Verses on the Recognition of the Lord · Chapter 15

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord — Chapter 15

ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका

Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā


Chapter 15 18 verses

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  1. 1 svātmaiva sarvajantūnām eka eva maheśvaraḥ viśvarūpo 'ham idam … The very Self of all beings is the one and only Great Lord, whose form is the universe,…
  2. 2 tatra svasṛṣṭedaṃbhāge buddhyādigrāhakātmanā ahaṃkāraparāmarśapadam nītam anena tat Therein, in the 'this'-portion that he has created, that (portion) is brought by him —…
  3. 3 svasvarūpāparijñānamayo 'nekaḥ pumān mataḥ tatra sṛṣṭau kriyānandau bhogo … The individual soul, consisting of the non-recognition of its own nature, is held to be…
  4. 4 svāṅgarūpeṣu bhāveṣu patyur jñānaṃ kriyā ca yā māyātṛtīye … The knowledge and action of the Lord, present among the entities that appear as his own…
  5. 5 bhedasthitaḥ śāktimataḥ śaktitvaṃ nāpadiśyate eṣāṃ guṇānāṃ karaṇakāryatvapariṇāminām From the standpoint of abiding in difference, the status of being the Lord's power is not…
  6. 6 sattānandaḥ kriyā patyus tadabhāvo 'pi sā paśoh dvayātmā … The bliss of being is the Lord's action;
  7. 7 ye 'py asāmayikedantā-parāmarśabhuvaḥ prabhoḥ te vimiśrā vibhinnāś ca … And those (objects) of the Lord which are born of the non-conventional reflective…
  8. 8 te tu bhinnāvabhāsārthāḥ prakalpyāḥ pratyagātmanaḥ tattadvibhinnasaṃjñābhiḥ smṛtyutprekṣādigocare But those objects of distinct appearance are to be constructed by the inner (individual)…
  9. 9 tasyāsādhāraṇī sṛṣṭir īśasṛṣṭyupajīvinī saiṣāpy ajñatayā satyai-veśaśāktyā tadātmanaḥ His private creation subsists upon the Lord's creation;
  10. 10 svaviśrāntyuparodhāyā-calayā prāṇarūpayā vikalpakriyayā tattadvarṇavaicitryarūpayā (That private creation proceeds) by the restless activity of conceptual construction,…
  11. 11 sādhāraṇo 'nyathā caiśaḥ sargaḥ spaṣṭāvabhāsanāt vikalpahānaikāgryāt krameṇeśvaratāpadam — and otherwise, the Lord's creation is common (and shared), because of its vivid…
  12. 12 sarvo mamāyaṃ vibhava ityevaṃ parijānataḥ viśvātmano vikalpānāṃ prasare … For one who fully recognizes, 'all this expansive glory is mine', whose self is the…
  13. 13 meyaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ muktaḥ svātmābhedena manyate maheśvaro yathā baddhaḥ … The liberated one regards the common knowable as non-different from his own self, just as…
  14. 14 sarvathā tv antarālīnā-nantatattvaughanirbharaḥ śivaḥ cidānandaghanaḥ paramākṣaravigrahaḥ But Śiva, in every way filled with the infinite flood of principles dissolved within him,…
  15. 15 evam ātmānam etasya samyagjñānakriye tathā jānan yathepsitān paśyañ … Thus, knowing the Self of this (Lord) and likewise his right knowledge and action, seeing…
  16. 16 iti prakaṭito mayā sughaṭa eṣa mārgo navo mahāgurubhir … Thus this new yet well-grounded path has been revealed by me, as it was taught by the…
  17. 17 tais tair apy upayācitair upanatas tanvyāḥ sthito 'py … Just as a lover, though drawn close to a slender woman by this and that entreaty and…
  18. 18 janasyāyatnasiddhyartham udayākarasūnunā īśvarapratyabhijñeyam utpalenopapāditā So that people might attain (their goal) without great effort, this Recognition of the…