The Best of Holy Places: Tirthas of the Mind

Verse 1 (13.170.1)

यद्वरं सर्वतीर्थानां तद्ब्रवीहि पितामह । यत्र चैव परं शौचं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥

yadvaraṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ tadbravīhi pitāmaha | yatra caiva paraṃ śaucaṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi

Tell me, grandfather, which is the best of all holy places, and where the highest purity is to be found; you ought to explain that to me.

Verse 2 (13.170.2)

सर्वाणि खलु तीर्थानि गुणवन्ति मनीषिणः । यत्तु तीर्थं च शौचं च तन्मे शृणु समाहितः ॥

sarvāṇi khalu tīrthāni guṇavanti manīṣiṇaḥ | yattu tīrthaṃ ca śaucaṃ ca tanme śṛṇu samāhitaḥ

All holy places are indeed full of merit, O wise one. But listen with attention to what I tell you about the holy place and about purity.

Verse 3 (13.170.3)

अगाधे विमले शुद्धे सत्यतीर्थे धृतिह्रदे । स्नातव्यं मानसे तीर्थे सत्वमालम्ब्य शाश्वतम् ॥

agādhe vimale śuddhe satyatīrthe dhṛtihrade | snātavyaṃ mānase tīrthe satvamālambya śāśvatam

One should bathe in the holy place of the mind, in the unfathomable, stainless, pure lake of steadfastness whose holy place is truth, holding fast to eternal goodness.

Verse 4 (13.170.4)

तीर्थशौचं तपो ज्ञानं मार्दवं सत्यमार्जवम् । अहिंसा सर्वभूतानामानृशंस्यं दमः शमः ॥

tīrthaśaucaṃ tapo jñānaṃ mārdavaṃ satyamārjavam | ahiṃsā sarvabhūtānāmānṛśaṃsyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ

Purity of the holy place, austerity, knowledge, gentleness, truthfulness, uprightness, non-injury to all beings, kindness, self-control and tranquillity:

Verse 5 (13.170.5)

निर्ममा निरहङ्कारा निर्द्वन्द्वा निष्परिग्रहाः । योगिनस्तीर्थभूतास्ते तीर्थं परममुच्यते ॥

nirmamā nirahaṅkārā nirdvandvā niṣparigrahāḥ | yoginastīrthabhūtāste tīrthaṃ paramamucyate

those who are free of possessiveness, of egoism, of the pairs of opposites and of possessions, the yogins, are themselves holy places, and that is called the highest holy place.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.5 (aligner found no match). Line 1 is CE 5a; line 2 differs from CE 5c 'śucayas tīrthabhūtās te ye bhaikṣam upabhuñjate' (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 6 (13.170.6)

नारायणेऽथ रुद्रे वा भक्तिस्तीर्थं परं मतम् । शौचलक्षणमेतत्ते सर्वत्रैवान्ववेक्षतः ॥

nārāyaṇe'tha rudre vā bhaktistīrthaṃ paraṃ matam | śaucalakṣaṇametatte sarvatraivānvavekṣataḥ

Devotion to Narayana or to Rudra is held to be the highest holy place. This is the mark of purity for you, to be observed everywhere.

Note on the text: Hand-matched. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 13,111.006b*0539_01 (nārāyaṇe 'tha rudre vā bhaktis tīrthaṃ paraṃ matam); line 2 is CE 6c. CE 6a ('tattvavit tv anahaṃbuddhis tīrthaṃ paramam ucyate') is not on the page proper; a footnote after the colophon records it as a variant (13-170-7, इति झ.पाठः) and is not added.

