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THE TRUE KNOWER
141
The liberated ones, however, ever free as they are
from attachment, do not care for the attainment of
the things of the world, and are ever happy even
without anything.
Attained etc.-They enjoy whatever comes to
them without any effort on their part. But they are
not attached to it. And if certain things do not
come into their possession, they do not mind. They
are quite unaffected.]
समाधानासमाधानहिताहितविकल्पनाः ।
शून्यचित्तो न जानाति कैवल्यमिव संस्थितः ॥ १८॥
शून्यचित्त: One of vacant mind ( ज्ञानी sage ) समाधाना-
समाधानहिताहितविकल्पना: the alternatives of contempla-
tion and non-contemplation, good and evil a not
जानाति knows ( स: he ) कैवल्यम् the state of Absolute-
ness: abiding as it were.
18.
The sage of vacant' mind knows
not the conflict of contemplation and non-
contemplation, good and evil. He abides³
as it were in the state of Absoluteness.
[Vacant indifferent to the world. No desire or
thought arises in his mind. It is filled with the
consciousness of Atman alone.
2 Knows etc. Because all such conflicts arise only
in connection with the relative life and world which
he has transcended.
141
The liberated ones, however, ever free as they are
from attachment, do not care for the attainment of
the things of the world, and are ever happy even
without anything.
Attained etc.-They enjoy whatever comes to
them without any effort on their part. But they are
not attached to it. And if certain things do not
come into their possession, they do not mind. They
are quite unaffected.]
समाधानासमाधानहिताहितविकल्पनाः ।
शून्यचित्तो न जानाति कैवल्यमिव संस्थितः ॥ १८॥
शून्यचित्त: One of vacant mind ( ज्ञानी sage ) समाधाना-
समाधानहिताहितविकल्पना: the alternatives of contempla-
tion and non-contemplation, good and evil a not
जानाति knows ( स: he ) कैवल्यम् the state of Absolute-
ness: abiding as it were.
18.
The sage of vacant' mind knows
not the conflict of contemplation and non-
contemplation, good and evil. He abides³
as it were in the state of Absoluteness.
[Vacant indifferent to the world. No desire or
thought arises in his mind. It is filled with the
consciousness of Atman alone.
2 Knows etc. Because all such conflicts arise only
in connection with the relative life and world which
he has transcended.