sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriya-vivarjitam
asaktaṃ sarva-bhṛc caiva nirguṇaṃ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca
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tat jñeyam]
(that to be known) sarvendriya-guṇābhāsam (which lights the guṇas for all the senses) sarvendriya-vivarjitam (deprived of all the senses) asaktam (unattached) sarva-bhṛt ca eva (and indeed which maintains all) nirguṇam (without the guṇas) guṇa-bhoktṛ ca (and which enjoys the guṇas) [
asti]
(it is).
sarvendriya-guṇābhāsam |
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sarva-indriya-guṇa-ābhāsa 1n.1 n.; yat sarvāṇi indriyāṇi guṇān ca ābhāsayati tat – which lights all the senses and guṇas / which lights the guṇas for all the senses / which is the semblance of the guṇas in all the senses (from: sarva – all, whole; √ind – to be powerful, indriya – the senses; √grah – to take, guṇa – quality, virtue, thread; ā-√bhās – to appear, to shine, ābhāsa – light, reflection, semblance); |
sarvendriya-vivarjitam |
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sarva-indriya-vivarjita 1n.1 n.; TP: sarvaiṛ indriyaiṛ vivarjitam iti – deprived of all the senses (from: sarva – all, whole; √ind – to be powerful, indriya – the senses; vi-√vṛj – to exclude, to avoid, caus. PP vivarjita – excluded, deprived of, without); |
asaktam |
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a-sakta (√sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace) PP 1n.1 n. – unattached; |
sarva-bhṛt |
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sarva-bhṛt 1n.1 n.; yat sarvam bibharti tat – which maintains all (from: sarva – all, whole; √bhṛ – to bear, to carry, to hold, bhṛt – suffix: bearer, holder); |
ca |
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av. – and; |
eva |
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av. – certainly, just, merely; |
nirguṇam |
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nir-guṇa 1n.1 n. – without the guṇas (from: niḥ – out of, away from, without; √grah – to take, guṇa – quality, virtue, thread); |
guṇa-bhoktṛ |
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guṇa-bhoktṛ 1n.1 n.; TP: guṇānām bhoktṛ iti – which enjoys the guṇas (from: niḥ – out of, away from, without; √grah – to take, guṇa – quality, virtue, thread; √bhuj – to eat, to enjoy, bhoktṛ – one who eats, enjoys); |
ca |
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av. – and; |
sarva-bhṛc caiva → sarva-taś caiva / sarva-bhṛt tv eva / sarva-hṛc caiva (and indeed from all sides / but indeed he maintains all / and indeed the heart of all);
The first two padas of verse 13.14 are the same as the first two padas of Śvetāśvataropaniṣad 3.17;
upādhibhūta-pāṇi-pādādīndriyādhyāropaṇāj jñeyasya tadvattāśaṅkā mā bhūd ity evam arthaḥ ślokārambhaḥ—
sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṃ sarvāṇi ca tānīndriyāṇi śrotrādīni buddhīndriya-karmendriyākhyāni, antaḥ-karaṇe ca buddhi-manasī, jñeyopādhitvasya tulyatvāt, sarvendriya-grahaṇena gṛhyante | api ca, antaḥ-karaṇopādhi-dvāreṇaiva śrotrādīnām api upādhitvam ity ato’ntaḥ-karaṇa-bahiṣkaraṇopādhi-bhūtaiḥ sarvendriya-guṇair adhyavasāya-saṃkalpa-śravaṇa-vacanādibhir avabhāsate iti sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriya-vyāpārair vyāpṛtam iva taj jñeyam ity arthaḥ | dhyāyatīva lelāyatīva [bhāvātmauttaṃ 4.3.7] iti śruteḥ |
