Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.201
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12.201.1
यदिन्द्रियैस्तूपगतैः पुरस्ता ।
त्प्राप्तान्गुणान्संस्मरते चिराय।
तेष्विन्द्रियेषूपहतेषु पश्चा ।
त्स बुद्धिरूपः परमः स्वभावः ॥ १२.२०१.१ ॥
Manu: When the senses, having come near, have brought the qualities he once obtained, he recalls them for a long time; yet when those senses are destroyed, afterwards his nature, which has the form of intellect, remains supreme.
12.201.2
य इन्द्रियार्थान्युगपत्समन्ता ।
न्नावेक्षते कृत्स्नशस्तुल्यकालम्।
यथाक्रमं संचरते स विद्वां ।
स्तस्मात्स एकः परमः शरीरी ॥ १२.२०१.२ ॥
Manu: He who does not observe the objects of the senses all at once, from all sides, entirely and at the same time, but moves through them in due order—he is wise; therefore he alone is the one supreme embodied being.
12.201.3
हुताशनं वायुरिवेन्धनस्थम् ॥ १२.२०१.३ ॥
Manu: As wind (kindles) the fire resting in its fuel.
12.201.4
न चक्षुषा पश्यति रूपमात्मनो ।
न पश्यति स्पर्शनमिन्द्रियेन्द्रियम्।
न श्रोत्रलिङ्गं श्रवणेन दर्शनं ।
तथा कृतं पश्यति तद्विनश्यति ॥ १२.२०१.४ ॥
Manu: The self's form is not seen by the eye; one sense does not see the touch of another sense; sight does not come through the ear, which is the mark of hearing. What is seen as made in this way perishes.
12.201.5
श्रोत्रादीनि न पश्यन्ति स्वंस्वमात्मानमात्मना ।
सर्वज्ञः सर्वदर्शी च क्षेत्रज्ञस्तानि पश्यति ॥ १२.२०१.५ ॥
Manu: The ears and the other senses do not see their own selves by the self; the knower of the field, who knows all and sees all, sees them.
12.201.6
यथा हिमवतः पार्श्वे पृष्ठं चन्द्रमसो यथा ।
न दृष्टपूर्वं मनुजैर्न च तन्नास्ति तावता ॥ १२.२०१.६ ॥
Manu: As the back of the Himālaya's flank and the back of the moon have never before been seen by men, yet they are not thereby non-existent.
12.201.7
तद्वद्भूतेषु भूतात्मा सूक्ष्मो ज्ञानात्मवानसौ ।
अदृष्टपूर्वश्चक्षुर्म्यां न चासौ नास्ति तावता ॥ १२.२०१.७ ॥
Likewise, among beings the self of beings is subtle and of the nature of knowledge; he has never been seen before by the eyes, yet he does not not exist merely on that account.
12.201.8
पश्यन्नपि यथा लक्ष्म जनः सोमेन विन्दति ।
एवमस्ति न चोत्पन्नं न च तन्न परायणम् ॥ १२.२०१.८ ॥
As a person, though seeing the mark by the moon, comes to know it, so it exists; it is not something arisen, nor is it not the supreme refuge.
12.201.9
रूपवन्तमरूपत्वादुदयास्तमने बुधाः ।
धिया समनुपश्यन्ति तद्गताः सवितुर्गतिम् ॥ १२.२०१.९ ॥
Because the formed is formless, the wise see clearly by intellect at sunrise and sunset, having gone to the course of the sun.
12.201.10
तथा बुद्धिप्रदीपेन दूरस्थं सुविपश्चितः ।
प्रत्यासन्नं निषीदन्ति ज्ञेयं ज्ञानाभिसंहितम् ॥ १२.२०१.१० ॥
Likewise, the very learned, by the lamp of intellect, sit and know that which is far away as though it were near at hand — the knowable joined with knowledge.
12.201.11
न हि स्वल्वनुपायेन कश्चिदर्थोऽभिसिद्ध्यति ।
सूत्रजालैर्यथा मत्स्यान्बध्नन्ति जलजीविनः ॥ १२.२०१.११ ॥
Indeed, no aim is ever accomplished by an improper means, just as those who live by water bind fish with nets of thread.
