Liberation as the Highest Dharma, and the Seeker's Discipline

Verse 1 (13.243.1)

देवदेव नमस्तेऽस्तु कालसूदन शङ्कर । लोकेषु विविधा धर्मास्त्वत्प्रसादान्मया श्रुताः ॥

devadeva namaste'stu kālasūdana śaṅkara | lokeṣu vividhā dharmāstvatprasādānmayā śrutāḥ

Salutations to you, God of gods, destroyer of Death, Shankara! By your grace I have heard of the many kinds of dharma in the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3835-3836.

Verse 2 (13.243.2)

विशिष्टं सर्वधर्मेभ्यः शाश्वतं ध्रुवमव्ययम् । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं सर्वमत्र मुह्यति मे मनः ॥

viśiṣṭaṃ sarvadharmebhyaḥ śāśvataṃ dhruvamavyayam | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ sarvamatra muhyati me manaḥ

I wish to hear all about the one that is highest among all the dharmas, eternal, fixed and imperishable; on this my mind is bewildered.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुतुमिच्छाम्यहं → श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं (misprint in Wikisource; the Appendix text reads śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3837-3838. Line 3838 reads dharmaṃ tatra muhyati me manaḥ in the Appendix (Wikisource: sarvam atra, kept).

Verse 3 (13.243.3)

केचिन्मोक्षं प्रशंसन्ति केचिद्यज्ञफलं द्विजाः । वानप्रस्थं पुनः केचिद्गार्हस्थ्यं केचिदाश्रमम् ॥

kecinmokṣaṃ praśaṃsanti kecidyajñaphalaṃ dvijāḥ | vānaprasthaṃ punaḥ kecidgārhasthyaṃ kecidāśramam

Some Brahmins praise liberation, some the fruit of sacrifice; others praise the life of the forest-dweller, and some the householder's stage of life;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3839-3840.

Verse 4 (13.243.4)

राजधर्माश्रयं केचित्केचित्स्वाध्यायमेव च । ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमं केचित्केचिद्वाक्संयमाश्रयम् ॥

rājadharmāśrayaṃ kecitkecitsvādhyāyameva ca | brahmacaryāśramaṃ kecitkecidvāksaṃyamāśrayam

some rest on the duties of a king, some on the study of the Veda alone; some on the stage of the student, some on the restraint of speech.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3841-3842.

Verse 5 (13.243.5)

मातरं पितरं केचित्सेवमाना दिवं गताः । अहिंसया परः स्वर्गे सत्येन च महीयते ॥

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ kecitsevamānā divaṃ gatāḥ | ahiṃsayā paraḥ svarge satyena ca mahīyate

Some, serving their mother and father, have gone to heaven. One who excels in non-violence, and in truth, is honoured in heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3843-3844.

Verse 6 (13.243.6)

आहवेऽभिमुखाः केचिन्निहतास्त्रिदिवं गताः । केचिदुञ्छवृत्ते सिद्धाः स्वर्गमार्गं समाश्रिताः ॥

āhave'bhimukhāḥ kecinnihatāstridivaṃ gatāḥ | keciduñchavṛtte siddhāḥ svargamārgaṃ samāśritāḥ

Some, facing the foe in battle, have fallen and gone to heaven; some, perfected in the life of gleaning grain, have taken the road to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3845-3846. Line 3846 reads ke cid uñchavrate siddhāḥ in the Appendix (Wikisource: kecid uñchavṛtte siddhāḥ).

Verse 7 (13.243.7)

आर्जवेनापरे युक्ता महतां पूजने रताः । ऋजवो नाकपृष्ठे तु शुद्धात्मानः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

ārjavenāpare yuktā mahatāṃ pūjane ratāḥ | ṛjavo nākapṛṣṭhe tu śuddhātmānaḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

Others, devoted to uprightness and delighting in honouring the great, the upright and pure of self, are established on the vault of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected पूजते → पूजने (misprint in Wikisource; finite verb for the locative; the sense requires "delighting in honouring the great"). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3847-3848. Line 3847 reads ārjavenāpare yuktā hatāś cānārjavair janaiḥ in the Appendix (Wikisource: mahatāṃ pūjane ratāḥ, kept).

