Verses on the Recognition of the Lord · Chapter 13

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord — Chapter 13

ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका

Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā


Chapter 13 11 verses

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  1. 1 evam antarbahirvṛttiḥ kriyā kālakramānugā mātur eva tadanyonyā-viyukte jñānakarmaṇī Thus action, operating inwardly and outwardly and following the sequence of time, belongs…
  2. 2 kiṃ tv āntaradaśodrekāt sādākhyaṃ tattvam āditaḥ bahirbhāvaparatve tu … But from the predominance of the inner phase there arises first the principle called…
  3. 3 īśvaro bahir unmeṣo nimeṣo 'ntaḥ sadāśivaḥ sāmānādhikaraṇyaṃ ca … Īśvara is the outward opening-out, Sadāśiva the inward closing-in;
  4. 4 idaṃbhāvopapannānāṃ vedyabhūmim upeyuṣām bhāvānāṃ bodhasāratvād yathāvastvavalokanāt Of the entities endowed with 'this'-ness that have reached the level of the knowable —…
  5. 5 atrāparatvam bhāvānām anātmatvena bhāsanāt paratāhantayācchādāt parāparadaśā hi sā Here the lower status (belongs) to the entities, because they appear as not-self;
  6. 6 bhedadhīr eva bhāveṣu kartur bodhātmano 'pi yā māyāśakty … The very cognition of difference among entities, (belonging) even to the agent whose…
  7. 7 tasyaiśvaryasvabhāvasya paśubhāve prakāśikā vidyāśaktiḥ tirodhānakarī māyābhidhā punaḥ The power of knowledge (Vidyā-śakti) is what reveals that sovereign nature within the…
  8. 8 bhede tv ekarase bhāte 'haṃtayānātmanīkṣite śūnye buddhe śarīre … But when difference, of one uniform savor, appears — when the not-self (the void,…
  9. 9 yaś ca pramātā śūnyādiḥ prameye vyatirekiṇi mātā sa … And the cognizing subject — such as the void and the rest — who, when the knowable stands…
  10. 10 trayoviṃśatidhā meyaṃ yat kāryakaraṇātmakam tasyāvibhāgarūpy ekaṃ pradhānaṃ mūlakāraṇam The knowable, which consists of effects and instruments, is twenty-three-fold;
  11. 11 trayodaśavidhā cātra bāhyāntaḥkaraṇāvalī kāryavargaś ca daśadhā sthūlasūkṣmatvabhedataḥ And among these, the series of outer and inner instruments is thirteen-fold, and the…