na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitram iha vidyate
tat svayaṃ yoga-saṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati
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iha (here) jñānena (to knowledge) sadṛśam (similar) pavitram (purifying agent) na hi vidyate (surely there is not).
kālena (by time) yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ (one perfected in yoga) tat (that) ātmani (in the self) svayam (on his own) vindati (he finds).
| na |
– |
av. – not; |
| hi |
– |
av. – because, just, indeed, surely; |
| jñānena |
– |
jñāna 3n.1 n. – as knowledge, as wisdom (from: √jñā – to know, to understand); |
| sadṛśam |
– |
sa-dṛśa 1n.1 n. – similar to (from: sa = sama – as prefix: the same; √dṛś – to see; requires instrumental, genitive or locative); |
| pavitram |
– |
pavitra 1n.1 n. – means of purification, purity (from: √pū – to purify); |
| iha |
– |
av. – here (often meaning: in this world); |
| vidyate |
– |
√vid (to be) Praes. Ā 1v.1 – it is;
or from: √vid (to find) Praes. pass. 1v.1 – it is found;
or from: √vid (to know, to understand) Praes. pass. 1v.1 – it is understood; |
| tat |
– |
tat sn. 2n.1 n. – that; |
| svayam |
– |
av. – personally, on one’s own; |
| yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ |
– |
yoga-saṁsiddha 1n.1 m.; yoge saṁsiddha iti – one perfected in yoga (from: √yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage, yoga – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy; sam-√sidh – to succeed, to become perfect, PP saṁsiddha – accomplished, perfectl, ready for – requires genitive; skilled in – requires locative); |
| kālena |
– |
kāla 3n.1 m. – by time; |
| ātmani |
– |
ātman 7n.1 m. – in the self; |
| vindati |
– |
√vid (to find) Praes. P 1v.1 – he obtains, he finds; |
jñānena sadṛśaṁ → sa-jñāna-sadṛśaṁ (something similar to knowledge);
yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ → yoga-saṁsiddhaṁ / yoga-saṁsiddhiḥ (perfection in yoga / one who got perfection in yoga);
vindati → viṁdate (he finds);
yataḥ evam ataḥ—-
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ tulyaṃ pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ śuddhi-karam iha vidyate | taj jñānaṃ svayam eva yoga-saṃsiddho yogena karma-yogena samādhi-yogena ca saṃsiddhaḥ saṃskṛto yogyatām āpannaḥ san mumukṣuḥ kālena mahatā ātmani vindati labhate ity arthaḥ
yasmād ātmajñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitraṃ śuddhikaram iha jagati vastvantaraṃ na vidyate, tasmād ātmajñānaṃ sarvapāpaṃ nāśayatītyarthaḥ / tat tathāvidhaṃ jñānaṃ yathopadeśam aharaharanuṣṭhīyamānajñānākārakarmayogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālena svātmani svayam eva labhate
tatra hetum āha na hīti | pavitraṃ śuddhi-karam | iha tapo-yogādiṣu madhye jñāna-tulyaṃ nāsty eva | tarhi sarve ‚pi kim ity ātma-jñānam eva nābhyasanta iti ? ata āha tat svayam iti sārdhena | tad ātmani viṣaye jñānaṃ kālena mahatā karma-yogena saṃsiddho yogyatāṃ prāptaḥ san svayam evānāyāsena labhate | na tu karma-yogaṃ vinety arthaḥ
yasmād evaṃ tasmāt na hīti | na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitram pāvanaṃ śuddhi-karam anyad iha vede loka-vyavahāre vā vidyate, jñāna-bhinnasya ajñānānivartakatvena samūla-pāpa-nivartakatvābhāvāt kāraṇa-sad-bhāvena punaḥ pāpodayāc ca | jñānena tv ajñāna-nivṛttyā samūla-pāpa-nivṛttir iti tat-samam anyac ca vidyate|
tad ātma-viṣayaṃ jñānaṃ sarveṣāṃ kim iti jhaṭiti notpadyate ? tatrāha taj jñānaṃ kālena mahatā yoga-saṃsiddho yogena pūrvokta-karma-yogena saṃsiddhaḥ saṃskṛto yogyatām āpannaḥ svayam ātmany antaḥ-karaṇe vindati labhate na tu yogayatām āpanno ‚nya-dattaṃ sva-niṣṭhatayā na vā para-niṣṭhaṃ svīyatayā vindatīty arthaḥ
iha tapo-yogādi-yukteṣu madhye jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitraṃ kim api nāsti | taj jñānaṃ na sarva-sulabham | kintu yogena niṣkāma-karma-yogena samyak siddha eva, na tv aparipakvaḥ | so ‚pi kālenaiva, na tu sadyaḥ | ātmani svasmin svayaṃ prāptaṃ vindati | na tu sannyāsa-grahaṇa-mātreṇaiveti bhāvaḥ
na hīti | hi yato jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitraṃ śuddhi-karaṃ tapas tīrthāṭanādikaṃ nāsti | atas tat sarva-pāpa-nāśakaṃ taj jñānaṃ na sarva-sulabhaṃ, kintu yogena niṣkāma-karmaṇā saṃsiddhaḥ paripakva eva kālenaiva, na tu sadyaḥ | ātmani svasmin svayaṃ labdhaṃ vindati | na tu pārivrājya-grahaṇa-mātreṇeti