Verse 8 (13.243.8)

एवं बहुविधैर्लोके धर्मद्वारैः सुसंवृतैः । ममापि मतिराविद्धा मेघलेखेव वायुना ॥

evaṃ bahuvidhairloke dharmadvāraiḥ susaṃvṛtaiḥ | mamāpi matirāviddhā meghalekheva vāyunā

Thus, with dharma having so many doors, all so closely veiled, my mind too is tossed about like a streak of cloud by the wind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3849-3850.

Verse 9 (13.243.9)

एतस्मिन्संशयस्थाने संशयच्छेदकारि यत् । वचनं ब्रूहि देवेश निश्चयज्ञानसंज्ञितम् ॥

etasminsaṃśayasthāne saṃśayacchedakāri yat | vacanaṃ brūhi deveśa niścayajñānasaṃjñitam

In this place of doubt, speak, Lord of the gods, a word that cuts away doubt, the knowledge known as certainty.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3851-3852.

Verse 10 (13.243.10)

एवं पृष्टः स्वया देव्या महादेवः पिनाकधृक् । प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सूक्ष्ममध्यात्मसंश्रितम् ॥

evaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ svayā devyā mahādevaḥ pinākadhṛk | provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ sūkṣmamadhyātmasaṃśritam

Asked thus by his own goddess, Mahadeva, wielder of the Pinaka bow, spoke sweet words, subtle and resting on the Self.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3853-3854.

Verse 11 (13.243.11)

न्यायतस्त्वं महाभागे श्रोतुकामाऽसि निश्चयम् । एतदेव विशिष्टं ते यत्त्वं पृच्छसि मां प्रिये ॥

nyāyatastvaṃ mahābhāge śrotukāmā'si niścayam | etadeva viśiṣṭaṃ te yattvaṃ pṛcchasi māṃ priye

Rightly, greatly blessed one, you wish to hear what is certain. This itself is the best thing about you, that you ask me this, beloved.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3855-3856.

Verse 12 (13.243.12)

सर्वत्र विहितो धर्मः स्वर्गलोकफलाश्रितः । बहुद्वारस्य धर्मस्य नेहास्ति विफलाः क्रियाः ॥

sarvatra vihito dharmaḥ svargalokaphalāśritaḥ | bahudvārasya dharmasya nehāsti viphalāḥ kriyāḥ

Everywhere dharma is laid down as resting on the fruit of the world of heaven. For dharma, which has many doors, no act here is fruitless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3857-3858.

Verse 13 (13.243.13)

यस्मिन्यस्मिंश्च विषये योयो याति विनिश्चयम् । तं तमेवाभिजानाति नान्यं धर्मं शुचिस्मिते ॥

yasminyasmiṃśca viṣaye yoyo yāti viniścayam | taṃ tamevābhijānāti nānyaṃ dharmaṃ śucismite

In whatever matter a person arrives at firm conviction, that alone he knows, and no other dharma, bright-smiling one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3859-3860.

Verse 14 (13.243.14)

शृणु देवि समासेन मोक्षद्वारमनुत्तमम् । एतद्धि सर्वधर्माणां विशिष्टं शुभमव्ययम् ॥

śṛṇu devi samāsena mokṣadvāramanuttamam | etaddhi sarvadharmāṇāṃ viśiṣṭaṃ śubhamavyayam

Hear briefly, goddess, the unsurpassed door of liberation. This, of all dharmas, is the best, auspicious and imperishable.

Note on the text: Corrected मोक्षद्वारसमनुत्तमम् → मोक्षद्वारमनुत्तमम् (misprint in Wikisource; a spurious syllable breaks the metre; the Appendix text reads mokṣajñānam anuttamam). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3861-3862. Line 3862 reads viśiṣṭaṃ guhyam avyayam in the Appendix (Wikisource: śubham avyayam, kept).

