How the Unawakened Self Wanders Through Births

Verse 1 (12.309.1)

एवमप्रतिबुद्धत्वादबुद्धमनुवर्तनात् । देहाद्देहसहस्राणि तथा समभिपद्यते ॥

evamapratibuddhatvādabuddhamanuvartanāt | dehāddehasahasrāṇi tathā samabhipadyate

Thus, from lack of awakening and from following what is unawakened, he passes from body to body, through thousands of bodies.

Verse 2 (12.309.2)

तिर्यग्योनिसहस्रेषु कदाचिद्देवतास्वपि । उपपद्यति संयोगाद्गुणैः सह गुणक्षयात् ॥

tiryagyonisahasreṣu kadāciddevatāsvapi | upapadyati saṃyogādguṇaiḥ saha guṇakṣayāt

Through thousands of animal births, and sometimes among the gods too, he is born, by his union with the qualities and by the power of the qualities.

Verse 3 (12.309.3)

मानुषत्वाद्दिवं याति दिवो मानुष्यमेति च । मानुष्यान्निरयस्थानमनन्तं प्रतिपद्यते ॥

mānuṣatvāddivaṃ yāti divo mānuṣyameti ca | mānuṣyānnirayasthānamanantaṃ pratipadyate

From the human state he goes to heaven, from heaven back to the human state, and from the human state he enters the long dwelling in hell.

Verse 4 (12.309.4)

कोशकारो यथाऽऽत्मानं कीटः समनुरुन्धति । सूत्रतन्तुगुणैर्नित्यं तथाऽयमगुणो गुणैः ॥

kośakāro yathā''tmānaṃ kīṭaḥ samanurundhati | sūtratantuguṇairnityaṃ tathā'yamaguṇo guṇaiḥ

As the cocoon-making insect winds itself in with its own threads, so this one, though without qualities, is ever wound in by the qualities.

Verse 5 (12.309.5)

द्वन्द्वमेति च निर्द्वन्द्वस्तासु तास्विह योनिषु । शीर्षरोगेऽक्षिरोगे च दन्तशूले गलग्रहे ॥

dvandvameti ca nirdvandvastāsu tāsviha yoniṣu | śīrṣaroge'kṣiroge ca dantaśūle galagrahe

Though free from the pairs of opposites, he meets the pairs in each of these births: headache, eye disease, toothache, seizure of the throat,

Verse 6 (12.309.6)

जलोदरे तृषारोगे ज्वरगण्डे विषूचके । श्वित्रकुष्ठेऽग्निदग्धे च सिध्मापस्मारयोरपि ॥

jalodare tṛṣāroge jvaragaṇḍe viṣūcake | śvitrakuṣṭhe'gnidagdhe ca sidhmāpasmārayorapi

dropsy, thirst-sickness, fever, tumours, cholera, white leprosy and leprosy, burns from fire, sidhma and epilepsy,

Verse 7 (12.309.7)

यानि चान्यानि द्वन्द्वानि प्राकृतानि शरीरिषु । उत्पद्यन्ते विचित्राणि तान्येषोऽप्यभिमन्यते ॥

yāni cānyāni dvandvāni prākṛtāni śarīriṣu | utpadyante vicitrāṇi tānyeṣo'pyabhimanyate

and whatever other pairs of opposites, of the kind that belong to Nature, arise in embodied beings in all their variety, he takes these too as his own.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.7a and 12.292.7c.

Verse 8 (12.309.8)

अभिमन्यत्यभीमानात्तथैव सुकृतान्यपि ॥

abhimanyatyabhīmānāttathaiva sukṛtānyapi

He takes them as his own through self-conceit, and so too his good deeds.

Note on the text: Single-line verse, as the page prints it (label 12-309-8a). It is CE 12.292.7e (abhimanyaty abhīmānāt tathaiva sukṛtāny api, where the alignment found no match). The CE star line 12.292.7d*0753_01 (tiryagyonisahasreṣu kadā cid devatāsv api) is not on the page.

