Sanatkumara on the Signs of Death and Liberation

Verse 1 (13.169.1)

अरिष्टानि प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्वेन शृणु तद्भवान् । मध्य उत्तरतस्तात दक्षिणामुखनिष्ठितम् ॥

ariṣṭāni pravakṣyāmi tatvena śṛṇu tadbhavān | madhya uttaratastāta dakṣiṇāmukhaniṣṭhitam

I shall tell you the omens of death, truly; listen to them. In the middle, toward the north, my dear one, standing and facing south,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0370-0371 (printed after 13.110.137d). The heading `सनत्कुमार उवाच (with a stray backtick) had slipped into the verse text; removed and made the speaker. The sentence continues into verse 2.

Verse 2 (13.169.2)

विद्युत्संस्थानपुरुषं यदि पश्येत मानवः । वर्षत्रयेण जानीयाद्देहन्यासमुपस्थितम् । एतत्फलमरिष्टस्य शङ्कराहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

vidyutsaṃsthānapuruṣaṃ yadi paśyeta mānavaḥ | varṣatrayeṇa jānīyāddehanyāsamupasthitam | etatphalamariṣṭasya śaṅkarāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

if a man sees a figure shaped like lightning, he may know that in three years the laying down of the body will be at hand. This, O Shankara, the wise say is the result of that omen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0372-0374 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected एतत्फलमंरिष्टस्य → एतत्फलमरिष्टस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; CE etat phalam ariṣṭasya).

Verse 3 (13.169.3)

शुद्धमण्डलमादित्यमरश्मिमथ पश्यतः । वर्षार्धकेन जानीयाद्देहन्यासमुपस्थितम् ॥

śuddhamaṇḍalamādityamaraśmimatha paśyataḥ | varṣārdhakena jānīyāddehanyāsamupasthitam

One who sees the sun's disc pure and without rays may know that in half a year the laying down of the body will be at hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0375-0376 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected शुद्धमण्डमादित्यम → शुद्धमण्डलमादित्यम (misprint in Wikisource; ल dropped; CE śuddhamaṇḍalam ādityam).

Verse 4 (13.169.4)

छिद्रां चन्द्रमसश्छायां पादावप्यनुपश्यतः । संवत्सरेण जानीयाद्देहन्यासमुपस्थितम् ॥

chidrāṃ candramasaśchāyāṃ pādāvapyanupaśyataḥ | saṃvatsareṇa jānīyāddehanyāsamupasthitam

One who sees the moon's shadow full of holes, and sees also the two feet, may know that in a year the laying down of the body will be at hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0377-0378 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected पादावप्यनपश्यतः → पादावप्यनुपश्यतः (misprint in Wikisource; ु dropped; CE pādāv apy anupaśyataḥ).

Verse 5 (13.169.5)

कनीनिकायामशिरःपुरुषं यदि पश्यति । जानीयात्षट्सु मासेषु देहन्यासमुपस्थितम् ॥

kanīnikāyāmaśiraḥpuruṣaṃ yadi paśyati | jānīyātṣaṭsu māseṣu dehanyāsamupasthitam

If he sees a headless figure in the pupil of his eye, he may know that in six months the laying down of the body will be at hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0379-0380 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 6 (13.169.6)

कर्णौ पिधाय हस्ताभ्यां शब्दं न शृणुयाद्यदि । विजानीयात्तु मासेन देहन्यासमुपस्थितम् ॥

karṇau pidhāya hastābhyāṃ śabdaṃ na śṛṇuyādyadi | vijānīyāttu māsena dehanyāsamupasthitam

If, closing his ears with his hands, he hears no sound, he may know that in a month the laying down of the body will be at hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0381-0382 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 7 (13.169.7)

आमगन्धमुपाघ्राति सुरभिं प्राप्य भास्वरम् । देवतायतनस्थोपि सप्तरात्रेण मृत्युभाक् ॥