Verse 15 (13.243.15)

नास्ति मोक्षात्परं देवि मोक्ष एव परा गतिः । सुखमात्यन्तिकं श्रेष्ठमनिवृत्तं च तद्विदुः ॥

nāsti mokṣātparaṃ devi mokṣa eva parā gatiḥ | sukhamātyantikaṃ śreṣṭhamanivṛttaṃ ca tadviduḥ

There is nothing higher than liberation, goddess; liberation alone is the supreme goal. They know it as final happiness, the best, and never ceasing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3863-3864. Line 3864 reads anivarti ca tad viduḥ in the Appendix (Wikisource: anivṛttaṃ ca tad viduḥ).

Verse 16 (13.243.16)

नात्र देवि जरा मृत्युः शोको वा दुःखमेव वा । अनुत्तममचिन्त्यं च तद्देवि परमं सुखम् ॥

nātra devi jarā mṛtyuḥ śoko vā duḥkhameva vā | anuttamamacintyaṃ ca taddevi paramaṃ sukham

There, goddess, is no old age or death, no sorrow, and no pain. That, goddess, is the supreme happiness, unsurpassed and beyond thought.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3865-3866.

Verse 17 (13.243.17)

ज्ञानानामुत्तमं ज्ञानं मोक्षज्ञानं विदुर्बुधाः । ऋषिभिर्देवसङ्घैश्च प्रोच्यते परमं पदम् ॥

jñānānāmuttamaṃ jñānaṃ mokṣajñānaṃ vidurbudhāḥ | ṛṣibhirdevasaṅghaiśca procyate paramaṃ padam

Of all kinds of knowledge, the wise hold the knowledge of liberation to be the highest. By sages and hosts of gods it is called the supreme state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3867-3868.

Verse 18 (13.243.18)

नित्यमक्षरमक्षोभ्यमजेयं शाश्वतं शिवम् । विशन्ति तत्पदं प्राज्ञाः स्पृहणीयं सुरोत्तमैः ॥

nityamakṣaramakṣobhyamajeyaṃ śāśvataṃ śivam | viśanti tatpadaṃ prājñāḥ spṛhaṇīyaṃ surottamaiḥ

Eternal, imperishable, unshakable, unconquerable, everlasting, auspicious: the wise enter that state, which the best of the gods long for.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3869-3870. Line 3869 reads nityam akṣaram akṣobhyam ajaraṃ śāśvataṃ śivam, and line 3870 uśanti tat padaṃ prājñāḥ spṛhaṇīyaṃ surāsuraiḥ, in the Appendix.

Verse 19 (13.243.19)

दुःखादिश्च दुरन्तश्च संसारोयं प्रकीर्तितः । शोकव्याधिजरादोषैर्मरणेन च संयुतः ॥

duḥkhādiśca durantaśca saṃsāroyaṃ prakīrtitaḥ | śokavyādhijarādoṣairmaraṇena ca saṃyutaḥ

This cycle of rebirth is declared to begin in sorrow and to end badly, joined with sorrow, disease, the faults of old age, and death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3871, 3876. First half corresponds loosely to line 3871 (duḥkhādi ca durantaṃ ca); second half is line 3876 (śokavyādhijarādoṣair maraṇena ca saṃyutaḥ).

Verse 20 (13.243.20)

यथा ज्योतिर्गणा व्योम्नि विवर्तन्ते पुनःपुनः । तस्य मोक्षस्य मार्गोऽयं श्रूयतां शुभलक्षणे ॥

yathā jyotirgaṇā vyomni vivartante punaḥpunaḥ | tasya mokṣasya mārgo'yaṃ śrūyatāṃ śubhalakṣaṇe

As the hosts of lights wheel in the sky again and again, so does that cycle. Let this path to its liberation be heard, bearer of auspicious marks.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुयतां → श्रूयतां (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel for long; the Appendix text reads śrūyatāṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3877, 3874. First line is Appendix line 3877 (nivartante for vivartante); second line is line 3874 (mokṣasya tasya mārgo 'yaṃ).

Verse 21 (13.243.21)

ब्रह्मादिस्थावरान्तश्च संसारो यः प्रकीर्तितः । संसारे प्राणिनः सर्वे निवर्तन्ते यथा पुनः ॥

brahmādisthāvarāntaśca saṃsāro yaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | saṃsāre prāṇinaḥ sarve nivartante yathā punaḥ

The cycle of rebirth is declared to extend from Brahma down to the immovable things. In that cycle all living beings keep turning back again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3875, 3878. First line is Appendix line 3875 (saṃsāro 'yaṃ pravartate for yaḥ prakīrtitaḥ); second line is line 3878.

