Brahma Purana — Chapter 240
BrP 240.1
सम्यक् क्रियेयं विप्रेन्द्र वर्णिता शिष्टसंमता योगमार्गो यथान्यायं शिष्यायेह हितैषिणा ॥
samyak kriyeyaṃ viprendra varṇitā śiṣṭasaṃmatā yogamārgo yathānyāyaṃ śiṣyāyeha hitaiṣiṇā //
This practice has been rightly described, O chief of brahmins, (and it is) approved by the learned: the path of yoga, according to rule, (set forth) here for a disciple by one who seeks (his) welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.2
सांख्ये त्व् इदानीं धर्मस्य विधिं प्रब्रूहि तत्त्वतः त्रिषु लोकेषु यज् ज्ञानं सर्वं तद् विदितं हि ते ॥
sāṃkhye tv idānīṃ dharmasya vidhiṃ prabrūhi tattvataḥ triṣu lokeṣu yaj jñānaṃ sarvaṃ tad viditaṃ hi te //
But now tell truly the rule of the law in the Sāṃkhya (system); for whatever knowledge there is in the three worlds, all of it is known to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.3
शृणुध्वं मुनयः सर्वम् आख्यानं विदितात्मनाम् विहितं यतिभिर् वृद्धैः कपिलादिभिर् ईश्वरैः ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarvam ākhyānaṃ viditātmanām vihitaṃ yatibhir vṛddhaiḥ kapilādibhir īśvaraiḥ //
Hear, O sages, the whole account of those who have known the Self, laid down by the aged ascetics, the masters Kapila and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.4
यस्मिन् सुविभ्रमाः केचिद् दृश्यन्ते मुनिसत्तमाः गुणाश् च यस्मिन् बहवो दोषहानिश् च केवला ॥
yasmin suvibhramāḥ kecid dṛśyante munisattamāḥ guṇāś ca yasmin bahavo doṣahāniś ca kevalā //
in which, O best of sages, certain great confusions are seen, and in which (there are) many virtues and the complete destruction of faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.5
ज्ञानेन परिसंख्याय सदोषान् विषयान् द्विजाः मानुषान् दुर्जयान् कृत्स्नान् पैशाचान् विषयांस् तथा ॥
jñānena parisaṃkhyāya sadoṣān viṣayān dvijāḥ mānuṣān durjayān kṛtsnān paiśācān viṣayāṃs tathā //
Having reckoned up by knowledge the faulty objects of sense, O twice-born — the human ones, hard to conquer, all of them, and likewise the objects of the Piśācas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.6
विषयान् औरगाञ् ज्ञात्वा गन्धर्वविषयांस् तथा पितॄणां विषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा तिर्यक्त्वं चरतां द्विजाः ॥
viṣayān auragāñ jñātvā gandharvaviṣayāṃs tathā pitṝṇāṃ viṣayāñ jñātvā tiryaktvaṃ caratāṃ dvijāḥ //
having known the objects belonging to the serpents and likewise the objects of the Gandharvas, having known the objects of the fathers and of those that move in animal form, O twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.7
सुपर्णविषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा मरुतां विषयांस् तथा महर्षिविषयांश् चैव राजर्षिविषयांस् तथा ॥
suparṇaviṣayāñ jñātvā marutāṃ viṣayāṃs tathā maharṣiviṣayāṃś caiva rājarṣiviṣayāṃs tathā //
having known the objects of the Suparṇas and likewise the objects of the Maruts, and the objects of the great seers and likewise the objects of the royal seers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.8
आसुरान् विषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा वैश्वदेवांस् तथैव च देवर्षिविषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा योगानाम् अपि वै परान् ॥
āsurān viṣayāñ jñātvā vaiśvadevāṃs tathaiva ca devarṣiviṣayāñ jñātvā yogānām api vai parān //
having known the objects of the Asuras and likewise those of the Viśvadevas, having known the objects of the divine seers, and also the supreme (objects) of the yogas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.9
विषयांश् च प्रमाणस्य ब्रह्मणो विषयांस् तथा आयुषश् च परं कालं लोकैर् विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः ॥
viṣayāṃś ca pramāṇasya brahmaṇo viṣayāṃs tathā āyuṣaś ca paraṃ kālaṃ lokair vijñāya tattvataḥ //
and the objects of (right) measure, and likewise the objects of Brahmā, and having truly understood, together with the worlds, the utmost duration of life,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.10
सुखस्य च परं कालं विज्ञाय मुनिसत्तमाः प्राप्तकाले च यद् दुःखं पततां विषयैषिणाम् ॥
sukhasya ca paraṃ kālaṃ vijñāya munisattamāḥ prāptakāle ca yad duḥkhaṃ patatāṃ viṣayaiṣiṇām //
and having understood, O best of sages, the utmost duration of pleasure, and what suffering (comes) when the time arrives to those who fall, being seekers of sense-objects,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.11
तिर्यक्त्वे पततां विप्रास् तथैव नरकेषु यत् स्वर्गस्य च गुणाञ् ज्ञात्वा दोषान् सर्वांश् च भो द्विजाः ॥
tiryaktve patatāṃ viprās tathaiva narakeṣu yat svargasya ca guṇāñ jñātvā doṣān sarvāṃś ca bho dvijāḥ //
and what (befalls) those who fall into animal existence, O brahmins, and likewise (what befalls them) in the hells; and having known the merits of heaven and all its faults, O twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.12
वेदवादे च ये दोषा गुणा ये चापि वैदिकाः ज्ञानयोगे च ये दोषा ज्ञानयोगे च ये गुणाः ॥
vedavāde ca ye doṣā guṇā ye cāpi vaidikāḥ jñānayoge ca ye doṣā jñānayoge ca ye guṇāḥ //
and what faults there are in the doctrine of the Veda and what merits are Vedic, and what faults there are in the yoga of knowledge and what merits in the yoga of knowledge,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.13
सांख्यज्ञाने च ये दोषांस् तथैव च गुणा द्विजाः सत्त्वं दशगुणं ज्ञात्वा रजो नवगुणं तथा ॥
sāṃkhyajñāne ca ye doṣāṃs tathaiva ca guṇā dvijāḥ sattvaṃ daśaguṇaṃ jñātvā rajo navaguṇaṃ tathā //
and what faults there are in Sāṃkhya knowledge and likewise the merits, O twice-born; having known sattva to be tenfold and rajas likewise ninefold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.14
तमश् चाष्टगुणं ज्ञात्वा बुद्धिं सप्तगुणां तथा षड्गुणं च नभो ज्ञात्वा तमश् च त्रिगुणं महत् ॥
tamaś cāṣṭaguṇaṃ jñātvā buddhiṃ saptaguṇāṃ tathā ṣaḍguṇaṃ ca nabho jñātvā tamaś ca triguṇaṃ mahat //
and having known tamas to be eightfold and the intellect sevenfold, and having known space to be sixfold and the great darkness threefold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.15
