Verses on the Recognition of the Lord · Chapter 14

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord — Chapter 14

ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका

Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā


Chapter 14 20 verses

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  1. 1 tatraitan mātṛtāmātrasthitau rudro 'dhidaivatam bhinnaprameyaprasare brahmaviṣṇū vyavasthitau There, in the abiding as pure subjecthood alone, Rudra is the presiding deity;
  2. 2 eṣa pramātā māyāndhaḥ saṃsārī karmabandhanaḥ vidyābhijñāpitaiśvaryaś cidghano mukta … This cognizing subject, blinded by māyā, transmigrating, bound by karma, is the bound…
  3. 3 svāṅgarūpeṣu bhāveṣu pramātā kathyate patiḥ māyāto bhediṣu kleśakarmādikaluṣaḥ … When the entities appear as his own limbs, the cognizing subject is called the Lord…
  4. 4 svātantryahānir bodhasya svātantryasyāpy abodhatā dvidhāṇavaṃ malam idaṃ svasvarūpāpahānitaḥ The loss of consciousness's freedom, and likewise the loss of consciousness on the part…
  5. 5 bhinnavedyaprathātraiva māyākhyaṃ janmabhogadam kartary abodhe kārmaṃ tu māyāśaktyaiva … The spreading-out as distinct knowables, here called the māyīya (mala), gives birth and…
  6. 6 śuddhabodhātmakatve 'pi yeṣāṃ nottamakartṛtā nirmitāḥ svātmano bhinnā bhartrā … Those who, although their nature is pure consciousness, do not have the highest agency —…
  7. 7 bodhaikalakṣaṇaikye 'pi teṣām anyonyabhinnatā tatheśvarecchābhedena te ca vijñānakevalāḥ Though there is unity in their sole defining mark, consciousness, they have mutual…
  8. 8 śūnyādyabodharūpās tu kartāraḥ pralayākalāḥ teṣāṃ kārmo malo 'py … Those who have the form of the void and other non-cognizant states, yet are (still)…
  9. 9 bodhānām api kartṛtvajuṣāṃ kārmamalakṣatau bhinnavedyajuṣāṃ māyāmalo vidyeśvarāś ca … For the conscious ones who possess agency, when the kārma-impurity is destroyed but who…
  10. 10 devādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhavināṃ trividhaṃ malam tatrāpi kārmam … And for all worldly beings, gods and the rest, the impurity is threefold;
  11. 11 kalodbalitam etac ca cittattvaṃ kartṛtāmayam acidrūpasya śūnyāder mitaṃ … And this principle of consciousness, consisting of agency, invigorated by kalā, remains —…
  12. 12 mukhyatvaṃ kartṛtāyāś ca bodhasya ca cidātmanaḥ śūnyādau tadguṇe … The (recovery of the) primacy of agency and of consciousness, whose self is…
  13. 13 śūnye buddhyādyabhāvātmany ahantākartṛtāpade asphuṭārūpasaṃskāramātriṇi jñeyaśūnyatā In the void — whose nature is the absence of intellect and the rest, which is the locus…
  14. 14 sākṣāṇām āntarī vṛttiḥ prāṇādiprerikā matā jīvanākhyāthavā prāṇe 'hantā … The inner functioning of the sense-endowed subjects, which impels the vital breath and…
  15. 15 tāvan mātrasthitau proktaṃ sauṣupta[ṃ] pralayopamam savedyam apavedyaṃ ca … Abiding as just so much (a bare subject) is declared to be deep sleep, resembling…
  16. 16 manomātrapathe 'py akṣaviṣayatvena vibhramāt spaṣṭāvabhāsā bhāvānāṃ sṛṣṭiḥ svapnapadaṃ … Even on the path of the mind alone, the creation of entities with vivid appearances —…
  17. 17 sarvākṣagocaratvena yā tu bāhyatayā sthirā sṛṣṭiḥ sādhāraṇī sarvapramātṝṇāṃ … But the creation that is stable through its externality, by being the object of all the…
  18. 18 heyā trayīyaṃ prāṇādeḥ prādhānyāt kartṛtāguṇe taddhānopacayaprāyasukhaduḥkhādiyogataḥ This triad (of states) is to be discarded, because of the predominance of the vital…
  19. 19 prāṇāpānamayaḥ prāṇaḥ pratyekaṃ suptajāgratoḥ tacchedātmā samānākhyaḥ sauṣupte viṣuvatsv … The vital breath consisting of prāṇa and apāna (operates) respectively in waking and…
  20. 20 madhyordhvagāmyudānākhyas turyago hutabhuṅmayaḥ vijñānākalamantreśo vyāno viśvātmakaḥ paraḥ Moving upward through the central channel, called udāna, residing in the fourth state,…