Verse 22 (13.243.22)

तत्र संसारचक्रस्य मोक्षो ज्ञानेन दृश्यते । अध्यात्मतत्वविज्ञानं ज्ञानमित्यभिधीयते ॥

tatra saṃsāracakrasya mokṣo jñānena dṛśyate | adhyātmatatvavijñānaṃ jñānamityabhidhīyate

Of that wheel of rebirth, liberation is seen through knowledge. The discernment of the truth of the Self is what is called knowledge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3879-3880.

Verse 23 (13.243.23)

ज्ञानस्य ग्रहणोपायमाचारं ज्ञानिनस्तथा । यथावत्सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्त्वमेकमनाः शृणु ॥

jñānasya grahaṇopāyamācāraṃ jñāninastathā | yathāvatsampravakṣyāmi tattvamekamanāḥ śṛṇu

I shall tell you truly the means of grasping knowledge, and the conduct of the knower. Listen to the truth with a single mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3881-3882.

Verse 24 (13.243.24)

ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वाऽपि भूत्वा पूर्वं गृहे स्थितः । आनृण्यं सर्वतः प्राप्य ततस्तान्संत्यजेद्गृहान् ॥

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vā'pi bhūtvā pūrvaṃ gṛhe sthitaḥ | ānṛṇyaṃ sarvataḥ prāpya tatastānsaṃtyajedgṛhān

A Brahmin or even a kshatriya, having first stayed in the household, and having become free of debt on every side, should then leave those houses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3883-3884.

Verse 25 (13.243.25)

ततः संत्यज्य गार्हस्थ्यं निश्चितो वनमाश्रयेत् ॥

tataḥ saṃtyajya gārhasthyaṃ niścito vanamāśrayet

Then, having left the householder's life, resolute, let him take refuge in the forest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 3885. The page prints this verse as a single line (13-243-25a); in the Appendix it is line 3885, the first half of a couplet whose second half (3886) stands, in Wikisource, as the start of the next verse.

Verse 26 (13.243.26)

वने गुरुं समाज्ञाय दीक्षितो विधिपूर्वकम् । दीक्षां प्राप्य यथान्यायं स्ववृत्तं परिपालयेत् ॥

vane guruṃ samājñāya dīkṣito vidhipūrvakam | dīkṣāṃ prāpya yathānyāyaṃ svavṛttaṃ paripālayet

In the forest, having found a teacher and been initiated according to rule, and having received initiation duly, let him keep to his own way of life.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3886-3887. Line 3886 reads vane gurusamājñāto dīkṣeta vidhipūrvakam in the Appendix.

Verse 27 (13.243.27)

गृह्णीयादप्युपाध्यायान्मोक्षज्ञानमनिन्दितः । द्विविधं च पुनर्मोक्षं साङ्ख्ययोगमिति स्मृतिः ॥

gṛhṇīyādapyupādhyāyānmokṣajñānamaninditaḥ | dvividhaṃ ca punarmokṣaṃ sāṅkhyayogamiti smṛtiḥ

Blameless, let him receive from a teacher the knowledge of liberation. Liberation is twofold: it is recalled as Sankhya and Yoga.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3888-3889. Line 3888 ends mokṣajñānam atandritaḥ in the Appendix (Wikisource: aninditaḥ).

Verse 28 (13.243.28)

पञ्चविंशतिविज्ञानं साङ्ख्यमित्यभिधीयते । ऐश्वर्यं देवसारूप्यं योगशास्त्रस्य निर्णयः । तयोरन्यतरं ज्ञानं शृणुयाच्छिष्यतां गतः ॥

pañcaviṃśativijñānaṃ sāṅkhyamityabhidhīyate | aiśvaryaṃ devasārūpyaṃ yogaśāstrasya nirṇayaḥ | tayoranyataraṃ jñānaṃ śṛṇuyācchiṣyatāṃ gataḥ

The discernment of the twenty-five principles is called Sankhya; sovereign power and likeness to the gods is the settled aim of the Yoga teaching. Let him, having become a disciple, hear whichever of the two he takes up.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3890-3892. Line 3891 reads aiśvaryaṃ devasāyujyaṃ yogaśāstrasya nirṇaye in the Appendix (Wikisource: devasārūpyaṃ yogaśāstrasya nirṇayaḥ).