Verse 9 (12.309.9)

शुक्लवासाश्च दुर्वासाः शायी नित्यमधस्तथा । मण्डूकशायी च तथा वीरासनगतस्तथा ॥

śuklavāsāśca durvāsāḥ śāyī nityamadhastathā | maṇḍūkaśāyī ca tathā vīrāsanagatastathā

He wears white clothes or foul ones, always sleeps on the ground below, sleeps crouched like a frog, sits in the hero's posture,

Verse 10 (12.309.10)

चीरधारणमाकाशे शयनं स्थानमेव च । इष्टकाप्रस्तरे चैव कण्टकप्रस्तरे तथा ॥

cīradhāraṇamākāśe śayanaṃ sthānameva ca | iṣṭakāprastare caiva kaṇṭakaprastare tathā

goes clad in bark in the open air, lies and stands in the open, lies on a bed of bricks or on a bed of thorns,

Verse 11 (12.309.11)

भस्मप्रस्तरशायी च भूमिशय्याऽनुलेपनः । वीरस्थानाम्बुपङ्के च शयनं फलकेषु च ॥

bhasmaprastaraśāyī ca bhūmiśayyā'nulepanaḥ | vīrasthānāmbupaṅke ca śayanaṃ phalakeṣu ca

sleeps on ashes, on the bare ground with his body smeared, keeps the hero's stance, lies in watery mud, and lies on planks,

Verse 12 (12.309.12)

विविधासु च शय्यासु फलगृद्ध्यान्वितस्तथा । मुञ्जमेखलनग्नत्वं क्षौमकृष्णाजिनानि च ॥

vividhāsu ca śayyāsu phalagṛddhyānvitastathā | muñjamekhalanagnatvaṃ kṣaumakṛṣṇājināni ca

lies on many kinds of beds, filled with desire for the fruit; he wears the munja-grass girdle, goes naked, wears linen and black antelope skins,

Verse 13 (12.309.13)

शणवालपरीधानो व्याघ्रचर्मपरिच्छदः । सिंहचर्मपरीधानः पट्टवासास्तथैव च ॥

śaṇavālaparīdhāno vyāghracarmaparicchadaḥ | siṃhacarmaparīdhānaḥ paṭṭavāsāstathaiva ca

dresses in hemp fibre, is covered with tiger skin, dresses in lion skin, and likewise in silk,

Note on the text: Corrected सिंहतचर्म → सिंहचर्म (misprint in Wikisource; stray त, which also overfills the pāda; CE 12.292.12 reads siṃhacarmaparīdhānaḥ).

Verse 14 (12.309.14)

फलकपरिधानश्च तथा कण्टकवस्रधृत् । कीटकार्पासवसनश्चीरवासास्तथैव च ॥

phalakaparidhānaśca tathā kaṇṭakavasradhṛt | kīṭakārpāsavasanaścīravāsāstathaiva ca

dresses in bark boards, in garments of thorns, in cloth made from insects, and likewise in bark cloth,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.292.12d*0754_01 (phalakaṃ paridhānaś ca tathā kaṇṭakavastradhṛk); line 2 is CE 12.292.13a, with Wikisource कीटकार्पासवसनः for CE kīṭakāvasanaḥ (a variant).

Verse 15 (12.309.15)

वस्राणि चान्यानि बहून्यभिमन्यत्यबुद्धिमान् । भोजनानि विचित्राणि रत्नानि विविधानि च ॥

vasrāṇi cānyāni bahūnyabhimanyatyabuddhimān | bhojanāni vicitrāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca

and the unwise one thinks of many other garments, and of varied foods and many kinds of jewels, as his own;

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.13c and 12.292.14a.

Verse 16 (12.309.16)

एकवस्रान्तराशित्वमेककालिकभोजनम् । चतुर्थाष्टमकालश्च षष्ठकालिक एव च ॥

ekavasrāntarāśitvamekakālikabhojanam | caturthāṣṭamakālaśca ṣaṣṭhakālika eva ca

he goes about in a single cloth and takes one meal a day, eats only at the fourth meal-time, at the eighth, at the sixth,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.14c and 12.292.15a.

Verse 17 (12.309.17)

षड्रात्रभोजनश्चैव तथैवाष्टाहभोजनः । सप्तरात्रदशाहारो द्वादशाहिकभोजनः ॥

ṣaḍrātrabhojanaścaiva tathaivāṣṭāhabhojanaḥ | saptarātradaśāhāro dvādaśāhikabhojanaḥ

eats after six nights, likewise after eight days, lives on one meal in seven nights or in ten days, or one in twelve days,

Note on the text: Corrected ष़ड्रात्र → षड्रात्र (misprint in Wikisource; stray nukta). Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.15c and 12.292.16a (Wikisource द्वादशाहिकभोजनः against CE dvādaśāha eva ca is a variant).