द्विगुणं च रजो ज्ञात्वा सत्त्वं चैकगुणं पुनः मार्गं विज्ञाय तत्त्वेन प्रलयप्रेक्षणेन तु ॥
dviguṇaṃ ca rajo jñātvā sattvaṃ caikaguṇaṃ punaḥ mārgaṃ vijñāya tattvena pralayaprekṣaṇena tu //
and having known rajas to be twofold and sattva again onefold, and having truly understood the path by contemplation of dissolution —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.16
ज्ञानविज्ञानसंपन्नाः कारणैर् भावितात्मभिः प्राप्नुवन्ति शुभं मोक्षं सूक्ष्मा इव नभः परम् ॥
jñānavijñānasaṃpannāḥ kāraṇair bhāvitātmabhiḥ prāpnuvanti śubhaṃ mokṣaṃ sūkṣmā iva nabhaḥ param //
Endowed with knowledge and discernment, by means of the (bodily) instruments through which the self is developed, they attain auspicious liberation, subtle (as they are), like (attaining) the space beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.17
रूपेण दृष्टिं संयुक्तां घ्राणं गन्धगुणेन च शब्दग्राह्यं तथा श्रोत्रं जिह्वां रसगुणेन च ॥
rūpeṇa dṛṣṭiṃ saṃyuktāṃ ghrāṇaṃ gandhaguṇena ca śabdagrāhyaṃ tathā śrotraṃ jihvāṃ rasaguṇena ca //
(Having known) sight as joined with form, and smell with the quality of odour, and likewise the ear as apprehending sound, and the tongue with the quality of taste —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.18
त्वचं स्पर्शं तथा शक्यं वायुं चैव तदाश्रितम् मोहं तमसि संयुक्तं लोभं मोहेषु संश्रितम् ॥
tvacaṃ sparśaṃ tathā śakyaṃ vāyuṃ caiva tadāśritam mohaṃ tamasi saṃyuktaṃ lobhaṃ moheṣu saṃśritam //
and skin (as joined) with touch, and likewise the wind as resting on that; and delusion as joined to darkness, and greed as abiding in delusions —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.19
विष्णुं क्रान्ते बले शक्रं कोष्ठे सक्तं तथानलम् अप्सु देवीं समायुक्ताम् आपस् तेजसि संश्रिताः ॥
viṣṇuṃ krānte bale śakraṃ koṣṭhe saktaṃ tathānalam apsu devīṃ samāyuktām āpas tejasi saṃśritāḥ //
(and having known) Viṣṇu in the stride, Śakra in strength, and fire as fixed in the belly, the goddess as joined with the waters, and the waters as resting in fire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.20
तेजो वायौ तु संयुक्तं वायुं नभसि चाश्रितम् नभो महति संयुक्तं तमो महसि संस्थितम् ॥
tejo vāyau tu saṃyuktaṃ vāyuṃ nabhasi cāśritam nabho mahati saṃyuktaṃ tamo mahasi saṃsthitam //
and fire as joined to wind, and wind as resting in space, and space as joined to the Great (principle), and darkness as established in the Great —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.21
रजः सत्त्वं तथा सक्तं सत्त्वं सक्तं तथात्मनि सक्तम् आत्मानम् ईशे च देवे नारायणे तथा ॥
rajaḥ sattvaṃ tathā saktaṃ sattvaṃ saktaṃ tathātmani saktam ātmānam īśe ca deve nārāyaṇe tathā //
and rajas as attached to sattva, and sattva as attached to the self, and the self as attached to the Lord, the god Nārāyaṇa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.22
देवं मोक्षे च संयुक्तं ततो मोक्षं च न क्वचित् ज्ञात्वा सत्त्वगुणं देहं वृतं षोडशभिर् गुणैः ॥
devaṃ mokṣe ca saṃyuktaṃ tato mokṣaṃ ca na kvacit jñātvā sattvaguṇaṃ dehaṃ vṛtaṃ ṣoḍaśabhir guṇaiḥ //
and the god as joined with liberation, and beyond that liberation (which is) nowhere (fixed); having known the body, made of the sattva quality, as enveloped by the sixteen qualities —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.23
स्वभावं भावनां चैव ज्ञात्वा देहसमाश्रिताम् मध्यस्थम् इव चात्मानं पापं यस्मिन् न विद्यते ॥
svabhāvaṃ bhāvanāṃ caiva jñātvā dehasamāśritām madhyastham iva cātmānaṃ pāpaṃ yasmin na vidyate //
and having known one's own nature and the (mental) disposition that rests upon the body, and the self as though standing in the middle, in which no evil is found —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.24
द्वितीयं कर्म वै ज्ञात्वा विप्रेन्द्रा विषयैषिणाम् इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थांश् च सर्वान् आत्मनि संश्रितान् ॥
dvitīyaṃ karma vai jñātvā viprendrā viṣayaiṣiṇām indriyāṇīndriyārthāṃś ca sarvān ātmani saṃśritān //
and having known, O best of brahmins, the second (kind of) action of those who seek objects of sense, and the sense-organs and their objects, all of them as resting in the self —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.25
दुर्लभत्वं च मोक्षस्य विज्ञाय श्रुतिपूर्वकम् प्राणापानौ समानं च व्यानोदानौ च तत्त्वतः ॥
durlabhatvaṃ ca mokṣasya vijñāya śrutipūrvakam prāṇāpānau samānaṃ ca vyānodānau ca tattvataḥ //
and having understood, on the authority of scripture, the difficulty of attaining liberation, and (having known) truly prāṇa and apāna, and samāna, and vyāna and udāna —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.26
आद्यं चैवानिलं ज्ञात्वा प्रभवं चानिलं पुनः सप्तधा तांस् तथा शेषान् सप्तधा विधिवत् पुनः ॥
ādyaṃ caivānilaṃ jñātvā prabhavaṃ cānilaṃ punaḥ saptadhā tāṃs tathā śeṣān saptadhā vidhivat punaḥ //
and having known the primal wind and again the wind that arises (from it), and these sevenfold, and likewise the rest sevenfold again, according to rule —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.27
प्रजापतीन् ऋषींश् चैव सर्गांश् च सुबहून् वरान् सप्तर्षींश् च बहूञ् ज्ञात्वा राजर्षींश् च परंतपान् ॥
prajāpatīn ṛṣīṃś caiva sargāṃś ca subahūn varān saptarṣīṃś ca bahūñ jñātvā rājarṣīṃś ca paraṃtapān //
having known the Prajāpatis and the seers, and the very many excellent creations, and the many groups of seven seers, and the royal seers who scorch their foes —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.28
सुरर्षीन् मरुतश् चान्यान् ब्रह्मर्षीन् सूर्यसंनिभान् ऐश्वर्याच् च्यावितान् दृष्ट्वा कालेन महता द्विजाः ॥
surarṣīn marutaś cānyān brahmarṣīn sūryasaṃnibhān aiśvaryāc cyāvitān dṛṣṭvā kālena mahatā dvijāḥ //
having seen the divine seers, the Maruts, and the others, the brahmin-seers resembling the sun, all cast down from their lordship by great time, O twice-born —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.29