Verse 29 (13.243.29)

नाकालो नाप्यकाषायी नाप्यसंवत्सरोषितः । नासाङ्ख्ययोगो नाश्राद्धं गुरुणा स्नेहपूर्वकम् । समः शीतोष्णहर्षादीन्विषहेत स वै मुनिः ॥

nākālo nāpyakāṣāyī nāpyasaṃvatsaroṣitaḥ | nāsāṅkhyayogo nāśrāddhaṃ guruṇā snehapūrvakam | samaḥ śītoṣṇaharṣādīnviṣaheta sa vai muniḥ

Not one who comes at the wrong time, nor one not wearing the ochre robe, nor one who has not lived a year with the teacher, nor one without Sankhya and Yoga, nor the faithless: the teacher gives it with affection. He is a true sage who bears with equanimity cold and heat, joy and the like.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3893-3895. Line 3893 reads nāmuṇḍo nāpy akāṣāyī nāpy asaṃvatsaroṣitaḥ in the Appendix (Wikisource: nākālo, kept); line 3894 reads sāṃkhyayogau na ca śrāvyau guruṇā snehapūrvakam (Wikisource: nāsāṅkhyayogo nāśrāddhaṃ, kept); line 3895 reads sadā muniḥ.

Verse 30 (13.243.30)

अधृष्यः क्षुत्पिपासाभ्यामुचितेभ्यो निवर्तयेत् । त्यजेत्सङ्कल्पजान्ग्रन्थीन्सदा ध्यानपरो भवेत् ॥

adhṛṣyaḥ kṣutpipāsābhyāmucitebhyo nivartayet | tyajetsaṅkalpajāngranthīnsadā dhyānaparo bhavet

Unassailed by hunger and thirst, let him turn the senses away from their accustomed objects; let him cast off the knots born of resolve, and be always intent on meditation.

Note on the text: Corrected अमृष्यः → अधृष्यः (misprint in Wikisource; the Appendix text reads adhṛṣyaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3896, 3899-3900. First line combines Appendix line 3896 (adhṛṣyaḥ kṣutpipāsābhyāṃ) with the second half of line 3899 (ucitebhyo nivartayet); second line is line 3900.

Verse 31 (13.243.31)

कुण्डिकाचमसं शिक्यं छत्रं यष्टिमुपानहौ । चेलमित्येव नैतेषु स्थापयेत्स्वाम्यमात्मनः ॥

kuṇḍikācamasaṃ śikyaṃ chatraṃ yaṣṭimupānahau | celamityeva naiteṣu sthāpayetsvāmyamātmanaḥ

A water pot, a drinking bowl, a sling, an umbrella, a staff, sandals, a cloth: in none of these should he set up a sense of ownership for himself.

Note on the text: Corrected साम्यमात्मनः → स्वाम्यमात्मनः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped va; the Appendix text reads svāmyam ātmanaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3901-3902. Line 3901 reads kuṇḍikāṃ carma saṃśikyaṃ chatraṃ yaṣṭim upānahau in the Appendix (Wikisource: kuṇḍikācamasaṃ śikyaṃ).

Verse 32 (13.243.32)

गुरोः पूर्वं समुत्तिष्ठेज्जघन्यं तस्य संविशेत् । नैवाविज्ञाप्य भर्तारमावश्यकमपि व्रजेत् ॥

guroḥ pūrvaṃ samuttiṣṭhejjaghanyaṃ tasya saṃviśet | naivāvijñāpya bhartāramāvaśyakamapi vrajet

Let him rise before his teacher and lie down after him. Let him not go even on a necessary errand without informing his master.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3903-3904. Line 3904 reads nānanujñāpya bhartāram āvaśyakam api vrajet in the Appendix (Wikisource: naivāvijñāpya, kept).