āmagandhamupāghrāti surabhiṃ prāpya bhāsvaram | devatāyatanasthopi saptarātreṇa mṛtyubhāk

One who smells a raw, fleshy odor on coming upon something fragrant and bright meets death in seven nights, even though he dwells in a temple of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0383-0384 (printed after 13.110.137d). Wikisource reads आमगन्धमुपाघ्राति (raw smell) against CE visragandham upāghrāti (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 8 (13.169.8)

सर्वाङ्गधारणावस्थां धारयेत समाहितः । यथा स मृत्युं जयति नान्यथेह महेश्वर । यदि जीवितुमिच्छेत चिरकालं महामुने ॥

sarvāṅgadhāraṇāvasthāṃ dhārayeta samāhitaḥ | yathā sa mṛtyuṃ jayati nānyatheha maheśvara | yadi jīvitumiccheta cirakālaṃ mahāmune

Let him, composed, practise the holding of all the limbs; thus he conquers death and not otherwise, O Maheshvara, if he wishes to live a long time, O great sage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0385-0387 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 9 (13.169.9)

अथ नेच्छेच्चिरं कालं त्यजेदात्मानमात्मना । केवलं चिन्तयानस्तु निष्कलं स निरामयम् ॥

atha necchecciraṃ kālaṃ tyajedātmānamātmanā | kevalaṃ cintayānastu niṣkalaṃ sa nirāmayam

But if he does not wish to remain long, let him cast off the body by his own will, meditating only on the partless, the free from ailment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0388-0389 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 10 (13.169.10)

अथ तं निर्विकारं तु प्रकृतेः परमं शुचिः । पुरुषं देहसाधर्म्यं देहन्यासमुपाश्नुयात् ॥

atha taṃ nirvikāraṃ tu prakṛteḥ paramaṃ śuciḥ | puruṣaṃ dehasādharmyaṃ dehanyāsamupāśnuyāt

Then, pure, let him attain the Person, who is unchanging and beyond nature, sharing the body's very nature, and so reach the laying down of the body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0390-0391 (printed after 13.110.137d). Wikisource reads पुरुषं देहसाधर्म्यं against CE puruṣaṃ tena sādharmyaṃ (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept). Corrected प्रकृते परमं → प्रकृतेः परमं (misprint in Wikisource; visarga dropped (ablative needed); CE prakṛteḥ paramaṃ).

Verse 11 (13.169.11)

जाग्रतो हि मयोक्तानि तवारिष्टानि तत्वतः । धारणाच्चैव सर्वाङ्गे मृत्युं जीयात्सुरर्षभ ॥

jāgrato hi mayoktāni tavāriṣṭāni tatvataḥ | dhāraṇāccaiva sarvāṅge mṛtyuṃ jīyātsurarṣabha

These omens have been told to you by me truly, for one who is awake; and by holding the mind on all the limbs, O best of the gods, one may conquer death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0392-0393 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected मृत्यु जीयात् → मृत्युं जीयात् (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped (accusative needed); CE mṛtyuṃ jīyāt).

Verse 12 (13.169.12)

एकत्वदर्शनं भूयो नानात्वं च निबोध मे । अक्षरं च क्षरं चैव चतुष्टयविधानतः ॥

ekatvadarśanaṃ bhūyo nānātvaṃ ca nibodha me | akṣaraṃ ca kṣaraṃ caiva catuṣṭayavidhānataḥ

Hear from me once more the view of oneness and of plurality, and of the imperishable and the perishable, by the fourfold division.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0394-0395 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 13 (13.169.13)

अव्यक्तादीनि तत्वानि सर्वाण्येव महाद्युते । आहुश्चतुर्विंशतितमं विकारपुरुषान्वितम् ॥

avyaktādīni tatvāni sarvāṇyeva mahādyute | āhuścaturviṃśatitamaṃ vikārapuruṣānvitam

All the principles beginning with the Unmanifest, O greatly radiant one, they reckon up to the twenty-fourth, which is joined with the modified Person.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0396-0397 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 14 (13.169.14)

