Verses on the Recognition of the Lord · Chapter 11

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord — Chapter 11

ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका

Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā


Chapter 11 17 verses

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  1. 1 idam etādṛgityevaṃ yad vaśād vyavatiṣṭhate vastu pramāṇaṃ tat … That by force of which a thing becomes definitely established as 'this is of such a kind'…
  2. 2 so 'ntas tathāvimarśātmā deśakālādyabhedini ekābhidhānaviṣaye mitir vastuny abādhitā That (appearance), inner, whose nature is the reflective awareness 'this is such', is the…
  3. 3 yathāruci yathārthitvaṃ yathāvyutpatti bhidyate ābhāso 'py artha ekasminn … The appearance is differentiated according to one's taste, need, and learning, even in…
  4. 4 dīrghavṛttordhvapuruṣadhūmacāndanatādibhiḥ yathābhāsā vibhidyante deśakālāvibhedinaḥ By qualifiers such as long, round, upright, man, smoke, and sandalwood-ness, (the…
  5. 5 tathaiva sadghaṭadravyakāñcanojjvalatādayaḥ ābhāsabhedā bhinnārthakāriṇas te padaṃ dhvaneḥ In the same way, (the qualifiers) being, pot, substance, gold, brightness, and so on —…
  6. 6 ābhāsabhedād vastūnāṃ niyatārthakriyā punaḥ sāmānādhikaraṇyena pratibhāsād abhedinām A determinate causal efficacy of things arises in turn from the difference of appearances…
  7. 7 pṛthagdīpaprakāśānāṃ srotasāṃ sāgare yathā aviruddhāvabhāsānām ekakāryā tathaikyadhīḥ Just as the separate flames of (several) lamps (merge in one light), or as streams…
  8. 8 tatrāviśiṣṭe vahnyādau kāryakāraṇatoṣṇatā tattacchabdārthatādyātmā pramāṇād ekato mataḥ In that undifferentiated fire and the like, (the cluster of) causality, effect-hood,…
  9. 9 sā tu deśādikādhyakṣa-ntarabhinne svalakṣaṇe tātkālikī pravṛttiḥ syād arthino … But with respect to the bare particular — divided off by a distinct perception of place…
  10. 10 dūrāntikatayārthānāṃ parokṣādhyakṣatātmanā bāhyāntaratayā doṣair vyañjakasyānyathāpi vā Of objects (the appearances differ) by their being far or near, imperceptible or…
  11. 11 bhinnāvabhāsacchāyānām api mukhyāvabhāsataḥ ekapratyavamarśākhyād ekatvam anivāritam Even for (appearances) bearing the trace of distinct manifestations, unity is not…
  12. 12 arthakriyāpi sahajā nārthānām īśvarecchayā niyatā sā hi tenāsyā … Causal efficacy too is not innate to the objects;
  13. 13 rajataikavimarśe 'pi śuktau na rajatasthitiḥ upādhideśāsaṃvādād dvicandre 'pi … Even when there is the single awareness '(this is) silver', there is no real…
  14. 14 guṇaiḥ śabdādibhir bhedo jātyādibhir abhinnatā bhāvānām ittham ekatra … Thus the difference of entities — by qualities such as sound and the rest — and their…
  15. 15 viśvavaicitryacitrasya samabhittitalopame viruddhābhāvasaṃsparśe paramārthasatīśvare When the Lord — truly real, untouched by any contrary or by non-being, comparable to a…
  16. 16 pramātari purāṇe tu sarvadā bhātavigrahe kiṃ pramāṇaṃ navābhāsaḥ … — but with respect to the cognizing subject, primordial, his form ever-manifest,…
  17. 17 apravartitapūrvo 'tra kevalaṃ mūḍhatāvaśāt śaktiprakāśeneśādivyavahāraḥ pravartyate Here, then, what was never hitherto undertaken — merely through the force of delusion —…