Sattva and the Knower of the Field; the Fearless Knower

Verse 1 (12.255.1)

सृजते त्रिगुणान्सत्वं क्षेत्रज्ञस्त्वधितिष्ठति । गुणान्विक्रियते सर्वानुदासीनवदीश्वरः ॥

sṛjate triguṇānsatvaṃ kṣetrajñastvadhitiṣṭhati | guṇānvikriyate sarvānudāsīnavadīśvaraḥ

Sattva brings forth the three qualities, and the Knower of the Field presides over it. Like an indifferent lord, he stands over all the qualities as they change.

Verse 2 (12.255.2)

स्वभावयुक्तं तत्सत्वं यदिमान्सृजते गुणान् । ऊर्णनाभिर्यथा सूत्रं सृजते तन्तुवद्गुणान् ॥

svabhāvayuktaṃ tatsatvaṃ yadimānsṛjate guṇān | ūrṇanābhiryathā sūtraṃ sṛjate tantuvadguṇān

That sattva, endowed with its own nature, is what brings these qualities forth, as a spider spins its thread, producing them like threads.

Verse 3 (12.255.3)

प्रध्वस्ता न निवर्तन्ते प्रवृत्तिर्नोपलभ्यते । एवमेके व्यवस्यन्ति निवृत्तिरिति चापरे ॥

pradhvastā na nivartante pravṛttirnopalabhyate | evameke vyavasyanti nivṛttiriti cāpare

Once dissolved, they do not return, and no further activity is perceived. So some conclude, while others say that it is cessation.

Note on the text: Wikisource has no counterpart of the CE star line 12.241.3b*0692_01 (pratyakṣeṇa parokṣaṃ tad anumānena sidhyati), which the CE prints between the two lines.

Verse 4 (12.255.4)

उभयं संप्रधार्यैतदध्यवस्येद्यथामति । अनेनैव विधानेन भवेद्गर्भशयो महान् ॥

ubhayaṃ saṃpradhāryaitadadhyavasyedyathāmati | anenaiva vidhānena bhavedgarbhaśayo mahān

Having weighed both views, he should decide as his understanding allows; by this very procedure he may become a great one who lies in the womb.

Verse 5 (12.255.5)

अनादिनिधनं नित्यं तं बुद्ध्वा विचरेन्नरः । अक्रुध्यन्नप्रहृष्यंश्च नित्यं विगतमत्सरः ॥

anādinidhanaṃ nityaṃ taṃ buddhvā vicarennaraḥ | akrudhyannaprahṛṣyaṃśca nityaṃ vigatamatsaraḥ

Having understood that which has neither beginning nor end and is eternal, a man should go about without anger, without exultation, and ever free from envy.

Note on the text: Not marked in the alignment: line 1 is the vulgate's own reading for CE 12.241.5a (anādinidhanaṃ nityam āsādya vicaren naraḥ); line 2 = CE 12.241.5c. Between the two lines the CE prints Appendix I No. 27 (12.241.5b@027_0001-0056, 56 lines); the vulgate has none of it.

Verse 6 (12.255.6)

इत्येवं हृदयग्रन्थिं बुद्धिचिन्तामयं दृढम् । अतीत्य सुखमासीत अशोचंश्छिन्नसंशयः ॥

ityevaṃ hṛdayagranthiṃ buddhicintāmayaṃ dṛḍham | atītya sukhamāsīta aśocaṃśchinnasaṃśayaḥ

Thus, having crossed the firm knot of the heart, made of the thoughts of the intellect, he should sit at ease, free from grief, his doubts cut away.

Verse 7 (12.255.7)

ताम्येयुः प्रच्युताः पृथ्व्यां यथा पूर्णां नदीं नराः । अवगाढा ह्यविद्वांसो विद्धि लोकमिमं तथा ॥

tāmyeyuḥ pracyutāḥ pṛthvyāṃ yathā pūrṇāṃ nadīṃ narāḥ | avagāḍhā hyavidvāṃso viddhi lokamimaṃ tathā

As men who have fallen from the dry ground into a full river are tormented, so know this world to be for the ignorant who have plunged into it.