एकत्वदर्शनं चैव नानात्वेन वरं स्मृतम् । पञ्चविंशतिवर्गः स्यादपवर्गोऽजरामरः ॥

ekatvadarśanaṃ caiva nānātvena varaṃ smṛtam | pañcaviṃśativargaḥ syādapavargo'jarāmaraḥ

The view of oneness is held to be better than plurality; the group of twenty-five is release, ageless and deathless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0398-0399 (printed after 13.110.137d). Wikisource reads नानात्वेन वरं स्मृतम् against CE nānātvenāvaraṃ smṛtam, which would reverse the sense; the Wikisource word वरं is good Sanskrit, so it is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 15 (13.169.15)

स निर्विकारः पुरुषस्तत्वेनैवोपदिश्यते । स एव पञ्चविंशस्तु विकारः पुरुषः स्मृतः ॥

sa nirvikāraḥ puruṣastatvenaivopadiśyate | sa eva pañcaviṃśastu vikāraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ

That Person without modification is taught by the principle itself; the same twenty-fifth is held to be the modified Person.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0400-0401 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 16 (13.169.16)

यद्येष निर्विकारः स्यात्तत्वं न तु भवेद्भव । विकारो विद्यमानस्तु तत्वसंज्ञकमुच्यते ॥

yadyeṣa nirvikāraḥ syāttatvaṃ na tu bhavedbhava | vikāro vidyamānastu tatvasaṃjñakamucyate

If he were free of modification, there would be no principle, O Bhava; it is the existing modification that is called the principle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0402-0403 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 17 (13.169.17)

यद्येषोऽव्यक्ततां नैति व्यतिरेकान्न संशयः । तथा भवति निस्तत्वस्तथा सत्वस्तथागुणः ॥

yadyeṣo'vyaktatāṃ naiti vyatirekānna saṃśayaḥ | tathā bhavati nistatvastathā satvastathāguṇaḥ

If this one does not attain unmanifestness, through separateness, without doubt, then he is at once without principle, with sattva, and with the qualities.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0404-0405 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected यद्योषोऽव्यक्ततां → यद्येषोऽव्यक्ततां (misprint in Wikisource; ये misprinted as यो; CE yady eṣo 'vyaktatāṃ).

Verse 18 (13.169.18)

विकारगुणसंत्यागात्प्रकृत्यन्यत्वतः शुचिः । तदा नानात्वतामेति सर्गहीनोऽपवर्गभाक् ॥

vikāraguṇasaṃtyāgātprakṛtyanyatvataḥ śuciḥ | tadā nānātvatāmeti sargahīno'pavargabhāk

By giving up the modifications and the qualities and being other than nature, the pure one then reaches plurality, free of creation, entitled to release.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0406-0407 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected प्रकृत्यन्यत्वता शुचिः → प्रकृत्यन्यत्वतः शुचिः (misprint in Wikisource; visarga misprinted as ā; CE prakṛtyanyatvataḥ śuciḥ).

Verse 19 (13.169.19)

बोध्यमानः प्रबुध्येत समो भवति बुद्धिमान् । अक्षरश्च भवत्येष यथावा च्युतवान्क्षणात् ॥

bodhyamānaḥ prabudhyeta samo bhavati buddhimān | akṣaraśca bhavatyeṣa yathāvā cyutavānkṣaṇāt

The one who is coming to know would awaken, and the wise one becomes even-minded; he becomes imperishable, as though fallen away in an instant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0408-0409 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 20 (13.169.20)

अव्यक्ताव्यक्तिरुक्ता स्यान्निर्गुणस्य गुणाकरात् । एतदेकत्वनानात्वमक्षरः क्षर एव च ॥

avyaktāvyaktiruktā syānnirguṇasya guṇākarāt | etadekatvanānātvamakṣaraḥ kṣara eva ca