Verse 18 (12.309.18)

मासोपवासी मूलाशी फलाहारस्तथैव च । वायुभक्षोऽम्बुपिण्याकदधिगोमयभोजनः ॥

māsopavāsī mūlāśī phalāhārastathaiva ca | vāyubhakṣo'mbupiṇyākadadhigomayabhojanaḥ

he fasts for a month, lives on roots or on fruit, on air, on water, on oil-cake, curds and cow dung,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.16c and 12.292.17a (Wikisource अम्बुपिण्याकदधिगोमयभोजनः against CE ambupiṇyākagomayādana is a variant).

Verse 19 (12.309.19)

गोमूत्रभोजनश्चैव शाकपुष्पाद एव च । शेवालभोजनश्चैव तथाऽऽचामेन वर्तयन् ॥

gomūtrabhojanaścaiva śākapuṣpāda eva ca | śevālabhojanaścaiva tathā''cāmena vartayan

lives on cow urine, on vegetables and flowers, on water-moss, and sustains himself on the water of boiled rice,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.17c and 12.292.18a.

Verse 20 (12.309.20)

वर्तयञ्शीर्णपर्णैश्च प्रकीर्णफलभोजनः । विविधानि च कृच्छ्राणि सेवते सिद्धिकाङ्क्षया ॥

vartayañśīrṇaparṇaiśca prakīrṇaphalabhojanaḥ | vividhāni ca kṛcchrāṇi sevate siddhikāṅkṣayā

lives on fallen leaves, on scattered fruit, and practises many kinds of hard penance in the hope of success.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.18c and 12.292.19a (Wikisource सिद्धिकाङ्क्षया against CE sukhakāṅkṣayā, "in desire of happiness", is a variant).

Verse 21 (12.309.21)

चान्द्रायणानि विधिवल्लिङ्गानि विविधानि च । चातुराश्रम्यपन्थानमाश्रयत्यपथानपि ॥

cāndrāyaṇāni vidhivalliṅgāni vividhāni ca | cāturāśramyapanthānamāśrayatyapathānapi

He performs the Chandrayana fast by rule, takes up many kinds of outward marks, follows the path of the four stages of life, and resorts even to wrong paths,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.19c and 12.292.20a (Wikisource आश्रयत्यपथानपि against CE āśrayaty āśramān api is a variant).

Verse 22 (12.309.22)

उपाश्रमानप्यपरान्पाषण्डान्विविधानपि । विविक्ताश्च शिलाच्छायास्तथा प्रस्रवणानि च ॥

upāśramānapyaparānpāṣaṇḍānvividhānapi | viviktāśca śilācchāyāstathā prasravaṇāni ca

to other lesser orders and to many kinds of heretical sects, to lonely rock-shades and mountain springs,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is a variant of CE 12.292.20c (upāsīnaś ca pāṣaṇḍān guhāḥ śailāṃs tathaiva ca); line 2 is CE 12.292.21a.

Verse 23 (12.309.23)

पुलिनानि विविक्तानि विविक्तानि वनानि च । देवस्थानानि पुण्यानि विविक्तानि सरांसि च ॥

pulināni viviktāni viviktāni vanāni ca | devasthānāni puṇyāni viviktāni sarāṃsi ca

to lonely sandbanks and lonely forests, to holy shrines of the gods and lonely lakes,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are the CE star passage 12.292.21b*0755_01-02 (pulināni viviktāni viviktāni vanāni ca / devasthānāni puṇyāni viviktāni sarāṃsi ca), attached to CE 12.292.21.

Verse 24 (12.309.24)

विविक्ताश्चापि शैलानां गुहा गृहनिभोपमाः । विविक्तानि च जप्यानि व्रतानि विविधानि च ॥

viviktāścāpi śailānāṃ guhā gṛhanibhopamāḥ | viviktāni ca japyāni vratāni vividhāni ca

and to lonely mountain caves that are like houses; he takes up secluded prayers and many kinds of vows,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.292.21b*0755_03 (viviktāś cāpi śailānāṃ guhā gṛhanibhopamāḥ); line 2 is CE 12.292.21c (Wikisource विविक्तानि च जप्यानि व्रतानि विविधानि च against CE vividhāni ca japyāni vividhāni vratāni ca is a variant).