Verse 7 (13.170.7)

रजस्तमःसत्वमथो येषां निर्धूतमात्मना । तीर्थमाचारशुद्धिश्च स्वमार्गपरिमार्गणम् ॥

rajastamaḥsatvamatho yeṣāṃ nirdhūtamātmanā | tīrthamācāraśuddhiśca svamārgaparimārgaṇam

Those whose self has been washed clean of rajas, tamas and sattva have as their holy place purity of conduct and the search for their own path.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.7. Line 1 matches CE 7a; line 2 (तीर्थमाचारशुद्धिश्च स्वमार्गपरिमार्गणम्) differs from CE 7c 'śaucāśauce na te saktāḥ svakāryaparimārgiṇaḥ' (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 8 (13.170.8)

सर्वत्यागेष्वभिरताः सर्वज्ञाः समदर्शिनः । शौचेष्वेतेष्वभिरतास्ते तीर्थशुचयोऽपि च ॥

sarvatyāgeṣvabhiratāḥ sarvajñāḥ samadarśinaḥ | śauceṣveteṣvabhiratāste tīrthaśucayo'pi ca

Those who delight in giving up everything, who know all and look on all alike, and who delight in these purities, are themselves holy places and pure.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.8. Line 2 differs from CE 8c 'śaucena vṛttaśaucārthās te tīrthāḥ śucayaś ca te' (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept). Corrected शौचष्वेतेष्व → शौचेष्वेतेष्व (misprint in Wikisource; ए dropped ('शौचष्व' is not a form of शौच); locative plural शौचेषु + एतेषु).

Verse 9 (13.170.9)

नोदकक्लिन्नगात्रस्तु स्नात इत्यभिधीयते । स स्नातो यो दमस्नातः स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः शुचिः ॥

nodakaklinnagātrastu snāta ityabhidhīyate | sa snāto yo damasnātaḥ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ

One whose body is merely wet with water is not called bathed. He is bathed who is bathed in self-control; he is pure within and without.

Verse 10 (13.170.10)

अदृष्टेष्वनपेक्षा ये प्राप्तेष्वर्थेषु निर्ममाः । शौचमेव परं तेषां येषां नोत्पद्यते स्पृहा ॥

adṛṣṭeṣvanapekṣā ye prāpteṣvartheṣu nirmamāḥ | śaucameva paraṃ teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ notpadyate spṛhā

Those who have no longing for what is unseen and no possessiveness about what has come to them have the highest purity, in whom no craving arises.

Verse 11 (13.170.11)

प्रज्ञानं शौचमेवेह शरीरस्य विशेषतः । तथा निष्किंचनत्वं च मनसश्च प्रसन्नता ॥

prajñānaṃ śaucameveha śarīrasya viśeṣataḥ | tathā niṣkiṃcanatvaṃ ca manasaśca prasannatā

Wisdom is itself purity here, above all for the body, as are owning nothing and serenity of mind.

Verse 12 (13.170.12)

वृत्तं शौचं महाशौचं तीर्थशौचमतः परम् । ज्ञानोत्पन्नं च यच्छौचं तच्छौचं परमं स्मृतम् ॥

vṛttaṃ śaucaṃ mahāśaucaṃ tīrthaśaucamataḥ param | jñānotpannaṃ ca yacchaucaṃ tacchaucaṃ paramaṃ smṛtam

Good conduct is purity, great purity; beyond it is the purity of the holy place; and the purity born of knowledge is held to be the highest purity.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.12. Line 1 differs from CE 12a 'vṛttaśaucaṃ manaḥśaucaṃ tīrthaśaucaṃ paraṃ hitam' (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 13 (13.170.13)

मनसा च प्रदीप्तेन ब्रह्मज्ञानजलेन च । स्नाता ये मानसे तीर्थे तज्ज्ञाः क्षेत्रज्ञदर्शनाः ॥

manasā ca pradīptena brahmajñānajalena ca | snātā ye mānase tīrthe tajjñāḥ kṣetrajñadarśanāḥ

Those who have bathed in the holy place of the mind, with a mind that blazes and with the water of knowledge of Brahman, know that, and see the Knower of the Field.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.13. Wording differs from CE (मनसा च प्रदीप्तेन ... जलेन for manasātha pradīpena ... balena; क्षेत्रज्ञदर्शनाः for kṣetrajñadarśinaḥ): recension variants, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 14 (13.170.14)

समारोपितशौचस्तु नित्यं भवसमन्वितः । केवलं गुणसम्पन्नः शुचिरेव नरः सदा ॥

samāropitaśaucastu nityaṃ bhavasamanvitaḥ | kevalaṃ guṇasampannaḥ śucireva naraḥ sadā

One in whom purity has been firmly laid, ever joined with the right inner state and endowed with virtue alone, is always a pure man.