The manifestation of the Unmanifest is said to arise, for the one without qualities, from the mine of the qualities. This is oneness and plurality, the imperishable and the perishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0410-0411 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 21 (13.169.21)

व्याख्यातं तव शूलाङ्क तथारिष्टानि चैव हि । विमोक्षलक्षणं शेषं तदपीह ब्रवीमि ते । यं ज्ञात्वा यतयः प्राप्ताः केवलत्वमनामयम् ॥

vyākhyātaṃ tava śūlāṅka tathāriṣṭāni caiva hi | vimokṣalakṣaṇaṃ śeṣaṃ tadapīha bravīmi te | yaṃ jñātvā yatayaḥ prāptāḥ kevalatvamanāmayam

This has been explained to you, O bearer of the trident-mark, and the omens too. The remaining mark of liberation I tell you now as well, knowing which the ascetics reached a pure isolation free of affliction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0412-0414 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 22 (13.169.22)

साङ्ख्याश्चाप्यथ योगाश्च दग्धपङ्का गतज्वराः । अमूर्तित्वमनुप्राप्ता निर्गुणा निर्भया भव ॥

sāṅkhyāścāpyatha yogāśca dagdhapaṅkā gatajvarāḥ | amūrtitvamanuprāptā nirguṇā nirbhayā bhava

Sankhyas and Yogins alike, their mire burnt away and their fevers gone, have reached the bodiless state; be without qualities and without fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0415-0416 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 23 (13.169.23)

विपाप्मानो महादेव मुक्ताः संसारसागरात् । सरणे प्रजनादाने गुणानां प्रकृतिः सदा । परा प्रमत्ता सततमेतावत्कार्यकारणम् ॥

vipāpmāno mahādeva muktāḥ saṃsārasāgarāt | saraṇe prajanādāne guṇānāṃ prakṛtiḥ sadā | parā pramattā satatametāvatkāryakāraṇam

Freed from sin, O Mahadeva, and released from the ocean of rebirth: in going forth, in bringing forth and in taking back, the nature of the qualities is ever beyond and ever heedless; so far extend cause and effect.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0417-0419 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 24 (13.169.24)

असच्चैव च सच्चैव कुरुते स पुनः पुनः । चैतन्येन पुराणेन चेतनाचेतनात्परः ॥

asaccaiva ca saccaiva kurute sa punaḥ punaḥ | caitanyena purāṇena cetanācetanātparaḥ

He makes what is not and what is, again and again; by ancient consciousness he is beyond the conscious and the unconscious.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0420-0421 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 25 (13.169.25)

यस्तु चेतयते चेतो मनसा चैकबुद्धिकम् । स नैव सन्न चैवासन्सदसन्न च संस्मृतः ॥

yastu cetayate ceto manasā caikabuddhikam | sa naiva sanna caivāsansadasanna ca saṃsmṛtaḥ

But he who enlivens thought by the mind, whose intelligence is one, is neither existent nor non-existent, nor is he reckoned both existent and non-existent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0422-0423 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 26 (13.169.26)

व्यतिरिक्तश्च शुद्धश्च सोऽन्यश्चाप्रकृतिस्तथा । उपेक्षकश्च प्रकृतेर्विकारपुरुषः स्मृतः ॥

vyatiriktaśca śuddhaśca so'nyaścāprakṛtistathā | upekṣakaśca prakṛtervikārapuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ

Distinct and pure, other than nature and without nature, and indifferent to nature, he is held to be the modified Person.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0424-0425 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 27 (13.169.27)

विकारपुरुषेणैषा संयुक्ता सृजते जगत् । पुनराददते चैव गुणानामन्यथात्मनि ॥

vikārapuruṣeṇaiṣā saṃyuktā sṛjate jagat | punarādadate caiva guṇānāmanyathātmani

United with the modified Person she creates the world, and again takes back the qualities into the self in another way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0426-0427 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 28 (13.169.28)