Verse 8 (12.255.8)

न तु ताम्यति वै विद्वान्स्थले चरति तत्त्ववित् । एवं यो विन्दतेऽऽत्मानं केवलं ज्ञानमात्मनः ॥

na tu tāmyati vai vidvānsthale carati tattvavit | evaṃ yo vindate''tmānaṃ kevalaṃ jñānamātmanaḥ

But the wise man who knows the truth is not distressed; he walks on firm ground. So is he who finds the Self, the pure knowledge belonging to the Self.

Verse 9 (12.255.9)

एवं बुद्ध्वा नरः सर्वं भूतानामागतिं गतिम् । समवेक्ष्य च वैषम्यं लभते शममुत्तमम् ॥

evaṃ buddhvā naraḥ sarvaṃ bhūtānāmāgatiṃ gatim | samavekṣya ca vaiṣamyaṃ labhate śamamuttamam

Having understood all this, a man, seeing the coming and going of beings and considering their inequality, attains the highest peace.

Verse 10 (12.255.10)

एतद्वै जन्मसामर्थ्यं ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषतः । आत्मज्ञानं शमश्चैव पर्याप्तं तत्परायणम् ॥

etadvai janmasāmarthyaṃ brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ | ātmajñānaṃ śamaścaiva paryāptaṃ tatparāyaṇam

This is the true strength of birth, especially for a brahmin: knowledge of the Self and tranquillity. This is enough; this is the supreme refuge.

Verse 11 (12.255.11)

एतद्बुद्ध्वा भवेद्बुद्धः किमन्यद्बुद्धलक्षणम् । विज्ञायैतद्विमुच्यन्ते कृतकृत्या मनीषिणः ॥

etadbuddhvā bhavedbuddhaḥ kimanyadbuddhalakṣaṇam | vijñāyaitadvimucyante kṛtakṛtyā manīṣiṇaḥ

Having understood this, one becomes enlightened; what other mark has the enlightened? Knowing this, the wise are freed, their task done.

Verse 12 (12.255.12)

न भवति विदुषां महद्भयं । यदविदुषां सुमहद्भयं परत्र । न हि गतिरधिकाऽस्ति कस्यचि । द्भवति हि या विदुषः सनातनी ॥

na bhavati viduṣāṃ mahadbhayaṃ | yadaviduṣāṃ sumahadbhayaṃ paratra | na hi gatiradhikā'sti kasyaci | dbhavati hi yā viduṣaḥ sanātanī

The learned have no great fear, such as the ignorant have, and great, in the world beyond. For no one has a higher goal than the eternal one that belongs to the knower.

Verse 13 (12.255.13)

लोकमातुरमसूयते जन । स्तत्तदेव च निरीक्ष्य शोचते । तत्र पश्य कुशलानशोचतो । ये विदुस्तदुभयं कृताकृतम् ॥

lokamāturamasūyate jana | stattadeva ca nirīkṣya śocate | tatra paśya kuśalānaśocato | ye vidustadubhayaṃ kṛtākṛtam

A man scorns the world in its affliction, and seeing one thing and another, he grieves. Look instead at the wise who do not grieve, who know both: what is done and what is undone.

Verse 14 (12.255.14)

यत्करोत्यनभिसन्धिपूर्वकं । तच्च निर्णुदति यत्पुरा कृतम् । न प्रियं तदुभयं न चाप्रिय । तस्य तज्जनयतीह कुर्वतः ॥

yatkarotyanabhisandhipūrvakaṃ | tacca nirṇudati yatpurā kṛtam | na priyaṃ tadubhayaṃ na cāpriya | tasya tajjanayatīha kurvataḥ

Whatever he does without prior purpose also drives out whatever was done earlier. For one who acts so, that act brings forth neither the pleasant nor the unpleasant, neither of the two.

Note on the text: Restored यत्पुरा कृतम् (CE 12.241.14a yat purā kṛtam): Wikisource prints the end of line 2 as dashes (तच्च निर्णुदति ---), the text being lost.