महतां भूतसंघानां श्रुत्वा नाशं च भो द्विजाः गतिं वाचां शुभां ज्ञात्वा अर्चार्हाः पापकर्मणाम् ॥
mahatāṃ bhūtasaṃghānāṃ śrutvā nāśaṃ ca bho dvijāḥ gatiṃ vācāṃ śubhāṃ jñātvā arcārhāḥ pāpakarmaṇām //
and having heard, O twice-born, of the destruction of the great hosts of beings, and having known the auspicious course of words, (which are?) worthy of honour, of those of evil deeds —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.30
वैतरण्यां च यद् दुःखं पतितानां यमक्षये योनिषु च विचित्रासु संचारान् अशुभांस् तथा ॥
vaitaraṇyāṃ ca yad duḥkhaṃ patitānāṃ yamakṣaye yoniṣu ca vicitrāsu saṃcārān aśubhāṃs tathā //
and (having known) the suffering that (is) in the Vaitaraṇī of those fallen into Yama's realm, and the inauspicious wanderings among manifold wombs —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.31
जठरे चाशुभे वासं शोणितोदकभाजने श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषे च तीव्रगन्धसमन्विते ॥
jaṭhare cāśubhe vāsaṃ śoṇitodakabhājane śleṣmamūtrapurīṣe ca tīvragandhasamanvite //
and the dwelling in the foul belly, a vessel of blood and fluid, amid phlegm, urine and excrement, filled with a pungent smell —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.32
शुक्रशोणितसंघाते मज्जास्नायुपरिग्रहे शिराशतसमाकीर्णे नवद्वारे पुरे ऽथ वै ॥
śukraśoṇitasaṃghāte majjāsnāyuparigrahe śirāśatasamākīrṇe navadvāre pure 'tha vai //
in the mass of semen and blood, in the enclosure of marrow and sinews, in the city strewn with hundreds of veins and having nine gates —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.33
विज्ञाय हितम् आत्मानं योगांश् च विविधान् द्विजाः तामसानां च जन्तूनां रमणीयानृतात्मनाम् ॥
vijñāya hitam ātmānaṃ yogāṃś ca vividhān dvijāḥ tāmasānāṃ ca jantūnāṃ ramaṇīyānṛtātmanām //
having understood, O twice-born, what is beneficial and the self, and the various yogas, and (having known) what is delightful to beings of the quality of darkness, whose nature is falsehood —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.34
सात्त्विकानां च जन्तूनां कुत्सितं मुनिसत्तमाः गर्हितं महताम् अर्थे सांख्यानां विदितात्मनाम् ॥
sāttvikānāṃ ca jantūnāṃ kutsitaṃ munisattamāḥ garhitaṃ mahatām arthe sāṃkhyānāṃ viditātmanām //
and what, O best of sages, is despised by beings of the quality of goodness, and what is censured, in the matter of the great ones, by the Sāṃkhyas who know the self —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.35
उपप्लवांस् तथा घोराञ् शशिनस् तेजसस् तथा ताराणां पतनं दृष्ट्वा नक्षत्राणां च पर्ययम् ॥
upaplavāṃs tathā ghorāñ śaśinas tejasas tathā tārāṇāṃ patanaṃ dṛṣṭvā nakṣatrāṇāṃ ca paryayam //
and likewise having seen the dreadful eclipses of the moon and of the sun, and the falling of stars, and the reversal of the lunar mansions —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.36
द्वंद्वानां विप्रयोगं च विज्ञाय कृपणं द्विजाः अन्योन्यभक्षणं दृष्ट्वा भूतानाम् अपि चाशुभम् ॥
dvaṃdvānāṃ viprayogaṃ ca vijñāya kṛpaṇaṃ dvijāḥ anyonyabhakṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhūtānām api cāśubham //
And having recognized, O twice-born, the pitiable separation of pairs, and having seen the mutual devouring of creatures and (their) evil too,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.37
बाल्ये मोहं च विज्ञाय पक्षदेहस्य चाशुभम् रागं मोहं च संप्राप्तं क्वचित् सत्त्वं समाश्रितम् ॥
bālye mohaṃ ca vijñāya pakṣadehasya cāśubham rāgaṃ mohaṃ ca saṃprāptaṃ kvacit sattvaṃ samāśritam //
And having recognized the delusion in childhood and the ill condition of the winged body, and passion and delusion that have come upon (one), while somewhere goodness is resorted to,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.38
सहस्रेषु नरः कश्चिन् मोक्षबुद्धिं समाश्रितः दुर्लभत्वं च मोक्षस्य विज्ञानं श्रुतिपूर्वकम् ॥
sahasreṣu naraḥ kaścin mokṣabuddhiṃ samāśritaḥ durlabhatvaṃ ca mokṣasya vijñānaṃ śrutipūrvakam //
(Knowing that) among thousands some one man takes to the intent upon liberation, and (knowing) the difficulty of attaining liberation, and the discernment that is founded on scripture,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.39
बहुमानम् अलब्धेषु लब्धे मध्यस्थतां पुनः विषयाणां च दौरात्म्यं विज्ञाय च पुनर् द्विजाः ॥
bahumānam alabdheṣu labdhe madhyasthatāṃ punaḥ viṣayāṇāṃ ca daurātmyaṃ vijñāya ca punar dvijāḥ //
And again, O twice-born, having recognized the high regard (paid) to things not obtained and the indifference (shown) once they are obtained, and the wickedness of the sense-objects,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.40
गतासूनां च सत्त्वानां देहान् भित्त्वा तथा शुभान् वासं कुलेषु जन्तूनां मरणाय धृतात्मनाम् ॥
gatāsūnāṃ ca sattvānāṃ dehān bhittvā tathā śubhān vāsaṃ kuleṣu jantūnāṃ maraṇāya dhṛtātmanām //
And (having seen) how, cutting open the bodies—even the fair ones—of creatures whose breath has departed, (there is) a dwelling in the families of beings whose selves are set upon death,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.41
सात्त्विकानां च जन्तूनां दुःखं विज्ञाय भो द्विजाः ब्रह्मघ्नानां गतिं ज्ञात्वा पतितानां सुदारुणाम् ॥
sāttvikānāṃ ca jantūnāṃ duḥkhaṃ vijñāya bho dvijāḥ brahmaghnānāṃ gatiṃ jñātvā patitānāṃ sudāruṇām //
And having recognized the suffering of creatures of the sattva nature, O twice-born, and having known the most terrible course of the slayers of brahmins and of the fallen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.42
सुरापाने च सक्तानां ब्राह्मणानां दुरात्मनाम् गुरुदारप्रसक्तानां गतिं विज्ञाय चाशुभाम् ॥
surāpāne ca saktānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ durātmanām gurudāraprasaktānāṃ gatiṃ vijñāya cāśubhām //
And having recognized the evil course of evil-souled brahmins addicted to the drinking of liquor and of those attached to the teacher's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.43
जननीषु च वर्तन्ते येन सम्यग् द्विजोत्तमाः सदेवकेषु लोकेषु येन वर्तन्ति मानवाः ॥