12.201.12
मृगैर्मृगाणां ग्रहणं पक्षिणां पक्षिभिर्यथा ।
गजानां च गजैरेव ज्ञेयं ज्ञानेन गृह्यते ॥ १२.२०१.१२ ॥
As deer catch deer, birds catch birds, and elephants catch elephants, so the knowable is grasped only by knowledge.
12.201.13
अहिरेव ह्यहेः पादान्पश्यतीति निदर्शनम् ।
तद्वन्मूर्तिषु मूर्तिस्थं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानेन पश्यति ॥ १२.२०१.१३ ॥
The snake alone sees the feet of a snake — this is the illustration. Likewise, the embodied self abiding among embodied things is to be known, and it is seen through knowledge.
12.201.14
नोत्सहन्ते यथा वेत्तुमिन्द्रियैरिन्द्रियाण्यपि ।
तथैवेह परा बुद्धिः परं बुद्ध्या न पश्यति ॥ १२.२०१.१४ ॥
Just as the senses are not able to know even the senses by the senses, so here the higher intellect does not see the highest by intellect.
12.201.15
यथा चन्द्रो ह्यमावास्यामलिङ्गत्वान्न दृश्यते ।
न च नाशोऽस्य भवति तथा विद्धि शरीरिणम् ॥ १२.२०१.१५ ॥
Just as the moon on the night of the new moon is not seen because it has no visible form, and yet it does not perish, so know the embodied self.
12.201.16
क्षीणकोशो ह्यमावास्यां चन्द्रमा न प्रकाशते ।
तद्वन्मूर्तिविमुक्तोऽसौ शरीरी नोपलभ्यते ॥ १२.२०१.१६ ॥
The moon, its disc diminished, does not shine on the night of the new moon; likewise the embodied self, freed from form, is not perceived.
12.201.17
यथा कोशान्तरं प्राप्य चन्द्रमा भ्राजते पुनः ।
तद्वल्लिङ्गान्तरं प्राप्य शरीरी भ्राजते पुनः ॥ १२.२०१.१७ ॥
Just as the moon, having attained another disc, shines again, so the embodied self, having attained another form, shines again.
12.201.18
जन्म बुद्धिः क्षयश्चास्य प्रत्यक्षेणोपलभ्यते ।
सा तु चन्द्रमसो व्यक्तिर्न तु तस्य शरीरिणः ॥ १२.२०१.१८ ॥
Its birth, growth and decline are perceived directly; but that manifestation belongs to the moon, not to the embodied self.
12.201.19
उत्पत्तिवृद्धिव्ययतो यथा स इति गृह्यते ।
चन्द्र एव त्वमावास्यां तथा भवति मूर्तिमान् ॥ १२.२०१.१९ ॥
As the moon is recognized through its rising, growth and decline, so on the new-moon day it appears in visible form.
12.201.20
नाभिसर्पद्विमुञ्चद्वा शशिनं दृश्यते तमः ।
विसृजंश्चोपसर्पंश्च तद्वत्पश्य शरीरिणम् ॥ १२.२०१.२० ॥
As darkness is seen when it draws near to the moon or leaves it, so behold the embodied one, emitting and approaching.
12.201.21
यथा चन्द्रार्कसंयुक्तं तमस्तदुपलभ्यते ।
तद्वच्छरीरसंयुक्तं ज्ञानं तदुपलभ्यते ॥ १२.२०१.२१ ॥
As darkness joined with moon and sun is perceived, so knowledge joined with the body is perceived.
12.201.22
यथा चन्द्रार्कनिर्मुक्तः स राहुर्नोपलभ्यते ।
तद्वच्छरीरनिर्मुक्तः शरीरी नोपलभ्यते ॥ १२.२०१.२२ ॥
As Rāhu, freed from moon and sun, is not perceived, so the embodied one, freed from the body, is not perceived.
12.201.23
यथा चन्द्रो ह्यमावास्यां नक्षत्रैर्युज्यते गतः ।
तद्वच्छरीरनिर्मुक्तः फलैर्युज्यति कर्मणः ॥ १२.२०१.२३ ॥
As the moon, gone on the new-moon day, is joined with the lunar mansions, so one freed from the body is joined with the fruits of action.