मत्स्योदकात्ससंज्ञातः प्रकृतेरेव कर्मणः । तद्वत्क्षेत्रसहस्राणि स एव प्रकरिष्यति ॥

matsyodakātsasaṃjñātaḥ prakṛtereva karmaṇaḥ | tadvatkṣetrasahasrāṇi sa eva prakariṣyati

As a fish is born from water by the working of nature alone, so he himself will make thousands of fields.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0428-0429 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 29 (13.169.29)

क्षेत्रप्रलयतज्ज्ञस्तु क्षेत्रज्ञ इति चोच्यते । संयोगो नित्य इत्याहुर्ये जनास्तत्वदर्शिनः ॥

kṣetrapralayatajjñastu kṣetrajña iti cocyate | saṃyogo nitya ityāhurye janāstatvadarśinaḥ

One who knows the dissolution of the fields is called the Knower of the Field. "The union is eternal," say the people who see the truth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0430-0431 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected सयोगो → संयोगो (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped; CE saṃyogo nitya).

Verse 30 (13.169.30)

एवमेष ह्यसत्सच्च विकारपुरुषः स्मृतः । विकारापद्यमानं तु विकृतिं प्रवदन्ति नः ॥

evameṣa hyasatsacca vikārapuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ | vikārāpadyamānaṃ tu vikṛtiṃ pravadanti naḥ

Thus this one, both real and unreal, is held to be the modified Person; and what falls into modification we call modification.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0432-0433 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 31 (13.169.31)

यदा त्वेष विकारस्य प्रकृतानिति मन्यते । तदा विकारतामेति विकारान्यत्वतां व्रजेत् ॥

yadā tveṣa vikārasya prakṛtāniti manyate | tadā vikāratāmeti vikārānyatvatāṃ vrajet

When he thinks of these as produced by the modification, then he enters the state of modification; and he might pass on to being other than modification.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0434-0435 (printed after 13.110.137d). Wikisource's प्रकृतानिति (प्रकृतान् + इति) is kept; CE reads prakṛtānīti.

Verse 32 (13.169.32)

प्रकृत्या च विकारैश्च व्यतिरिक्तो यदा भवेत् । शुचि यत्परमं शुद्धं प्रतिबुद्धं सनातनम् । अयुक्तं निष्कलं शुद्धमव्ययं चाजरामरम् ॥

prakṛtyā ca vikāraiśca vyatirikto yadā bhavet | śuci yatparamaṃ śuddhaṃ pratibuddhaṃ sanātanam | ayuktaṃ niṣkalaṃ śuddhamavyayaṃ cājarāmaram

When he becomes distinct from nature and from the modifications, then he is the pure, supreme, spotless, awakened, eternal one, unyoked, partless, pure, imperishable, ageless and deathless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0436-0438 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 33 (13.169.33)

समेत्य तेन शुद्धेन बुध्यमानः स भास्वरः । विमोक्षं भजते व्यक्तादप्रबुद्धादचेतनात् ॥

sametya tena śuddhena budhyamānaḥ sa bhāsvaraḥ | vimokṣaṃ bhajate vyaktādaprabuddhādacetanāt

Having united with that Pure One, the radiant one who is coming to know attains liberation from the manifest, the unawakened, the unconscious.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0439-0440 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 34 (13.169.34)

उदुम्बराद्वा मशकः प्रलयान्निर्गतो यथा । तथाऽव्यक्तस्य संत्यागान्निर्ममः पञ्च विंशकः ॥

udumbarādvā maśakaḥ pralayānnirgato yathā | tathā'vyaktasya saṃtyāgānnirmamaḥ pañca viṃśakaḥ

As a gnat that has come out of a fig at its bursting, so the twenty-fifth, giving up the Unmanifest, becomes free of possessiveness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0441-0442 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 35 (13.169.35)

यथा पुष्करपर्णस्थो जलबिन्दुर्न संश्लिषेत् । तथैवाव्यक्तविषये न लिप्येत्पञ्चविंशकः ॥

yathā puṣkaraparṇastho jalabindurna saṃśliṣet | tathaivāvyaktaviṣaye na lipyetpañcaviṃśakaḥ