jananīṣu ca vartante yena samyag dvijottamāḥ sadevakeṣu lokeṣu yena vartanti mānavāḥ //
(That knowledge) by which, O best of the twice-born, (beings) rightly abide in mothers, by which men abide in the worlds together with the gods—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.44
तेन ज्ञानेन विज्ञाय गतिं चाशुभकर्मणाम् तिर्यग्योनिगतानां च विज्ञाय च गतीः पृथक् ॥
tena jñānena vijñāya gatiṃ cāśubhakarmaṇām tiryagyonigatānāṃ ca vijñāya ca gatīḥ pṛthak //
—having known by that knowledge the course of those of evil deeds, and having known separately the courses of those gone to animal births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.45
वेदवादांस् तथा चित्रान् ऋतूनां पर्ययांस् तथा क्षयं संवत्सराणां च मासानां च क्षयं तथा ॥
vedavādāṃs tathā citrān ṛtūnāṃ paryayāṃs tathā kṣayaṃ saṃvatsarāṇāṃ ca māsānāṃ ca kṣayaṃ tathā //
(Having considered) likewise the manifold utterances of the Veda, and the revolutions of the seasons, and the passing away of years, and likewise the passing away of months,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.46
पक्षक्षयं तथा दृष्ट्वा दिवसानां च संक्षयम् क्षयं वृद्धिं च चन्द्रस्य दृष्ट्वा प्रत्यक्षतस् तथा ॥
pakṣakṣayaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā divasānāṃ ca saṃkṣayam kṣayaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca candrasya dṛṣṭvā pratyakṣatas tathā //
And having seen likewise the passing of fortnights and the ending of days, and having seen with one's own eyes the waning and waxing of the moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.47
वृद्धिं दृष्ट्वा समुद्राणां क्षयं तेषां तथा पुनः क्षयं धनानां दृष्ट्वा च पुनर् वृद्धिं तथैव च ॥
vṛddhiṃ dṛṣṭvā samudrāṇāṃ kṣayaṃ teṣāṃ tathā punaḥ kṣayaṃ dhanānāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punar vṛddhiṃ tathaiva ca //
Having seen the swelling of the oceans and again their ebbing, and having seen the loss of riches and again likewise their increase,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.48
संयोगानां तथा दृष्ट्वा युगानां च विशेषतः देहवैक्लव्यतां चैव सम्यग् विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः ॥
saṃyogānāṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā yugānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ dehavaiklavyatāṃ caiva samyag vijñāya tattvataḥ //
Having thus seen the conjunctions and especially (those) of the ages, and having rightly known in truth the wretchedness of the body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.49
आत्मदोषांश् च विज्ञाय सर्वान् आत्मनि संस्थितान् स्वदेहाद् उत्थितान् गन्धांस् तथा विज्ञाय चाशुभान् ॥
ātmadoṣāṃś ca vijñāya sarvān ātmani saṃsthitān svadehād utthitān gandhāṃs tathā vijñāya cāśubhān //
And having recognized all the faults of the self that reside in the self, and having recognized likewise the foul smells arising from one's own body—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.50
कान् उत्पातभवान् दोषान् पश्यसि ब्रह्मवित्तम एतं नः संशयं कृत्स्नं वक्तुम् अर्हस्य् अशेषतः ॥
kān utpātabhavān doṣān paśyasi brahmavittama etaṃ naḥ saṃśayaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vaktum arhasy aśeṣataḥ //
—what faults born of calamity do you see, O best of the knowers of brahman? You ought to tell us this whole doubt without remainder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.51
पञ्च दोषान् द्विजा देहे प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः मार्गज्ञाः कापिलाः सांख्याः शृणुध्वं मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
pañca doṣān dvijā dehe pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ mārgajñāḥ kāpilāḥ sāṃkhyāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ //
The wise ones, knowers of the path, the followers of Kapila, the Sāṃkhyas, declare five faults in the body, O twice-born; listen, best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.52
कामक्रोधौ भयं निद्रा पञ्चमः श्वास उच्यते एते दोषाः शरीरेषु दृश्यन्ते सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥
kāmakrodhau bhayaṃ nidrā pañcamaḥ śvāsa ucyate ete doṣāḥ śarīreṣu dṛśyante sarvadehinām //
Desire and anger, fear, sleep, and the fifth is said to be breathing; these faults are seen in the bodies of all embodied beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.53
छिन्दन्ति क्षमया क्रोधं कामं संकल्पवर्जनात् सत्त्वसंसेवनान् निद्राम् अप्रमादाद् भयं तथा ॥
chindanti kṣamayā krodhaṃ kāmaṃ saṃkalpavarjanāt sattvasaṃsevanān nidrām apramādād bhayaṃ tathā //
They cut off anger by patience, desire by abandoning intention, sleep by cultivating goodness, and fear by vigilance;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.54
छिन्दन्ति पञ्चमं श्वासम् अल्पाहारतया द्विजाः गुणान् गुणशतैर् ज्ञात्वा दोषान् दोषशतैर् अपि ॥
chindanti pañcamaṃ śvāsam alpāhāratayā dvijāḥ guṇān guṇaśatair jñātvā doṣān doṣaśatair api //
They cut off the fifth, breathing, by eating little, O twice-born. Having known the virtues by hundreds of virtues and the faults too by hundreds of faults,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.55
हेतून् हेतुशतैश् चित्रैश् चित्रान् विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः अपां फेनोपमं लोकं विष्णोर् मायाशतैः कृतम् ॥
hetūn hetuśataiś citraiś citrān vijñāya tattvataḥ apāṃ phenopamaṃ lokaṃ viṣṇor māyāśataiḥ kṛtam //
Having known in truth the manifold causes by hundreds of manifold causes, (and seen) the world to be like the foam of water, made by Viṣṇu's hundreds of illusions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.56
चित्रभित्तिप्रतीकाशं नलसारम् अनर्थकम् तमःसंभ्रमितं दृष्ट्वा वर्षबुद्बुदसंनिभम् ॥
citrabhittipratīkāśaṃ nalasāram anarthakam tamaḥsaṃbhramitaṃ dṛṣṭvā varṣabudbudasaṃnibham //
Seeing (the world to be) like a painted wall, pithless as a reed, without purpose, whirled about by darkness, resembling a bubble in the rain —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.57
नाशप्रायं सुखाधानं नाशोत्तरमहाभयम् रजस् तमसि संमग्नं पङ्के द्विपम् इवावशम् ॥