Verse 15 (13.170.15)

शरीरस्थानि तीर्थानि प्रोक्तान्येतानि भारत । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यानि शृणु तान्यपि ॥

śarīrasthāni tīrthāni proktānyetāni bhārata | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyāni śṛṇu tānyapi

These are the holy places that lie in the body, O Bharata. Now hear also of the holy places on the earth that are sacred.

Verse 16 (13.170.16)

शरीरस्य यथोद्देशाः शरीरोपरि निर्मिताः । तथा पृथिव्या भागाश्च पुण्यानि सलिलानि च ॥

śarīrasya yathoddeśāḥ śarīropari nirmitāḥ | tathā pṛthivyā bhāgāśca puṇyāni salilāni ca

As the regions of the body are built upon the body, so the parts of the earth are sacred, and so are the sacred waters.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.16. Wording differs from CE 'yathā śarīrasyoddeśāḥ śucayaḥ parinirmitāḥ' (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept). Corrected यथोद्देशः → यथोद्देशाः (misprint in Wikisource; ā dropped; the plural निर्मिताः needs उद्देशाः, CE uddeśāḥ).

Verse 17 (13.170.17)

कीर्तनाच्चैव तीर्थस्य स्नानाच्च पितृतर्पणात् । शोध्यं हि पातकं तीर्थे पूता यान्ति सुखं दिवम् ॥

kīrtanāccaiva tīrthasya snānācca pitṛtarpaṇāt | śodhyaṃ hi pātakaṃ tīrthe pūtā yānti sukhaṃ divam

By the praise of a holy place, by bathing, and by offering water to the ancestors, sin is washed away at a holy place, and the purified go happily to heaven.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.17. Wording differs from CE (कीर्तनात् for prārthanāt; शोध्यं हि पातकं तीर्थे for dhunanti pāpaṃ tīrtheṣu): recension variants, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 18 (13.170.18)

परिग्रहाच्च साधूनां पृथिव्याश्चैव तेजसा । अतीव पुण्यभागास्ते सलिलस्य च तेजसा ॥

parigrahācca sādhūnāṃ pṛthivyāścaiva tejasā | atīva puṇyabhāgāste salilasya ca tejasā

Through the company of the good, through the power of the earth and the power of the water, those parts become exceedingly meritorious.

Verse 19 (13.170.19)

मनसश्च पृथिव्याश्च पुण्यास्तीर्थास्तथापरे । उभयोरेव यः स्नायात्स सिद्धिं शीघ्रमाप्नुयात् ॥

manasaśca pṛthivyāśca puṇyāstīrthāstathāpare | ubhayoreva yaḥ snāyātsa siddhiṃ śīghramāpnuyāt

There are the holy places of the mind and the holy places of the earth. He who bathes in both quickly attains perfection.

Verse 20 (13.170.20)

यथा फलं क्रियाहीनं क्रिया वा फलवर्जिता । नेह साधयते कार्यं समायुक्ता तु सिध्यति ॥

yathā phalaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ kriyā vā phalavarjitā | neha sādhayate kāryaṃ samāyuktā tu sidhyati

As a fruit without action, or action without fruit, accomplishes nothing here, but the two joined together succeed,

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.20. Wording differs from CE (फलं ... फलवर्जिता for balaṃ ... balavarjitā): recension variants, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 21 (13.170.21)

एवं शरीरशौचेन तीर्थशौचेन चान्वितः । शुचिः सिद्धिमवाप्नोति द्विविधं शौचमुत्तमम् ॥

evaṃ śarīraśaucena tīrthaśaucena cānvitaḥ | śuciḥ siddhimavāpnoti dvividhaṃ śaucamuttamam

so the pure man, joined with bodily purity and the purity of the holy place, attains perfection: this twofold purity is the highest.

Note on the text: Hand-matched to CE 13.111.21. Line 2 reads शुचिः सिद्धिमवाप्नोति for CE tataḥ siddhim avāpnoti (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).