As a drop of water does not cling to a lotus leaf, so the twenty-fifth is not smeared by the domain of the Unmanifest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0443-0444 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 36 (13.169.36)

आकाश इव निःसङ्गस्तथाऽसङ्गस्तथा वरः । पञ्चविंशतिमो बुद्धो बुद्धेन समतां गतः ॥

ākāśa iva niḥsaṅgastathā'saṅgastathā varaḥ | pañcaviṃśatimo buddho buddhena samatāṃ gataḥ

Unattached like space, thus without attachment, thus supreme, the twenty-fifth, awakened, has reached sameness with the Awakened.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0445-0446 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected तथा सङ्गस्त्था वरः → तथाऽसङ्गस्तथा वरः (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped (which flips 'unattached' to 'attached') and a broken त्था; CE tathāsaṅgas tathā varaḥ). Corrected बुद्धेनि → बुद्धेन (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; CE buddhena).

Verse 37 (13.169.37)

एतद्धि प्रकृतं ज्ञानं तत्वतश्च समुत्थितम् । पूर्वजेभ्यस्तथोत्पन्नं ब्रह्मजेभ्यस्तथानघ ॥

etaddhi prakṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tatvataśca samutthitam | pūrvajebhyastathotpannaṃ brahmajebhyastathānagha

This is the knowledge that has been set forth, arisen from the truth, born of those who were born first, of the Brahma-born, O sinless one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0447-0448 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 38 (13.169.38)

आदिसर्गो महाबाहो तामसेनावृतं परम् । प्रविष्टावयवं देवमभेद्यमजरामरम् ॥

ādisargo mahābāho tāmasenāvṛtaṃ param | praviṣṭāvayavaṃ devamabhedyamajarāmaram

In the first creation, O mighty-armed, the Supreme was veiled by darkness, the God who entered into the parts, unbreakable, ageless and deathless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0449-0450 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected प्रतिष्टावयवंदेवम → प्रविष्टावयवं देवम (misprint in Wikisource; 'प्रतिष्टा' is not a word; CE praviṣṭāvayavaṃ devam).

Verse 39 (13.169.39)

सनकः सनन्दनश्चैव तृतीयश्च सनातनः । ते विदुः परमं धर्ममव्ययं व्ययधर्षणम् ॥

sanakaḥ sanandanaścaiva tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ | te viduḥ paramaṃ dharmamavyayaṃ vyayadharṣaṇam

Sanaka, Sanandana, and the third, Sanatana: they knew the supreme, imperishable Dharma that overcomes perishing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0451-0452 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected सनन्दनश्चैवि → सनन्दनश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; CE sanandanaś caiva).

Verse 40 (13.169.40)

अव्यक्तात्परमात्सूक्ष्मादव्रणान्मूर्तिसंज्ञकात् । क्षेत्रज्ञो भगवानास्ते नारायणपरायणः ॥

avyaktātparamātsūkṣmādavraṇānmūrtisaṃjñakāt | kṣetrajño bhagavānāste nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ

Beyond the Unmanifest, supreme, subtle and flawless, known as the embodied, the Blessed Knower of the Field abides, with Narayana as his refuge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0453-0454 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected नरायणपरायणः → नारायणपरायणः (misprint in Wikisource; ā dropped; CE nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ).