nāśaprāyaṃ sukhādhānaṃ nāśottaramahābhayam rajas tamasi saṃmagnaṃ paṅke dvipam ivāvaśam //
(the world) mostly perishing, a receptacle of pleasure, with great fear of destruction as its sequel, (its) rajas wholly sunk in tamas, helpless like an elephant in the mud —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.58
सांख्या विप्रा महाप्राज्ञास् त्यक्त्वा स्नेहं प्रजाकृतम् ज्ञानज्ञेयेन सांख्येन व्यापिना महता द्विजाः ॥
sāṃkhyā viprā mahāprājñās tyaktvā snehaṃ prajākṛtam jñānajñeyena sāṃkhyena vyāpinā mahatā dvijāḥ //
the Sāṃkhyas, brahmins of great wisdom, having abandoned the affection born of offspring, by the great, all-pervading Sāṃkhya (knowledge) which is both knowledge and the object of knowledge, O twice-born —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.59
राजसान् अशुभान् गन्धांस् तामसांश् च तथाविधान् पुण्यांश् च सात्त्विकान् गन्धान् स्पर्शजान् देहसंश्रितान् ॥
rājasān aśubhān gandhāṃs tāmasāṃś ca tathāvidhān puṇyāṃś ca sāttvikān gandhān sparśajān dehasaṃśritān //
the inauspicious rājasic odours, and the tāmasic ones of like kind, and the meritorious sāttvic odours, (and those) born of touch, lodged in the body —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.60
छित्त्वात्मज्ञानशस्त्रेण तपोदण्डेन सत्तमाः ततो दुःखादिकं घोरं चिन्ताशोकमहाह्रदम् ॥
chittvātmajñānaśastreṇa tapodaṇḍena sattamāḥ tato duḥkhādikaṃ ghoraṃ cintāśokamahāhradam //
having cut (these) with the weapon of self-knowledge and the staff of austerity, O best of men, then (they cross) the terrible (ocean) beginning with sorrow, whose great lake is anxiety and grief,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.61
व्याधिमृत्युमहाघोरं महाभयमहोरगम् तमःकूर्मं रजोमीनं प्रज्ञया संतरन्त्य् उत ॥
vyādhimṛtyumahāghoraṃ mahābhayamahoragam tamaḥkūrmaṃ rajomīnaṃ prajñayā saṃtaranty uta //
most terrible with disease and death, whose great serpents are great fears, whose turtle is tamas and whose fish is rajas — (this) they cross over by wisdom,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.62
स्नेहपङ्कं जरादुर्गं स्पर्शद्वीपं द्विजोत्तमाः कर्मागाधं सत्यतीरं स्थितं व्रतमनीषिणः ॥
snehapaṅkaṃ jarādurgaṃ sparśadvīpaṃ dvijottamāḥ karmāgādhaṃ satyatīraṃ sthitaṃ vratamanīṣiṇaḥ //
whose mud is affection, whose fastness is old age, whose island is touch, O best of the twice-born, whose depth is (past) action and whose shore is truth — (there) stand those intent on vows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.63
हर्षसंघमहावेगं नानारससमाकुलम् नानाप्रीतिमहारत्नं दुःखज्वरसमीरितम् ॥
harṣasaṃghamahāvegaṃ nānārasasamākulam nānāprītimahāratnaṃ duḥkhajvarasamīritam //
whose great currents are the throngs of joy, crowded with various flavours, whose great jewels are the various delights, stirred up by the fever of pain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.64
शोकतृष्णामहावर्तं तीक्ष्णव्याधिमहारुजम् अस्थिसंघातसंघट्टं श्लेष्मयोगं द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
śokatṛṣṇāmahāvartaṃ tīkṣṇavyādhimahārujam asthisaṃghātasaṃghaṭṭaṃ śleṣmayogaṃ dvijottamāḥ //
whose great whirlpool is grief and thirst, whose great torment is sharp disease, whose collisions are the masses of bones, whose (binding) union is phlegm, O best of the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.65
दानमुक्ताकरं घोरं शोणितोद्गारविद्रुमम् हसितोत्क्रुष्टनिर्घोषं नानाज्ञानसुदुष्करम् ॥
dānamuktākaraṃ ghoraṃ śoṇitodgāravidrumam hasitotkruṣṭanirghoṣaṃ nānājñānasuduṣkaram //
whose pearl-mine is giving, terrible, whose coral is the vomiting of blood, whose roar is laughter and shouting, very hard to pass because of the many kinds of knowledge,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.66
रोदनाश्रुमलक्षारं सङ्गयोगपरायणम् प्रलब्ध्वा जन्मलोको यं पुत्रबान्धवपत्तनम् ॥
rodanāśrumalakṣāraṃ saṅgayogaparāyaṇam pralabdhvā janmaloko yaṃ putrabāndhavapattanam //
whose salt is the dirt of weeping tears, devoted to the bond of attachment — this world of birth, whose city is sons and kinsmen, having gained (it)...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.67
अहिंसासत्यमर्यादं प्राणयोगमयोर्मिलम् वृन्दानुगामिनं क्षीरं सर्वभूतपयोदधिम् ॥
ahiṃsāsatyamaryādaṃ prāṇayogamayormilam vṛndānugāminaṃ kṣīraṃ sarvabhūtapayodadhim //
whose bounds are non-injury and truth, whose waves are made of the practice of breath, following after the throng, whose milk-and-curds are all beings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.68
मोक्षदुर्लभविषयं वाडवासुखसागरम् तरन्ति यतयः सिद्धा ज्ञानयोगेन चानघाः ॥
mokṣadurlabhaviṣayaṃ vāḍavāsukhasāgaram taranti yatayaḥ siddhā jñānayogena cānaghāḥ //
whose region is liberation, hard to attain, an ocean whose submarine fire is (the absence of) pleasure — this the ascetics, the perfected and the sinless, cross by the yoga of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.69
तीर्त्वा च दुस्तरं जन्म विशन्ति विमलं नभः ततस् तान् सुकृतीञ् ज्ञात्वा सूर्यो वहति रश्मिभिः ॥
tīrtvā ca dustaraṃ janma viśanti vimalaṃ nabhaḥ tatas tān sukṛtīñ jñātvā sūryo vahati raśmibhiḥ //
And having crossed birth, so hard to cross, they enter the stainless sky; then, knowing them to be doers of good, the sun carries them with his rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.70
पद्मतन्तुवद् आविश्य प्रवहन् विषयान् द्विजाः तत्र तान् प्रवहो वायुः प्रतिगृह्णाति चानघाः ॥
padmatantuvad āviśya pravahan viṣayān dvijāḥ tatra tān pravaho vāyuḥ pratigṛhṇāti cānaghāḥ //
Entering like the fibre of a lotus (stalk) and bearing along the sense-objects, O twice-born, there the Pravaha wind receives them, O sinless ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.71
वीतरागान् यतीन् सिद्धान् वीर्ययुक्तांस् तपोधनान् सूक्ष्मः शीतः सुगन्धश् च सुखस्पर्शश् च भो द्विजाः ॥
vītarāgān yatīn siddhān vīryayuktāṃs tapodhanān sūkṣmaḥ śītaḥ sugandhaś ca sukhasparśaś ca bho dvijāḥ //