Verse 25 (12.309.25)

नियमान्विविधांश्चापि विविधानि तपांसि च । यज्ञांश्च विविधाकारान्विधींश्च विविधांस्तथा ॥

niyamānvividhāṃścāpi vividhāni tapāṃsi ca | yajñāṃśca vividhākārānvidhīṃśca vividhāṃstathā

many observances, many austerities, sacrifices of many forms, and rites of many kinds,

Verse 26 (12.309.26)

वणिक्पथं द्विजक्षत्रं वैश्यं शूद्रांस्तथैव च । दानं च विविधाकारं दीनान्धकृपणादिषु ॥

vaṇikpathaṃ dvijakṣatraṃ vaiśyaṃ śūdrāṃstathaiva ca | dānaṃ ca vividhākāraṃ dīnāndhakṛpaṇādiṣu

the way of trade, the brahmin and the kshatriya orders, the vaishya and likewise the shudras, and gifts of many forms to the poor, the blind, the wretched and the like,

Verse 27 (12.309.27)

अभिमन्यत्यसंबोधात्तथैव त्रिविधान्गुणान् । सत्वं रजस्तमश्चैव धर्मार्थौ काम एव च ॥

abhimanyatyasaṃbodhāttathaiva trividhānguṇān | satvaṃ rajastamaścaiva dharmārthau kāma eva ca

through lack of understanding he takes as his own also the three kinds of qualities, sattva, rajas and tamas, and dharma, artha and kama.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.24a and 12.292.24c.

Verse 28 (12.309.28)

प्रकृत्याऽऽत्मानमेवात्मा एवं प्रविभजत्युत । स्वधाकारवषट्कारौ स्वाहाकारनमस्क्रियाः ॥

prakṛtyā''tmānamevātmā evaṃ pravibhajatyuta | svadhākāravaṣaṭkārau svāhākāranamaskriyāḥ

Thus the Self, by means of Nature, divides itself by itself; and so with the cry of svadha, the cry of vashat, the cry of svaha, and the salutations,

Note on the text: Corrected प्रवि भजत्युत → प्रविभजत्युत (a space split the word) and removed a stray zero-width non-joiner in वषट्‌कारौ (Wikisource). Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.24e and 12.292.25a.

Verse 29 (12.309.29)

याजनाध्यापनं दानं तथैवाहुः प्रतिग्रहम् । यजनाध्ययने चैव यच्चान्यदपि किंचन ॥

yājanādhyāpanaṃ dānaṃ tathaivāhuḥ pratigraham | yajanādhyayane caiva yaccānyadapi kiṃcana

performing sacrifice for others, teaching, giving, and, as they say, accepting gifts, sacrificing, studying, and whatever else there is,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.25c and 12.292.25e.

Verse 30 (12.309.30)

जन्ममृत्युविवादे च तथा विशसनेऽपि च । शुभाशुभमयं सर्वमेतदाहुः क्रियाफलम् ॥

janmamṛtyuvivāde ca tathā viśasane'pi ca | śubhāśubhamayaṃ sarvametadāhuḥ kriyāphalam

birth and death, quarrels, and likewise slaughter: all this, made of good and evil, they call the fruit of action.

Verse 31 (12.309.31)

प्रकृतिः कुरुते देवी भवं प्रलयमेव च । दिवसान्ते गुणानेतानभ्येत्यैकोऽवतिष्ठते ॥

prakṛtiḥ kurute devī bhavaṃ pralayameva ca | divasānte guṇānetānabhyetyaiko'vatiṣṭhate

Nature, the goddess, brings about both creation and dissolution; at the end of the day she draws in these qualities, and the One alone remains.

Verse 32 (12.309.32)

रश्मिजालमिवादित्यस्तत्तत्काले नियच्छति । एवमेषोऽसकृत्सर्वं क्रीडार्थमभिमन्यते ॥

raśmijālamivādityastattatkāle niyacchati | evameṣo'sakṛtsarvaṃ krīḍārthamabhimanyate

As the sun draws in its web of rays, so at the proper time she holds these back; and so this one, again and again, takes everything as his own, for sport.

Verse 33 (12.309.33)

आत्मरूपगुणानेतान्विविधान्हृदयप्रियान् । एवमेव विकुर्वाणः सर्गप्रलयधर्मिणी ॥

ātmarūpaguṇānetānvividhānhṛdayapriyān | evameva vikurvāṇaḥ sargapralayadharmiṇī

Taking these manifold qualities, which are forms of his own self and dear to his heart, and so undergoing change, he is subject to creation and dissolution.

Verse 34 (12.309.34)

क्रियां क्रियापथे रक्तस्त्रिगुणांस्त्रिगुणाधिपः । क्रियां क्रियापथोपेतस्तथा तदभिमन्यते ॥

kriyāṃ kriyāpathe raktastriguṇāṃstriguṇādhipaḥ | kriyāṃ kriyāpathopetastathā tadabhimanyate

Devoted to the path of action, master of the three qualities, he takes action as his own, and joined to the path of action he claims it, thinking, "That is I."

Verse 35 (12.309.35)

प्रकृत्या सर्वमेवेदं जगदन्धीकृतं विभो । रजसा तमसा चैव व्याप्तं सर्वमनेकधा ॥

prakṛtyā sarvamevedaṃ jagadandhīkṛtaṃ vibho | rajasā tamasā caiva vyāptaṃ sarvamanekadhā

By Nature, O lord, this whole world has been made blind, and all of it is enveloped in many ways by rajas and tamas.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are the CE star passage 12.292.30d*0756_01-02 (prakṛtyā sarvam evedaṃ jagad andhīkṛtaṃ vibho / rajasā tamasā caiva vyāptaṃ sarvam anekadhā), attached to CE 12.292.30.

Verse 36 (12.309.36)

एवं द्वन्द्वान्यथैतानि वर्तन्ते मयि नित्यशः । ममैवैतानि जायन्ते धावन्ते तानि मामिति ॥

evaṃ dvandvānyathaitāni vartante mayi nityaśaḥ | mamaivaitāni jāyante dhāvante tāni māmiti

"Thus these pairs of opposites are ever present in me; they are born of me, and they rush upon me." So he thinks.

Note on the text: Wikisource ममैवैतानि जायन्ते धावन्ते तानि मामिति; CE 12.292.31 reads bādhante ("they afflict me"). धावन्ते is good Sanskrit, so it is kept as printed.

Verse 37 (12.309.37)

निस्तर्तव्यान्यथैतानि सर्वाणीति नराधिप । मन्यतेऽयं ह्यबुद्धित्वात्तथैव सुकृतान्यपि ॥

nistartavyānyathaitāni sarvāṇīti narādhipa | manyate'yaṃ hyabuddhitvāttathaiva sukṛtānyapi

"All these must be crossed over," O lord of men; so he thinks from lack of understanding, and the same of his good deeds:

Verse 38 (12.309.38)

भोक्तव्यानि मयैतानि देवलोकगतेन वै । इहैव चैनं भोक्ष्यामि शुभाशुभफलोदयम् ॥

bhoktavyāni mayaitāni devalokagatena vai | ihaiva cainaṃ bhokṣyāmi śubhāśubhaphalodayam

"These are to be enjoyed by me when I have gone to the world of the gods, and here I shall enjoy the rising of fruits, good and bad."

Verse 39 (12.309.39)

पुण्यमेव तु कर्तव्यं तत्कृत्वा सुसुखं मम । यावदन्तं च मे सौख्यं जात्यां जात्यां भविष्यति ॥

puṇyameva tu kartavyaṃ tatkṛtvā susukhaṃ mama | yāvadantaṃ ca me saukhyaṃ jātyāṃ jātyāṃ bhaviṣyati

"Only merit should be done; having done it, my happiness will be great, and my happiness will last to the end, birth after birth."

Note on the text: Corrected तत्कुत्वा → तत्कृत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; कु for कृ). Line 1 (पुण्यमेव तु कर्तव्यं) differs from CE 12.292.34a (sukham eva ca kartavyaṃ); kept as a recension variant. The CE star line 12.292.34b*0757_01 is not on the page.

Verse 40 (12.309.40)

भविष्यति च मे दुःखं कृतेनेहाप्यनन्तकम् । महद्दुःखं हि मानुष्यं निरये चापि मज्जनम् ॥

bhaviṣyati ca me duḥkhaṃ kṛtenehāpyanantakam | mahadduḥkhaṃ hi mānuṣyaṃ niraye cāpi majjanam

"And I shall have unending sorrow too from what is done here; the human state is great suffering, and so is sinking into hell."

Verse 41 (12.309.41)

निरयाच्चापि मानुष्यं कालेनैष्याम्यहं पुनः । मनुष्यत्वाच्च देवत्वं देवत्वात्पौरुषं पुनः ॥

nirayāccāpi mānuṣyaṃ kālenaiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ | manuṣyatvācca devatvaṃ devatvātpauruṣaṃ punaḥ

"And from hell I shall come in time to the human state again; from manhood to godhood, from godhood to manhood again,"

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.36a and 12.292.36c.

Verse 42 (12.309.42)

मनुष्यत्वाच्च निरयं पर्यायेणोपगच्छति । य एवं वेत्ति नित्यं वै निरात्मात्मगुणैर्वृतः ॥

manuṣyatvācca nirayaṃ paryāyeṇopagacchati | ya evaṃ vetti nityaṃ vai nirātmātmaguṇairvṛtaḥ

and from the human state he goes by turns to hell. One who always thinks thus, bereft of the true Self and wrapped in the qualities he takes for his own self,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.36e and 12.292.37a. The CE star line 12.292.36f*0758_01 is not on the page.

Verse 43 (12.309.43)

तेन देवमनुष्येषु निरये चोपपद्यते । ममत्वेनावृतो नित्यं तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥

tena devamanuṣyeṣu niraye copapadyate | mamatvenāvṛto nityaṃ tatraiva parivartate

is born by that among gods and men and in hell; shrouded in the sense of "mine", he turns round and round in just that.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.37c and 12.292.38a.

Verse 44 (12.309.44)

सर्गकोटिसहस्राणि मरणान्तासु योनिषु । य एवं कुरुते कर्म शुभाशुभफलात्मकम् ॥

sargakoṭisahasrāṇi maraṇāntāsu yoniṣu | ya evaṃ kurute karma śubhāśubhaphalātmakam

Through thousands of crores of creations, in births that end in death, whoever so acts, an action whose nature is the fruit of good and evil,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.38c and 12.292.39a (Wikisource योनिषु against CE mūrtiṣu is a variant).

Verse 45 (12.309.45)

स एवं फलमाप्नोति त्रिषु लोकेषु मूर्तिमान् । प्रकृतिः कुरुते कर्म शुभाशुभफलात्मकम् । प्रकृतिश्च तदश्नाति त्रिषु लोकेषु कामगा ॥

sa evaṃ phalamāpnoti triṣu lokeṣu mūrtimān | prakṛtiḥ kurute karma śubhāśubhaphalātmakam | prakṛtiśca tadaśnāti triṣu lokeṣu kāmagā

he alone receives the fruit, embodied in the three worlds. Nature does the action whose nature is the fruit of good and evil, and Nature, going where she will, enjoys it in the three worlds.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (labels 12-309-45a/b/c); not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is CE 12.292.39c (Wikisource स एवं फलमाप्नोति against CE sa eva phalam aśnāti is a variant); lines 2-3 are CE 12.292.40a and 12.292.40c.

Verse 46 (12.309.46)

तिर्यग्योनिमनुष्यत्वे देवलोके तथैव च । त्रीणि स्थानानि चैतानि जानीयात्प्राकृतानिह ॥

tiryagyonimanuṣyatve devaloke tathaiva ca | trīṇi sthānāni caitāni jānīyātprākṛtāniha

Animal birth, the human state and the world of the gods: know these three places here as belonging to Nature.

Verse 47 (12.309.47)

अलिङ्गां प्रकृतिं त्वाहुर्लिङ्गैरनुमिमीमहे । तथैव पौरुषं लिङ्गमनुमानाद्धि गम्यते ॥

aliṅgāṃ prakṛtiṃ tvāhurliṅgairanumimīmahe | tathaiva pauruṣaṃ liṅgamanumānāddhi gamyate

They say Nature has no mark, and we infer her by her marks; so too the mark of the Person is understood by inference.

