो ऐसें हें स्थूळ शरीर । पंचविस तत्वांचा विस्तार । आतां सूक्ष्मदेहाचा विचार । बोलिजेल ॥ १७ ॥

So then, this gross body is the expansion of these twenty-five principles. Now the nature of the subtle body will be explained.

अंतःकर्ण मन बुद्धि चित्त अहंकार । आकाशपंचकाचा विचार । पुढें वायो निरोत्तर । होऊन ऐका ॥ १८ ॥

Antahkarana, mind, intellect, chitta, and ego belong to the fivefold ether. Next, listen in silence to the account of the air element.

व्यान समान उदान । प्राण आणी अपान । ऐसे हे पांचहि गुण । वायोतत्वाचे ॥ १९ ॥

Vyana, Samana, Udana, Prana, and Apana — these five qualities belong to the element of air.

श्रोत्र त्वचा चक्षु जिव्हा घ्राण । हें पांचहि तेजाचे गुण । आतां आप सावधान । होऊन ऐका ॥ २० ॥

Ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose — these five sense organs are counted as belonging to the fire element here. Now listen attentively to what concerns the water element.

वाचा पाणी पाद शिस्न गुद । हे आपाचे गुण विशद । आतां पृथ्वी विशद । निरोपिली ॥ २१ ॥

Speech, hands, feet, the organ of generation, and the organ of excretion — these organs of action are here clearly assigned to the water element. Now the earth element will be explained clearly.

शब्द स्पर्श रूप रस गंध । हे पृथ्वीचे गुण विशद । ऐसे हे पंचवीस तत्वभेद । सूक्ष्म देहाचे ॥ २२ ॥

Sound, touch, form, taste, and smell — these five sense-objects are here clearly assigned to the earth element. Thus these twenty-five distinct principles of the subtle body are complete.