Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 2
KuP 2 2.1
ईश्वर उवाच अवाच्यमेतद् विज्ञानमात्मगुह्यं सनातनम् । यन्न देवा विजानन्ति यतन्तो ऽपि द्विजातयः
īśvara uvāca avācyametad vijñānamātmaguhyaṃ sanātanam / yanna devā vijānanti yatanto 'pi dvijātayaḥ
The Lord said: This knowledge is not to be uttered, secret concerning the Self, eternal — which the gods do not know, nor the twice-born, though they strive.
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KuP 2 2.2
इदं ज्ञानं समाश्रित्य ब्रह्मभूता द्विजोत्तमाः । न संसारं प्रपद्यन्ते पूर्वे ऽपि ब्रह्मवादिनः
idaṃ jñānaṃ samāśritya brahmabhūtā dvijottamāḥ / na saṃsāraṃ prapadyante pūrve 'pi brahmavādinaḥ
Having resorted to this knowledge, the best of the twice-born, having become Brahman, do not come to transmigration — nor did the ancient speakers of Brahman.
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KuP 2 2.3
गुह्याद् गुह्यतमं साक्षाद् गोपनीयं प्रयत्नतः । वक्ष्ये भक्तिमतामद्य युष्माकं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
guhyād guhyatamaṃ sākṣād gopanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ / vakṣye bhaktimatāmadya yuṣmākaṃ brahmavādinām
More secret than the secret, directly (revealed), to be guarded with effort — I shall now declare (it) to you who are full of devotion, speakers of Brahman.
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KuP 2 2.4
आत्मायः केवलः स्वस्थः शान्तः सूक्ष्मः सनातनः । अस्ति सर्वान्तरः साक्षाच्चिन्मात्रस्तमसः परः
ātmāyaḥ kevalaḥ svasthaḥ śāntaḥ sūkṣmaḥ sanātanaḥ / asti sarvāntaraḥ sākṣāccinmātrastamasaḥ paraḥ
That Self which is alone, abiding in itself, tranquil, subtle, eternal — it exists, inmost of all, directly, pure consciousness, beyond darkness.
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KuP 2 2.5
सो ऽन्तर्यामी स पुरुषः स प्राणः स महेश्वरः । स कालो ऽग्निस्तदव्यक्तं स एवेदमिति श्रुतिः
so 'ntaryāmī sa puruṣaḥ sa prāṇaḥ sa maheśvaraḥ / sa kālo 'gnistadavyaktaṃ sa evedamiti śrutiḥ
He is the inner controller, he is the Person, he is the breath, he is the Great Lord; he is time, he is fire, he is the unmanifest — 'he alone is this,' says scripture.
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KuP 2 2.6
अस्माद् विजायते विश्वमत्रैव प्रविलीयते । स मायी मायया बद्धः करोति विविधास्तनूः
asmād vijāyate viśvamatraiva pravilīyate / sa māyī māyayā baddhaḥ karoti vividhāstanūḥ
From him the universe is born, and in him alone it dissolves. He, the possessor of māyā, bound by māyā, makes manifold bodies.
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KuP 2 2.7
न चाप्ययं संसरति न च संसारयेत् प्रभुः । नायं पृथ्वी न सलिलं न तेजः पवनो नभः
na cāpyayaṃ saṃsarati na ca saṃsārayet prabhuḥ / nāyaṃ pṛthvī na salilaṃ na tejaḥ pavano nabhaḥ
And this (Self) does not transmigrate, nor would the Lord cause transmigration. This is not earth, not water, not fire, not wind, not space.
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KuP 2 2.8
न प्राणे न मनो ऽव्यक्तं न शब्दः स्पर्श एव च । न रूपरसगन्धाश्च नाहं कर्ता न वागपि
na prāṇe na mano 'vyaktaṃ na śabdaḥ sparśa eva ca / na rūparasagandhāśca nāhaṃ kartā na vāgapi
(He is) not in the breath, not mind, not the unmanifest, not sound nor touch, nor form, taste and smell; not the 'I', not the doer, nor speech either.
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KuP 2 2.9
न पाणिपादौ नो पायुर्न चोपस्थं द्विजोत्तमाः । न कर्ता न च भोक्ता वा न च प्रकृतिपूरुषौ । न माया नैव च प्राश्चैतन्यं परमार्थतः
na pāṇipādau no pāyurna copasthaṃ dvijottamāḥ / na kartā na ca bhoktā vā na ca prakṛtipūruṣau / na māyā naiva ca prāścaitanyaṃ paramārthataḥ
Not the hands and feet, not the anus, and not the generative organ, O best of the twice-born; not the doer nor the enjoyer, nor prakṛti and puruṣa, nor māyā, and in the highest sense not even the consciousnesses (of the individual selves).