Verse 41 (13.169.41)

अस्माकं सहजातानामुत्पन्नं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् । एते हि मूर्तिमन्तो वै लोकान्प्रविचरामहे ॥

asmākaṃ sahajātānāmutpannaṃ jñānamuttamam | ete hi mūrtimanto vai lokānpravicarāmahe

Supreme knowledge arose in us, the co-born. We, indeed, embodied, range through the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0455-0456 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 42 (13.169.42)

पुनःपुनः प्रजाता वै तत्रतत्र पिनाकधृक् । द्वन्द्वैर्विरज्यमानस्य ज्ञानमुत्पन्नमुत्तमम् ॥

punaḥpunaḥ prajātā vai tatratatra pinākadhṛk | dvandvairvirajyamānasya jñānamutpannamuttamam

Born again and again here and there, O wielder of the Pinaka, in one turning away from the dualities, supreme knowledge arose.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0457-0458 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 43 (13.169.43)

कपिलान्मूलआचार्यात्तत्वबुद्धिविनिश्चयम् । योगसांख्यमवाप्तं मे कार्त्स्न्येन मुनिसत्तमात् ॥

kapilānmūlaācāryāttatvabuddhiviniścayam | yogasāṃkhyamavāptaṃ me kārtsnyena munisattamāt

From Kapila, the original teacher, the firm settling of the understanding of the principles, and Yoga and Sankhya in their entirety, were obtained by me from that best of sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0459-0460 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 44 (13.169.44)

तेन संबोधिताः शिष्या बहवस्तत्वदर्शिनः । तद्बुद्ध्वा बहवः शिष्या मयाप्येतन्निदर्शिताः ॥

tena saṃbodhitāḥ śiṣyā bahavastatvadarśinaḥ | tadbuddhvā bahavaḥ śiṣyā mayāpyetannidarśitāḥ

Many disciples who see the truth were enlightened by him; having learned it, many disciples were shown this by me as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0461-0462 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 45 (13.169.45)

जन्ममृत्युहरं तथ्यं ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं सनातनम् । यज्ज्ञात्वा नानुशोचन्ति तत्वज्ञानान्निरिन्द्रियाः ॥

janmamṛtyuharaṃ tathyaṃ jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ sanātanam | yajjñātvā nānuśocanti tatvajñānānnirindriyāḥ

True knowledge that removes birth and death, eternal and worth knowing: knowing it, those of the knowledge of the principles, free of the senses, do not grieve.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0463-0464 (printed after 13.110.137d). Corrected तत्वज्ञाना निरिन्द्रियाः → तत्वज्ञानान्निरिन्द्रियाः (misprint in Wikisource; न् dropped; CE tattvajñānān nirindriyāḥ).

Verse 46 (13.169.46)

शुद्धबीजमलाश्चैव विपङ्का वै निरक्षराः । स्वतन्त्रास्ते स्वतन्त्रेण सम्मिता निष्कलाः स्मृताः ॥

śuddhabījamalāścaiva vipaṅkā vai nirakṣarāḥ | svatantrāste svatantreṇa sammitā niṣkalāḥ smṛtāḥ

With the stains of the seed made pure, free of mire and free of letters, independent, equal to the Independent, they are remembered as partless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0465-0466 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 47 (13.169.47)

शाश्वताश्चाव्ययाश्चैव तमोग्राह्याश्च भास्वर । विपाप्मानस्तथा सर्वे सत्वस्थाश्चापि निर्व्रणाः ॥

śāśvatāścāvyayāścaiva tamogrāhyāśca bhāsvara | vipāpmānastathā sarve satvasthāścāpi nirvraṇāḥ

Eternal and imperishable, beyond the grasp of darkness, O radiant one, sinless, all established in sattva, and without wound,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0467-0468 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 48 (13.169.48)

विमुक्ताः केवलाश्चैव वीतमोहभयास्तथा । अमूर्तास्ते महाभाग सर्वे च विगतज्वराः ॥

vimuktāḥ kevalāścaiva vītamohabhayāstathā | amūrtāste mahābhāga sarve ca vigatajvarāḥ

freed, isolated, with delusion and fear gone, bodiless, O greatly fortunate one, all with their fevers gone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0469-0470 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 49 (13.169.49)

हिरण्यनाभस्त्रिशिरास्तथा प्रह्लादभास्करौ । वसुर्विश्वावसुश्चैव सार्धं पञ्चशिखस्तथा ॥

hiraṇyanābhastriśirāstathā prahlādabhāskarau | vasurviśvāvasuścaiva sārdhaṃ pañcaśikhastathā