(That wind), subtle, cool, sweet-smelling and pleasant to the touch, O twice-born, (bears) the ascetics free of passion, perfected, endowed with vigour, rich in austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.72
सप्तानां मरुतां श्रेष्ठो लोकान् गच्छति यः शुभान् स तान् वहति विप्रेन्द्रा नभसः परमां गतिम् ॥
saptānāṃ marutāṃ śreṣṭho lokān gacchati yaḥ śubhān sa tān vahati viprendrā nabhasaḥ paramāṃ gatim //
He who, best of the seven Maruts, goes to the auspicious worlds — he carries them, O chief of brahmins, to the highest goal of the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.73
नभो वहति लोकेशान् रजसः परमां गतिम् रजो वहति विप्रेन्द्राः सत्त्वस्य परमां गतिम् ॥
nabho vahati lokeśān rajasaḥ paramāṃ gatim rajo vahati viprendrāḥ sattvasya paramāṃ gatim //
The sky carries the lords of the worlds to the highest goal of rajas; rajas carries (them), O chief of brahmins, to the highest goal of sattva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.74
सत्त्वं वहति शुद्धात्मा परं नारायणं प्रभुम् प्रभुर् वहति शुद्धात्मा परमात्मानम् आत्मना ॥
sattvaṃ vahati śuddhātmā paraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum prabhur vahati śuddhātmā paramātmānam ātmanā //
Sattva, being of pure nature, carries (them) to the supreme lord Nārāyaṇa; the lord, of pure nature, carries (them) by himself to the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.75
परमात्मानम् आसाद्य तद्भूता यतयो ऽमलाः अमृतत्वाय कल्पन्ते न निवर्तन्ति च द्विजाः ॥
paramātmānam āsādya tadbhūtā yatayo 'malāḥ amṛtatvāya kalpante na nivartanti ca dvijāḥ //
Having reached the supreme Self and become that, the stainless ascetics are fit for immortality and do not return, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.76
परमा सा गतिर् विप्रा निर्द्वंद्वानां महात्मनाम् सत्यार्जवरतानां वै सर्वभूतदयावताम् ॥
paramā sā gatir viprā nirdvaṃdvānāṃ mahātmanām satyārjavaratānāṃ vai sarvabhūtadayāvatām //
That, O brahmins, is the highest goal of the great souls who are beyond the pairs of opposites, who delight in truth and uprightness, and who have compassion for all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.77
स्थानम् उत्तमम् आसाद्य भगवन्तं स्थिरव्रताः आजन्ममरणं वा ते रमन्ते तत्र वा न वा ॥
sthānam uttamam āsādya bhagavantaṃ sthiravratāḥ ājanmamaraṇaṃ vā te ramante tatra vā na vā //
Having reached that highest station, the Lord, they of steadfast vows—whether up to (a further) birth and death, or not—may take delight there, or may not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.78
यद् अत्र तथ्यं तत्त्वं नो यथावद् वक्तुम् अर्हसि त्वदृते मानवं नान्यं प्रष्टुम् अर्हाम सत्तम ॥
yad atra tathyaṃ tattvaṃ no yathāvad vaktum arhasi tvadṛte mānavaṃ nānyaṃ praṣṭum arhāma sattama //
What in this matter is the truth, the real state of things—you should tell us as it is; apart from you, O best of the good, we have no other man to ask.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.79
मोक्षदोषो महान् एष प्राप्य सिद्धिं गतान् ऋषीन् यदि तत्रैव विज्ञाने वर्तन्ते यतयः परे ॥
mokṣadoṣo mahān eṣa prāpya siddhiṃ gatān ṛṣīn yadi tatraiva vijñāne vartante yatayaḥ pare //
This would be a great defect in liberation—concerning the seers who have attained perfection and departed—if the supreme ascetics remain right there in (mere) knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.80
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्मं पश्याम परमं द्विज मग्नस्य हि परे ज्ञाने किंतु दुःखान्तरं भवेत् ॥
pravṛttilakṣaṇaṃ dharmaṃ paśyāma paramaṃ dvija magnasya hi pare jñāne kiṃtu duḥkhāntaraṃ bhavet //
We regard the dharma characterized by activity (pravṛtti) as the highest, O twice-born; for what else but a further sorrow could there be for one sunk in the supreme knowledge?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.81
यथान्यायं मुनिश्रेष्ठाः प्रश्नः पृष्टश् च संकटः बुधानाम् अपि संमोहः प्रश्ने ऽस्मिन् मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
yathānyāyaṃ muniśreṣṭhāḥ praśnaḥ pṛṣṭaś ca saṃkaṭaḥ budhānām api saṃmohaḥ praśne 'smin munisattamāḥ //
O best of sages, the question has been asked in proper form, and it is a difficult one; even for the wise there is bewilderment in this question, O most excellent of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.82
अत्रापि तत्त्वं परमं शृणुध्वं वचनं मम बुद्धिश् च परमा यत्र कपिलानां महात्मनाम् ॥
atrāpi tattvaṃ paramaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama buddhiś ca paramā yatra kapilānāṃ mahātmanām //
In this matter too hear the supreme truth, my word, and the supreme understanding which is held among the great-souled followers of Kapila.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.83
इन्द्रियाण्य् अपि बुध्यन्ते स्वदेहं देहिनां द्विजाः करणान्य् आत्मनस् तानि सूक्ष्मं पश्यन्ति तैस् तु सः ॥
indriyāṇy api budhyante svadehaṃ dehināṃ dvijāḥ karaṇāny ātmanas tāni sūkṣmaṃ paśyanti tais tu saḥ //
Even the senses, O twice-born, come to know the body of embodied beings; those are the instruments of the self, and through them he perceives the subtle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.84
आत्मना विप्रहीणानि काष्ठकुड्यसमानि तु विनश्यन्ति न संदेहो वेला इव महार्णवे ॥
ātmanā viprahīṇāni kāṣṭhakuḍyasamāni tu vinaśyanti na saṃdeho velā iva mahārṇave //
But when deprived of the self they are like wood and walls, and they perish—there is no doubt—like the tides in the great ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.85
इन्द्रियैः सह सुप्तस्य देहिनो द्विजसत्तमाः सूक्ष्मश् चरति सर्वत्र नभसीव समीरणः ॥
indriyaiḥ saha suptasya dehino dvijasattamāḥ sūkṣmaś carati sarvatra nabhasīva samīraṇaḥ //
When the embodied one is asleep along with the senses, O best of the twice-born, the subtle (self) moves everywhere, like the wind in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.86
स पश्यति यथान्यायं स्मृत्वा स्पृशति चानघाः बुध्यमानो यथापूर्वम् अखिलेनेह भो द्विजाः ॥
sa paśyati yathānyāyaṃ smṛtvā spṛśati cānaghāḥ budhyamāno yathāpūrvam akhileneha bho dvijāḥ //
