Verses on the Recognition of the Lord · Chapter 4

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord — Chapter 4

ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका

Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā


Chapter 4 8 verses

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  1. 1 sa hi pūrvānubhūtārtho-palabdhā parato 'pi san vimṛśan sa … For he, the apprehender of the object experienced before, being so even afterwards,…
  2. 2 bhāsayec ca svakāle 'rthāt pūrvābhāsitam āmṛśan svalakṣaṇaṃ ghaṭābhāsamātreṇāthākhilātmanā And, reflectively grasping at its own present moment what was manifested before, he would…
  3. 3 na ca yuktaṃ smṛter bhede smaryamāṇasya bhāsanam tenaikyaṃ … And it is not possible for what is remembered to be manifested if the (remembering)…
  4. 4 naiva hy anubhavo bhāti smṛtau pūrvo 'rthavat pṛthak … For in memory the prior experience does not appear separately, like the object;
  5. 5 yoginām api bhāsante na dṛśo darśanāntare svasaṃvidekamānās tā … Even for yogins, cognitions do not appear within another cognition;
  6. 6 smaryate yad dṛg āsīn me saivam ity api … When it is remembered 'there was a cognition of mine, and it was thus' — even though set…
  7. 7 yā ca paśyāmy aham imaṃ ghaṭo 'yam iti … And the determinate cognition in the form 'I see this' or 'this is a pot' — it too is…
  8. 8 tan mayā dṛśyate dṛṣṭo 'yaṃ sa ity āmṛśaty … Thus he also reflectively grasps 'it is seen by me' and 'this is the very same one I saw';