kasmāt punaḥ kāraṇān na vyāpṛtam eveti gṛhyata ity ataḥ āha—sarvendriya-vivarjitam, sarva-karaṇa-rahitam ity arthaḥ | ato na karaṇa-vyāpāraiḥ vyāpṛtaṃ taj jñeyam | yas tv ayaṃ mantraḥ—apāṇi-pādo javano grahītā paśyaty acakṣuḥ sa sṛṇoty akarṇaḥ [śāstrvetuttaṃ 3.19] ity ādiḥ | sa sarvendriyopādhi-guṇānuguṇya-bhajana-śaktimat taj jñeyam ity evaṃ pradarśanārthaḥ, na tu sākṣād eva javanādi-kriyāvattva-pradarśanārthaḥ | andho maṇim avindad [sthitaitteṇa 1.11] ity ādi-mantrārthavat tasya mantrasyārthaḥ | yasmāt sarva-karaṇa-varjitaṃ jñeyam, tasmād asaktaṃ sarva-saṃśleṣavarjitam | yadyapy evam, tathāpi sarva-bhṛc caiva | sad-āspadaṃ hi sarvaṃ sarvatra sad-buddhy-anugamāt | na hi mṛgatṛṣṇikādayo’pi nirāspadā bhavanti | ataḥ sarva-bhṛt sarvaṃ bibhartīti | syād idaṃ cānyaj jñeyasya sattvādhigama-dvāraṃ—nirguṇaṃ sattva-rajas-tamāṃsi guṇās tair varjitaṃ taj jñeyam, tathāpi guṇa-bhoktṛ ca guṇānāṃ sattva-rajas-tamasāṃ śabdādi-dvāreṇa sukha-duḥkha-mohākāra-pariṇatānāṃ bhoktṛ copalabdhṛ ca taj jñeyam ity arthaḥ
sarvendriyaguṇābhāsam sarvendriyaguṇair ābhāso yasya tat sarvendriyābhāsam / indriyaguṇā indriyavṛttayaḥ / indriyavṛttibhir api viṣayān jñatuṃ samartham ityarthaḥ / svabhāvatas sarvendriyavivarjitam vinaivendriyavṛttibhiḥ svata eva sarvaṃ jānātītyarthaḥ / asaktam svabhāvato devādidehasaṅgarahitam, sarvabhṛc caiva devādisarvadehabharaṇasamarthaṃ ca; „sa ekadhā bhavati tridhā bhavati” ityādiśruteḥ / nirguṇam tathā svabhāvatas sattvādiguṇarahitam / guṇabhoktṛ ca sattvādīnāṃ guṇānāṃ bhogasamarthaṃ ca
kiṃ casarvendriyeti | sarveṣāṃ cakṣur-ādīnāṃ guṇeṣu rūpādy-ākārāsu vṛttiṣu tat-tad-ākāreṇa bhāsate iti tathā | sarvendriyāṇi guṇāṃś ca tat-tad-viṣayān ābhāsayatīti vā | sarvaiḥ indriyair vivarjitaṃ ca | tathā ca śrutiḥ — apāṇi-pādo javano grahītā paśyaty acakṣuḥ sa śṛṇoty akarṇaḥ ity ādiḥ | asaktaṃ saṅga-śūnyam | tathāpi sarvaṃ bibhartīti sarvasyādhārabhūtam | tad eva nirguṇaṃ sattvādi-guṇa-rahitaṃ | guṇa-bhoktṛ ca guṇānāṃ sattvādīnāṃ bhoktṛ pālakam
sarvendriyaguṇābhāsam sarvendriyaguṇair ābhāso yasya tat sarvendriyābhāsam / indriyaguṇā indriyavṛttayaḥ / indriyavṛttibhir api viṣayān jñatuṃ samartham ityarthaḥ / svabhāvatas sarvendriyavivarjitam vinaivendriyavṛttibhiḥ svata eva sarvaṃ jānātītyarthaḥ / asaktam svabhāvato devādidehasaṅgarahitam, sarvabhṛc caiva devādisarvadehabharaṇasamarthaṃ ca; „sa ekadhā bhavati tridhā bhavati” ityādiśruteḥ / nirguṇam tathā svabhāvatas sattvādiguṇarahitam / guṇabhoktṛ ca sattvādīnāṃ guṇānāṃ bhogasamarthaṃ ca
kiṃ ca sarvāṇi indriyāṇi guṇān indriya-viṣayāṃś ca ābhāsayatīti tac cakṣuṣaś cakṣuḥ ity ādi śruteḥ | yad vā sarvendriyair guṇaiḥ śabdādibhiś cābhāsate virājatīti tat | tad api sarvendriya-vivarjitaṃ prākṛtendriyādi-rahitam | tathā ca śrutiḥ – apāṇi-pādo javano grahītā paśyaty acakṣuḥ sa śṛṇoty akarṇaḥ ity ādi | parāsya śaktir bahudhaiva śrūyate svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca iti śruti-prasiddha-svarūpa-śaktyāspadatvād iti bhāvaḥ | asaktaṃ āsakti-śūnyaṃ sarvabhṛt śrī-viṣṇu-svarūpeṇa sarva-pālakam | nirguṇaṃ sattvādi-guṇa-rahitākāram | kiṃ ca guṇa-bhoktṛ triguṇātīta-bhaga-śabda-vācā ṣaḍ-guṇāsvādakam
kiṃ ca sarveti sarvair indriyair guṇaiś ca tad-vṛttibhir ābhāsate dīpyata iti tathā sarvair indriyair jīvendriyavat svarūpa-bhinnair vivarjitaṃ santyaktaṃ prākṛtaiḥ karaṇaiḥ śūnyaḥ svarūpānubandhibhis tair viśiṣṭo harir iti svīkāryam | apāṇi-pādo javano grahītā paśyaty acakṣuḥ sa śṛṇoty akarṇaḥ | yad ātmako bhagavāṃs tad-ātmikā vyaktiḥ kim ātmako bhagavān jñānātmaka aiśvaryātmakaḥ śaktyātmakaś ceti buddhimano ‚ṅga-pratyaṅgavattāṃ bhagavato lakṣayāmahe buddhimān mano-bāṇaṅga-pratyaṅgavān iti śruteḥ | sarvabhṛt sarva-tattva-dhārakam apy asaktaṃ saṅkalpenaiva tad-dhāraṇāt tat-sparśa-rahitaṃ nirguṇaṃ sākṣī cetāḥ kevalo nirguṇaś ca iti śruter māyā-guṇa-spṛṣṭam eva sad-guṇa-bhoktṛ-niyamyatayā guṇanubhavi-vikāra-jananīm ajñām ity ārabhya
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