He sees in due order, and he remembers and touches, O sinless ones, waking up just as before, wholly, here, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.87
इन्द्रियाणि ह सर्वाणि स्वे स्वे स्थाने यथाविधि अनीशत्वात् प्रलीयन्ते सर्पा विषहता इव ॥
indriyāṇi ha sarvāṇi sve sve sthāne yathāvidhi anīśatvāt pralīyante sarpā viṣahatā iva //
Indeed all the senses dissolve, each in its own place according to rule, since they have no ruler, like snakes robbed of their venom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.88
इन्द्रियाणां तु सर्वेषां स्वस्थानेष्व् एव सर्वशः आक्रम्य गतयः सूक्ष्मा वरत्य् आत्मा न संशयः ॥
indriyāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ svasthāneṣv eva sarvaśaḥ ākramya gatayaḥ sūkṣmā varaty ātmā na saṃśayaḥ //
But of all the senses, in their own stations, in every way, the subtle courses—the self, having overcome them, moves on; there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.89
सत्त्वस्य च गुणान् कृत्स्नान् रजसश् च गुणान् पुनः गुणांश् च तमसः सर्वान् गुणान् बुद्धेश् च सत्तमाः ॥
sattvasya ca guṇān kṛtsnān rajasaś ca guṇān punaḥ guṇāṃś ca tamasaḥ sarvān guṇān buddheś ca sattamāḥ //
And all the qualities of sattva, and again the qualities of rajas, and all the qualities of tamas, and the qualities of the intellect, O most excellent ones—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.90
गुणांश् च मनसश् चापि नभसश् च गुणांस् तथा गुणान् वायोश् च सर्वज्ञाः स्नेहजांश् च गुणान् पुनः ॥
guṇāṃś ca manasaś cāpi nabhasaś ca guṇāṃs tathā guṇān vāyoś ca sarvajñāḥ snehajāṃś ca guṇān punaḥ //
and the qualities of the mind, and likewise the qualities of the ether, and the qualities of the wind, O all-knowing ones, and again the qualities born of oil (i.e. of the fatty/liquid element)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.91
अपां गुणास् तथा विप्राः पार्थिवांश् च गुणान् अपि सर्वान् एव गुणैर् व्याप्य क्षेत्रज्ञेषु द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
apāṃ guṇās tathā viprāḥ pārthivāṃś ca guṇān api sarvān eva guṇair vyāpya kṣetrajñeṣu dvijottamāḥ //
likewise the qualities of the waters, O brahmins, and also the earthly qualities—pervading all of these with the qualities, among the knowers of the field, O best of the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.92
आत्मा चरति क्षेत्रज्ञः कर्मणा च शुभाशुभे शिष्या इव महात्मानम् इन्द्रियाणि च तं द्विजाः ॥
ātmā carati kṣetrajñaḥ karmaṇā ca śubhāśubhe śiṣyā iva mahātmānam indriyāṇi ca taṃ dvijāḥ //
the self, the knower of the field, moves on through action, in good and evil; and the senses (follow) him, O twice-born, as pupils follow a great teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.93
प्रकृतिं चाप्य् अतिक्रम्य शुद्धं सूक्ष्मं परात् परम् नारायणं महात्मानं निर्विकारं परात् परम् ॥
prakṛtiṃ cāpy atikramya śuddhaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parāt param nārāyaṇaṃ mahātmānaṃ nirvikāraṃ parāt param //
And having passed beyond prakṛti—(there is) the pure, the subtle, higher than the highest, Nārāyaṇa the great soul, changeless, higher than the highest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.94
विमुक्तं सर्वपापेभ्यः प्रविष्टं च ह्य् अनामयम् परमात्मानम् अगुणं निर्वृतं तं च सत्तमाः ॥
vimuktaṃ sarvapāpebhyaḥ praviṣṭaṃ ca hy anāmayam paramātmānam aguṇaṃ nirvṛtaṃ taṃ ca sattamāḥ //
freed from all evils, and entered into (him)—the unailing, the supreme self, without qualities, at peace—him (they reach), O most excellent ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.95
श्रेष्ठं तत्र मनो विप्रा इन्द्रियाणि च भो द्विजाः आगच्छन्ति यथाकालं गुरोः संदेशकारिणः ॥
śreṣṭhaṃ tatra mano viprā indriyāṇi ca bho dvijāḥ āgacchanti yathākālaṃ guroḥ saṃdeśakāriṇaḥ //
There the mind is foremost, O brahmins, and the senses, O twice-born, come at the proper time, carrying out the command of their master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.96
शक्यं वाल्पेन कालेन शान्तिं प्राप्तुं गुणांस् तथा एवम् उक्तेन विप्रेन्द्राः सांख्ययोगेन मोक्षिणीम् ॥
śakyaṃ vālpena kālena śāntiṃ prāptuṃ guṇāṃs tathā evam uktena viprendrāḥ sāṃkhyayogena mokṣiṇīm //
And it is possible in a short time to attain peace, and likewise the (good) qualities—by the Sāṃkhya yoga thus declared, O foremost of brahmins, (a peace) that liberates.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.97
सांख्या विप्रा महाप्राज्ञा गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम् ज्ञानेनानेन विप्रेन्द्रास् तुल्यं ज्ञानं न विद्यते ॥
sāṃkhyā viprā mahāprājñā gacchanti paramāṃ gatim jñānenānena viprendrās tulyaṃ jñānaṃ na vidyate //
The Sāṃkhyas, O brahmins, of great wisdom, go to the highest goal; there is no knowledge, O foremost of brahmins, equal to this knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.98
अत्र वः संशयो मा भूज् ज्ञानं सांख्यं परं मतम् अक्षरं ध्रुवम् एवोक्तं पूर्वं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥
atra vaḥ saṃśayo mā bhūj jñānaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ paraṃ matam akṣaraṃ dhruvam evoktaṃ pūrvaṃ brahma sanātanam //
Let there be no doubt in you on this point: the Sāṃkhya knowledge is held to be supreme. What was earlier called the imperishable and the fixed is the eternal Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.99
अनादिमध्यनिधनं निर्द्वंद्वं कर्तृ शाश्वतम् कूटस्थं चैव नित्यं च यद् वदन्ति शमात्मकाः ॥
anādimadhyanidhanaṃ nirdvaṃdvaṃ kartṛ śāśvatam kūṭasthaṃ caiva nityaṃ ca yad vadanti śamātmakāḥ //
(That) which those whose nature is calm call without beginning, middle, or end, free of pairs of opposites, the agent, everlasting, standing unmoved at the summit, and eternal—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.100
यतः सर्वाः प्रवर्तन्ते सर्गप्रलयविक्रियाः एवं शंसन्ति शास्त्रेषु प्रवक्तारो महर्षयः ॥
yataḥ sarvāḥ pravartante sargapralayavikriyāḥ evaṃ śaṃsanti śāstreṣu pravaktāro maharṣayaḥ //
