tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ
gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṃ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ
tad-buddhayaḥ | – | tad-buddhi 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ buddhis tasminn asti te – those whose intelligence is in that (from: tat – sn. that; √budh – to wake, to perceive, to understand; buddhi – intelligence, thought, understanding, knowledge, idea, opinion); |
tad-ātmānaḥ | – | tad-ātman 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣām ātmā tasminn asti te – those whose self is in that (from: tat – sn. that; ātman – self); |
tan-niṣṭhāḥ | – | tad-niṣṭha 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ niṣṭhā tasminn asti te – those whose faith is in that (from: tat – sn. that; √sthā – to stay, to exist, niṣṭhā – state, firmness, devotion, faith, perfection, conclusion, death); |
tat-parāyaṇāḥ | – | tad-parāyaṇa 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ tat parāyaṇam asti te – those who are fully dedicated to that (from: tat – sn. that; para – beyond, ancient, final, the best, the supreme; ayana – a path; parāyaṇa – supreme path, the final goal; in compounds: fully dedicated to); |
gacchanti | – | √gam (to go) Praes. P 1v.3 – they go; |
apunar-āvṛttim | – | a-punar-āvṛtti 2n.1 f. – no return again, no rebirth (from: av. punaḥ – back, again, a-punaḥ – never again; ā-√vṛt – to return, to reverse; āvṛtti – return, repetition); |
jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ | – | jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣa 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ kalmaṣāṇi jñānena nirdhūtāni santi te – those whose sins got destroyed by knowledge (from: √jñā – to know, to understand, jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, intelligence; nir-√dhū – to shake, to destroy; PP nir-dhūta – shaken, harassed; karma+so – destroying good acts, kalmaṣa – dirt, stain, sin); |
… → verse, not found in critical edition, after verse 5.17:
smaranto ‚pi muhus tv etat spṛśanto ‚pi svakarmaṇi
saktā api na sajjanti paṅke ravi-karā iva
Although they remember again and again, although they are in touch with that [world],
and although they are attached to their own activities, they do not cling as the sunrays to the mud.
tasmin brahmaṇi gatā buddhir yeṣāṃ te tad-buddhayaḥ, tad-ātmānas tad eva paraṃ brahma ātmā yeṣāṃ te tad-ātmanāḥ, tan-niṣṭhāḥ niṣṭhā abhiniveśas tātparyaṃ sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṃnyasya tasmin brahmaṇy eva avasthānaṃ yeṣāṃ te tan-niṣṭhāḥ, tat-parāyaṇā ca tad eva param ayanaṃ parā gatir yeṣāṃ bhavati te tat-parāyaṇāḥ kevalātma-rataya ity arthaḥ | yeṣāṃ jñānena nāśitam ātmano’jñānaṃ te gacchanti evaṃ-vidyāḥ apunar-āvṛttim apunar-deha-saṃbandhaṃ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣā yathoktena jñānena nirdhūto nāśitaḥ kalmaṣaḥ pāpādi-saṃsāra-kāraṇa-doṣo yeṣāṃ te jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣā yatayaḥ ity arthaḥ
nanu tad-ātmāna iti viśeṣaṇaṃ vyartham | avidvad-vyavartakaṃ hi vidvad-viśeṣaṇam | ajñā api hi vastu-gatyā tad-ātmāna iti kathaṃ tad-vyāvṛttir iti cet, na | itarātmatva-vyāvṛttau tātparyāt | ajñā hi anātma-bhūte dehādāv ātmābhimānina iti na tad-ātmāna iti vyapadiśyante | vijñās tu nivṛtta-dehādy-abhimānā iti virodhi-nivṛttyā tad-ātmāna iti vyapadiśyanta iti yuktaṃ viśeṣaṇam |
nanu karmānuṣṭhāna-vikṣepe sati kathaṃ dehādy-abhimāna-nivṛttir iti tatrāha tan-niṣṭhā iti | tasminn eva brahmaṇi sarva-karmānuṣṭhāna-vikṣepa-nivṛttyā niṣṭhā sthitir yeṣāṃ te tan-niṣṭhāḥ | sarva-karma-saṃnyāsena tad-eka-vicāra-parā ity arthaḥ | phala-rāge sati kathaṃ tat-sādhana-bhūta-karma-tyāga iti tatrāha tat-parāyaṇāḥ | tad eva param ayanaṃ prāptavyaṃ yeṣāṃ te tat-parāyaṇāḥ | sarvato viraktā ity arthaḥ |
atra tad-buddhaya ity anena sākṣātkāra uktaḥ | tad-ātmāna ity anātmābhimā-rūpa-viparīta-bhāva-nivṛtti-phalako vedānta-vicāraḥ śravaṇa-manana-paripāka-rūpaḥ | tat-parāyaṇā ity anena vairāgya-prakarṣaṃ ity uttarottarasya pūrva-pūrva-hetutvaṃ draṣṭavyam | ukta-viśeṣaṇā yatayo gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṃ punar-deha-sambandhābhāva-rūpāṃ muktiṃ prāpnuvanti | sakṛn muktānām api punar deha-sambandhaḥ kuto na syād iti tatrāha jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ jñānena nirdhūtaṃ samūlam unmūlitaṃ punar-deha-sambandha-kāraṇaṃ kalmaṣaṃ puṇya-pāpātmakaṃ karma yeṣāṃ te tathā | jñānenānādy-ajñāna-nivṛttyā tat-kārya-karma-kṣaye tan-mūlakaṃ punar deha-grahaṇaṃ kathaṃ bhaved iti bhāvaḥ
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ |
tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram || [Gītā 18.55] iti |
jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣā jñānena vidyāyaiva pūrvam eva dhvasta-samastāvidyāḥ