Hiranyanabha, Trishiras, Prahlada and Bhaskara, Vasu, Vishvavasu, and Panchashikha with them,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0471-0472 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 50 (13.169.50)

गार्ग्योऽथासुरिरावन्त्यो गौतमो वृत एव च । कात्यायनोऽथ नमुचिर्हरिश्च दमनश्च ह ॥

gārgyo'thāsurirāvantyo gautamo vṛta eva ca | kātyāyano'tha namucirhariśca damanaśca ha

Gargya, Asuri, Avantya, Gautama and Vrita, Katyayana, Namuchi, Hari and Damana,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0473-0474 (printed after 13.110.137d). Wikisource reads गौतमो वृत against CE gautamo 'vrata (recension variant or name; Wikisource reading kept). Corrected दमनश्चि ह → दमनश्च ह (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; CE damanaś ca ha).

Verse 51 (13.169.51)

एते चान्ये च बहवस्तत्वमेवोपदर्शिताः । केचिन्मुक्ताः स्थिताः केचिच्छन्दतश्चापरे मृताः ॥

ete cānye ca bahavastatvamevopadarśitāḥ | kecinmuktāḥ sthitāḥ kecicchandataścāpare mṛtāḥ

these and many others were shown the truth. Some are liberated, some remain, and others have died of their own will.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0475-0476 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 52 (13.169.52)

दर्शितास्त्रिविधं बन्धं विमोक्षं त्रिविधं तथा । अज्ञानं चैव रागश्च संयोगं प्राकृतं तथा ॥

darśitāstrividhaṃ bandhaṃ vimokṣaṃ trividhaṃ tathā | ajñānaṃ caiva rāgaśca saṃyogaṃ prākṛtaṃ tathā

They were shown threefold bondage and likewise threefold liberation: ignorance, passion, and the natural conjunction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0477-0478 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 53 (13.169.53)

एतेभ्यो बन्धनं प्रोक्तं विमोक्षमपि मे शृणु । परितस्तावता सम्यक्सम्बन्धो यावता कृतः ॥

etebhyo bandhanaṃ proktaṃ vimokṣamapi me śṛṇu | paritastāvatā samyaksambandho yāvatā kṛtaḥ

Bondage has been described as coming from these; hear from me of liberation too. The connection holds fully all around, exactly as far as it has been made.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0479-0480 (printed after 13.110.137d).

Verse 54 (13.169.54)

कृत्स्नक्षयपरित्यागाद्विमोक्ष इति नः श्रुतिः । निवृत्तः सर्वसङ्गेभ्यः केवलः पुरुषोऽमलः ॥

kṛtsnakṣayaparityāgādvimokṣa iti naḥ śrutiḥ | nivṛttaḥ sarvasaṅgebhyaḥ kevalaḥ puruṣo'malaḥ

Liberation comes from giving up the complete wasting away: so our scripture says. The Person turned away from all attachments is alone and stainless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0481-0482 (printed after 13.110.137d). The critical edition prints a 'bhīṣmaḥ' heading one line early, before this verse's second line (13,110.137d@011_0482); Wikisource prints the Bhishma heading only before verse 55, and the verse is kept with Sanatkumara.

Verse 55 (13.169.55)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवानीश्वराय महात्मने । सनत्कुमारः प्रययावाकाशं समुपाश्रितः ॥

ityevamuktvā bhagavānīśvarāya mahātmane | sanatkumāraḥ prayayāvākāśaṃ samupāśritaḥ

Having spoken thus to Ishvara, the great-souled one, the Blessed Sanatkumara departed, rising into the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has it only as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13,110.137d@011_0483-0484 (printed after 13.110.137d). Speaker Bhishma as headed on the page (the critical edition's heading falls one line earlier, see verse 54). Frame narration: Bhishma reports that Sanatkumara, having spoken, departed.