—from which all the transformations of creation and dissolution proceed: thus the great seers, the expounders, declare in the scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 240.101
सर्वे विप्राश् च वेदाश् च तथा सामविदो जनाः ब्रह्मण्यं परमं देवम् अनन्तं परमाच्युतम् ॥
sarve viprāś ca vedāś ca tathā sāmavido janāḥ brahmaṇyaṃ paramaṃ devam anantaṃ paramācyutam //
All the brahmins and the Vedas, and likewise the people who know the Sāman, (declare) the supreme god, related to Brahman, endless, the highest, the unfailing one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.102
प्रार्थयन्तश् च तं विप्रा वदन्ति गुणबुद्धयः सम्यग् उक्तास् तथा योगाः सांख्याश् चामितदर्शनाः ॥
prārthayantaś ca taṃ viprā vadanti guṇabuddhayaḥ samyag uktās tathā yogāḥ sāṃkhyāś cāmitadarśanāḥ //
and the brahmins, praying to him, speak (of him), their minds (fixed) on his qualities; and thus the Yogas have been rightly stated, and the Sāṃkhyas, whose vision is boundless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.103
अमूर्तिस् तस्य विप्रेन्द्राः सांख्यं मूर्तिर् इति श्रुतिः अभिज्ञानानि तस्याहुर् महान्ति मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
amūrtis tasya viprendrāḥ sāṃkhyaṃ mūrtir iti śrutiḥ abhijñānāni tasyāhur mahānti munisattamāḥ //
His formless aspect, O foremost of brahmins, and Sāṃkhya as (his) form—so says the scriptural tradition; and the best of sages call these his great marks of recognition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.104
द्विविधानि हि भूतानि पृथिव्यां द्विजसत्तमाः अगम्यगम्यसंज्ञानि गम्यं तत्र विशिष्यते ॥
dvividhāni hi bhūtāni pṛthivyāṃ dvijasattamāḥ agamyagamyasaṃjñāni gamyaṃ tatra viśiṣyate //
For beings on earth are of two kinds, O best of the twice-born, designated as approachable and unapproachable; of these the approachable is the more distinguished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.105
ज्ञानं महद् वै महतश् च विप्रा वेदेषु सांख्येषु तथैव योगे यच् चापि दृष्टं विधिवत् पुराणे सांख्यागतं तन् निखिलं मुनीन्द्राः
jñānaṃ mahad vai mahataś ca viprā vedeṣu sāṃkhyeṣu tathaiva yoge yac cāpi dṛṣṭaṃ vidhivat purāṇe sāṃkhyāgataṃ tan nikhilaṃ munīndrāḥ
Great indeed is the knowledge, and of the great, O brahmins—whatever is seen in the Vedas, in the Sāṃkhya texts, and likewise in Yoga, and also duly (set down) in the Purāṇa: all of that is comprised in Sāṃkhya, O foremost of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.106
यच् चेतिहासेषु महत्सु दृष्टं यथार्थशास्त्रेषु विशिष्टदृष्टम् ज्ञानं च लोके यद् इहास्ति किंचित् सांख्यागतं तच् च महामुनीन्द्राः
yac cetihāseṣu mahatsu dṛṣṭaṃ yathārthaśāstreṣu viśiṣṭadṛṣṭam jñānaṃ ca loke yad ihāsti kiṃcit sāṃkhyāgataṃ tac ca mahāmunīndrāḥ
And whatever is seen in the great epics, and what is seen as excellent in the treatises on statecraft, and whatever knowledge there is here in the world: that too is comprised in Sāṃkhya, O great foremost sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.107
समस्तदृष्टं परमं बलं च ज्ञानं च मोक्षश् च यथावद् उक्तम् तपांसि सूक्ष्माणि च यानि चैव सांख्ये यथावद् विहितानि विप्राः
samastadṛṣṭaṃ paramaṃ balaṃ ca jñānaṃ ca mokṣaś ca yathāvad uktam tapāṃsi sūkṣmāṇi ca yāni caiva sāṃkhye yathāvad vihitāni viprāḥ
The all-comprehending vision, and supreme power, and knowledge, and liberation have been duly declared; and the subtle austerities too, whatever they are, have been duly laid down in Sāṃkhya, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.108
विपर्ययं तस्य हितं सदैव गच्छन्ति सांख्याः सततं सुखेन तांश् चापि संधार्य ततः कृतार्थाः पतन्ति विप्रायतनेषु भूयः
viparyayaṃ tasya hitaṃ sadaiva gacchanti sāṃkhyāḥ satataṃ sukhena tāṃś cāpi saṃdhārya tataḥ kṛtārthāḥ patanti viprāyataneṣu bhūyaḥ
The Sāṃkhyas always go, constantly and with ease, to what is the reverse of that (?) as their good; and having upheld those (teachings), then, their purpose accomplished, they descend again into brahmin abodes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.109
हित्वा च देहं प्रविशन्ति मोक्षं दिवौकसश् चापि च योगसांख्याः अतो ऽधिकं ते ऽभिरता महार्हे सांख्ये द्विजा भो इह शिष्टजुष्टे
hitvā ca dehaṃ praviśanti mokṣaṃ divaukasaś cāpi ca yogasāṃkhyāḥ ato 'dhikaṃ te 'bhiratā mahārhe sāṃkhye dvijā bho iha śiṣṭajuṣṭe
And the Yoga-Sāṃkhyas, abandoning the body, enter liberation, and (become) dwellers in heaven; therefore, O brahmins, they take even greater delight here in the highly worthy Sāṃkhya, cultivated by the learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.110
तेषां तु तिर्यग्गमनं हि दृष्टं नाधो गतिः पापकृतां निवासः न वा प्रधाना अपि ते द्विजातयो ये ज्ञानम् एतन् मुनयो न सक्ताः
teṣāṃ tu tiryaggamanaṃ hi dṛṣṭaṃ nādho gatiḥ pāpakṛtāṃ nivāsaḥ na vā pradhānā api te dvijātayo ye jñānam etan munayo na saktāḥ
But for them a movement crosswise is (never) seen, nor a downward course, the dwelling of evildoers; nor are those twice-born ones foremost, O sages, who are not attached to this knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.111
सांख्यं विशालं परमं पुराणं महार्णवं विमलम् उदारकान्तम् कृत्स्नं हि सांख्या मुनयो महात्म नारायणे धारयताप्रमेयम्
sāṃkhyaṃ viśālaṃ paramaṃ purāṇaṃ mahārṇavaṃ vimalam udārakāntam kṛtsnaṃ hi sāṃkhyā munayo mahātma nārāyaṇe dhārayatāprameyam
Sāṃkhya is vast, supreme, ancient, a great ocean, stainless, of noble beauty; for the Sāṃkhya sages, O great-souled one, hold it all, immeasurable, in Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 240.112
एतन् मयोक्तं परमं हि तत्त्वं नारायणाद् विश्वम् इदं पुराणम् स सर्गकाले च करोति सर्गं संहारकाले च हरेत भूयः
etan mayoktaṃ paramaṃ hi tattvaṃ nārāyaṇād viśvam idaṃ purāṇam sa sargakāle ca karoti sargaṃ saṃhārakāle ca hareta bhūyaḥ
This supreme truth has been declared by me: from Nārāyaṇa (comes) this ancient universe; and at the time of creation he makes the creation, and at the time of withdrawal he takes it back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition