ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका
Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā
- 1 kathaṃ cid āsādya maheśvarasya dāsyaṃ janasyāpy upakāram icchan … Having somehow attained servitude to the Great Lord, and wishing to benefit mankind as…
- 2 kartari jñātari svātmany ādisiddhe maheśvare ajaḍātmā niṣedhaṃ vā … When the Great Lord is the agent, the knower, one's own Self, established from the very…
- 3 kiṃ tu mohavaśād asmin dṛṣṭe 'py anupalakṣite śaktyāviṣkaraṇeneyaṃ … But because of delusion, even though he is (already) seen he goes unrecognized;
- 4 tathā hi jaḍabhūtānāṃ pratiṣṭhā jīvadāśrayā jñānaṃ kriyā ca … For the established existence of insentient things rests upon a living being;
- 5 tatra jñānaṃ svataḥsiddhaṃ kriyā kāyāśritā satī parair apy … Of these two, knowledge is self-established;