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ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
the necessity of getting out of it and of having
recourse to meditation and all that. The moment
one is freed from desire, the illusion of the universe
with all its consequences (i.e. meditation, liberation,
etc.) vanishes.]
da fa'afné ze a medifa húg â i
निर्वासनः किं कुरुते पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥ १५ ॥
By whom this for universe is seen:
universe) not fis fa this may do
he (fa
वै ( expletive) निर्वासन: one who is desireless किं what
कुरुते has to do स: he पश्यन् seeing अपि even न not पश्यति
sees.
15. He who sees the universe, may
try to deny it. What has the desireless to
not even though he sees.
do? He sees
[He etc. Really the universe is not as we see
and feel it, which we do under the sway of desire.
One who finds the phenomenal world, must try to
negate it, for he is still in ignorance.
beyond desire, has nothing to do with it.
One who is
2 Sees etc.-To a man of realization the universe
appears as unsubstantial and illusory.
He cannot,
therefore, be said to be seeing the universe as we
understand it, i.e. as real and substantial.]
येन दृष्टं परं ब्रह्म सोऽहं ब्रह्म ेति चिन्तयेत् ।
किं चिन्तयति निश्चिन्तो द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति ॥ १६ ॥
ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
the necessity of getting out of it and of having
recourse to meditation and all that. The moment
one is freed from desire, the illusion of the universe
with all its consequences (i.e. meditation, liberation,
etc.) vanishes.]
da fa'afné ze a medifa húg â i
निर्वासनः किं कुरुते पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥ १५ ॥
By whom this for universe is seen:
universe) not fis fa this may do
he (fa
वै ( expletive) निर्वासन: one who is desireless किं what
कुरुते has to do स: he पश्यन् seeing अपि even न not पश्यति
sees.
15. He who sees the universe, may
try to deny it. What has the desireless to
not even though he sees.
do? He sees
[He etc. Really the universe is not as we see
and feel it, which we do under the sway of desire.
One who finds the phenomenal world, must try to
negate it, for he is still in ignorance.
beyond desire, has nothing to do with it.
One who is
2 Sees etc.-To a man of realization the universe
appears as unsubstantial and illusory.
He cannot,
therefore, be said to be seeing the universe as we
understand it, i.e. as real and substantial.]
येन दृष्टं परं ब्रह्म सोऽहं ब्रह्म ेति चिन्तयेत् ।
किं चिन्तयति निश्चिन्तो द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति ॥ १६ ॥