Verse 48 (12.309.48)

स लिङ्गान्तरमासाद्य प्राकृतं लिङ्गमव्रणम् । व्रणद्वाराण्यधिष्ठाय कर्मणाऽऽत्मनि पश्यति ॥

sa liṅgāntaramāsādya prākṛtaṃ liṅgamavraṇam | vraṇadvārāṇyadhiṣṭhāya karmaṇā''tmani paśyati

Having reached another mark, the natural mark that is free of wounds, and presiding over the gates of the wounds, he sees in himself through action.

Verse 49 (12.309.49)

श्रोत्रादीनि तु सर्वाणि पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाण्यथ । वागादीनि प्रवर्तन्ते गुणेष्विह गुणैः सह ॥

śrotrādīni tu sarvāṇi pañca karmendriyāṇyatha | vāgādīni pravartante guṇeṣviha guṇaiḥ saha

The ear and the rest, and the five organs of action, speech and the others, all function here among the qualities, together with the qualities.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.44a and 12.292.44c (Wikisource पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाण्यथ, गुणेष्विह against CE pañca karmendriyāṇi ca, guṇeṣv eva is a variant).

Verse 50 (12.309.50)

अहमेतानि वै सर्वं मय्येतानीन्द्रियाणि ह । निरिन्द्रियो हि मन्येत व्रणवानस्मि निर्व्रणः ॥

ahametāni vai sarvaṃ mayyetānīndriyāṇi ha | nirindriyo hi manyeta vraṇavānasmi nirvraṇaḥ

"I am all these; these senses are in me." So he thinks; though without senses, he thinks, "I am wounded," though he is unwounded.

Note on the text: Corrected मन्तेत → मन्येत (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.292.45a reads abhimanyeta). Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is a variant of CE 12.292.44e (aham etāni vai kurvan mamaitānīndriyāṇi ca), line 2 is CE 12.292.45a.

Verse 51 (12.309.51)

अलिङ्गो लिङ्गमात्मानमकालः कालमात्मनः । असत्वं सत्वमात्मानमतत्त्वं तत्त्वमात्मनः ॥

aliṅgo liṅgamātmānamakālaḥ kālamātmanaḥ | asatvaṃ satvamātmānamatattvaṃ tattvamātmanaḥ

Though without mark, he takes the mark as himself; timeless, he takes time as himself; without sattva, he takes sattva as himself; without principle, he takes principle as himself;

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.45c and 12.292.46a.

Verse 52 (12.309.52)

अमृत्युर्मृत्युमात्मानमचरश्चरमात्मनः । अक्षेत्रः क्षेत्रमात्मानमसर्गः सर्गमात्मनः ॥

amṛtyurmṛtyumātmānamacaraścaramātmanaḥ | akṣetraḥ kṣetramātmānamasargaḥ sargamātmanaḥ

though deathless, he takes death as himself; unmoving, the moving; without a field, the field; without creation, creation as himself;

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.46c and 12.292.47a.

Verse 53 (12.309.53)

अतपास्तप आत्मानमगतिर्गतिमात्मनः । अभवो भवमात्मानमभयो भयमात्मनः ॥

atapāstapa ātmānamagatirgatimātmanaḥ | abhavo bhavamātmānamabhayo bhayamātmanaḥ

though without austerity, austerity as himself; with no destination, a destination as himself; without becoming, becoming as himself; fearless, fear as himself;

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are CE 12.292.47c and 12.292.48a.

Verse 54 (12.309.54)

अकर्ता कर्तृ चात्मानमबीजो बीजमात्मनः । अक्षरः क्षरमात्मानमबुद्धिस्त्वभिमन्यते ॥

akartā kartṛ cātmānamabījo bījamātmanaḥ | akṣaraḥ kṣaramātmānamabuddhistvabhimanyate

though not a doer, the doer as himself; seedless, the seed as himself. The imperishable, for lack of understanding, takes the perishable as himself.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks Wikisource prints around line 1 and the stray daṇḍa after it. Line 1 is the CE star line 12.292.48b*0759_01 (akartā kartṛ cātmānam abījo bījam ātmanaḥ); line 2 is CE 12.292.48c.