Verse 33 (13.243.33)

द्विरह्नि स्नानशाटेन संध्ययोरभिषेचनम् । एककालाशनं चास्य विहितं यतिभिः पुरा ॥

dvirahni snānaśāṭena saṃdhyayorabhiṣecanam | ekakālāśanaṃ cāsya vihitaṃ yatibhiḥ purā

Bathing twice a day wearing a bathing cloth, ablution at the two twilights, and a single meal a day: this was prescribed for him by ascetics of old.

Note on the text: Corrected चास् → चास्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ya; the Appendix text reads cāsya). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3905-3906. Line 3905 reads dvir ahnaḥ snānaśāṭena saṃdhyayor abhiṣecanam in the Appendix.

Verse 34 (13.243.34)

भैक्षं सर्वत्र गृह्णीयाच्चिन्तयेत्सततं निशि । कारणे चापि सम्प्राप्ते न ज्ञाप्येत कदाचन ॥

bhaikṣaṃ sarvatra gṛhṇīyāccintayetsatataṃ niśi | kāraṇe cāpi samprāpte na jñāpyeta kadācana

Let him take alms from any house, and reflect constantly through the night; and even when occasion arises, he should never be made known.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3907-3908. Line 3908 reads kāraṇe cāpi saṃprāpte na kupyeta kadā cana in the Appendix (Wikisource: na jñāpyeta kadācana, kept; the Appendix reading would mean "he should never be angry").

Verse 35 (13.243.35)

ब्रह्मचर्यं वने वासः शौचमिन्द्रियसंयमः । दया च सर्वभूतेषु तस्य धर्मः सनातनः ॥

brahmacaryaṃ vane vāsaḥ śaucamindriyasaṃyamaḥ | dayā ca sarvabhūteṣu tasya dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

Chastity, living in the forest, purity, restraint of the senses, and compassion toward all beings: this is his eternal dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मिचर्यं → ब्रह्मचर्यं (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign). Corrected वासं → वासः (misprint in Wikisource; accusative among nominatives; the Appendix text reads vāsaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3909-3910.

Verse 36 (13.243.36)

विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः । आत्मयुक्तः परां बुद्धिं लभते पापनाशिनीम् ॥

vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ | ātmayuktaḥ parāṃ buddhiṃ labhate pāpanāśinīm

Freed from all sins, eating lightly, with his senses conquered and himself disciplined, he gains the highest understanding, which destroys sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3911-3912.

Verse 37 (13.243.37)

यदा भावं न कुरुते सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥

yadā bhāvaṃ na kurute sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam | karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma sampadyate tadā

When he harbours no evil feeling toward any being, in deed, thought or word, then he becomes Brahman.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्र्हम → ब्रह्म (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3913-3914.

Verse 38 (13.243.38)

अनिष्ठुरोऽनहङ्कारो निर्द्वन्द्वो वीतमत्सरः । वीतशोकभयाबाधं पदं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम् ॥

aniṣṭhuro'nahaṅkāro nirdvandvo vītamatsaraḥ | vītaśokabhayābādhaṃ padaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam

Gentle, free of ego, free from the pairs of opposites and from envy, he reaches the unsurpassed state, free of grief, fear and hindrance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3919-3920. Line 3919 reads nirmamo nirahaṃkāro nirdvaṃdvo vītamatsaraḥ in the Appendix (Wikisource: aniṣṭhuro 'nahaṅkāro nirdvandvo vītamatsaraḥ).

Verse 39 (13.243.39)

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः । समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च निर्वाणमधिगच्छति ॥

tulyanindāstutirmaunī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ | samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca nirvāṇamadhigacchati

Equal in blame and praise, silent, holding clod, stone and gold alike, the same to foe and friend, he attains nirvana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3921-3922.

Verse 40 (13.243.40)

एवं युक्तसमाचारस्तत्परोऽध्यात्मचिन्तकः । ज्ञानाभ्यासेन तेनैव प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम् ॥

evaṃ yuktasamācārastatparo'dhyātmacintakaḥ | jñānābhyāsena tenaiva prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim

One whose conduct is thus disciplined, intent on That, contemplating the Self, attains the highest goal by that very practice of knowledge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3923-3924.