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KuP 2 2.10
यथा प्रकाशतमसोः सम्बन्धो नोपपद्यते । तद्वदैक्यं न संबन्धः प्रपञ्चपरमात्मनोः
yathā prakāśatamasoḥ sambandho nopapadyate / tadvadaikyaṃ na saṃbandhaḥ prapañcaparamātmanoḥ
Just as a connection between light and darkness is not possible, so too there is neither identity nor connection between the manifold world and the supreme Self.
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KuP 2 2.11
छायातपौ यथा लोके परस्परविलक्षणौ । तद्वत् प्रपञ्चपुरुषौ विभिन्नौ परमार्थतः
chāyātapau yathā loke parasparavilakṣaṇau / tadvat prapañcapuruṣau vibhinnau paramārthataḥ
As shade and sunlight in the world are mutually distinct, so the manifold world and the Person are, in the highest sense, separate.
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KuP 2 2.12
यद्यात्मा मलिनो ऽस्वस्थो विकारी स्यात् स्वभावतः । नहि तस्य भवेन्मुक्तिर्जन्मान्तरशतैरपि
yadyātmā malino 'svastho vikārī syāt svabhāvataḥ / nahi tasya bhavenmuktirjanmāntaraśatairapi
If the Self were by its own nature stained, unwell, and subject to change, then there would be no liberation for it even through hundreds of other births.
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KuP 2 2.13
पश्यन्ति मुनयो युक्ताः स्वात्मानं परमार्थतः । विकारहीनं निर्दुः खमानन्दात्मानमव्ययम्
paśyanti munayo yuktāḥ svātmānaṃ paramārthataḥ / vikārahīnaṃ nirduḥ khamānandātmānamavyayam
Disciplined sages see their own Self, in the highest sense, as free from change, free from pain, having bliss for its nature, imperishable.
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KuP 2 2.14
अहं कर्ता सुखी दुः खी कृशः स्थूलेति या मतिः । सा चाहङ्कारकर्तृत्वादात्मन्यारोप्यते जनैः
ahaṃ kartā sukhī duḥ khī kṛśaḥ sthūleti yā matiḥ / sā cāhaṅkārakartṛtvādātmanyāropyate janaiḥ
The notion 'I am the doer, happy, suffering, thin, stout' — that is superimposed by people upon the Self, because of the agency of the ego.
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KuP 2 2.15
वदन्ति वेदविद्वांसः साक्षिणं प्रकृतेः परम् । भोक्तारमक्षरं शुद्धं सर्वत्र समवस्थितम्
vadanti vedavidvāṃsaḥ sākṣiṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param / bhoktāramakṣaraṃ śuddhaṃ sarvatra samavasthitam
Those learned in the Veda call (him) the witness, beyond primordial nature, the enjoyer, imperishable, pure, equally present everywhere.
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KuP 2 2.16
तस्मादज्ञानमूलो हि संसारः सर्वदेहिनाम् । अज्ञानादन्यथा ज्ञानं तच्च प्रकृतिसंगतम्
tasmādajñānamūlo hi saṃsāraḥ sarvadehinām / ajñānādanyathā jñānaṃ tacca prakṛtisaṃgatam
Therefore the transmigratory existence of all embodied beings is indeed rooted in ignorance; from ignorance comes knowledge of another sort, and that (knowledge) is bound up with primordial nature.
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KuP 2 2.17
नित्योदितः स्वयं ज्योतिः सर्वगः पुरुषः परः । अहङ्काराविवेकेन कर्ताहमिति मन्यते
nityoditaḥ svayaṃ jyotiḥ sarvagaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ / ahaṅkārāvivekena kartāhamiti manyate
The supreme Person, eternally arisen, self-luminous, all-pervading, thinks 'I am the doer' through failing to discriminate (himself) from the ego-sense.
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KuP 2 2.18
पश्यन्ति ऋषयो ऽव्यक्तं नित्यं सदसदात्मकम् । प्रधानं प्रकृतिं बुद्ध्वा कारणं ब्रह्मवादिनः
paśyanti ṛṣayo 'vyaktaṃ nityaṃ sadasadātmakam / pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃ buddhvā kāraṇaṃ brahmavādinaḥ
The seers behold the unmanifest, eternal, whose nature is both being and non-being; the proclaimers of Brahman, having understood it as primordial matter (pradhāna), (call it) the cause.
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KuP 2 2.19
तेनायं संगतो ह्यात्मा कूटस्थो ऽपि निरञ्जनः । स्वात्मानमक्षरं ब्रह्म नावबुद्ध्येत तत्त्वतः
tenāyaṃ saṃgato hyātmā kūṭastho 'pi nirañjanaḥ / svātmānamakṣaraṃ brahma nāvabuddhyeta tattvataḥ
Joined with that, this self, though it stands unmoved (kūṭastha) and unstained, would not truly recognise its own self, the imperishable Brahman.
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KuP 2 2.20
अनात्मन्यात्मविज्ञानं तस्माद् दुः खं तथेतरम् । रगद्वेषादयो दोषाः सर्वे भ्रान्तिनिबन्धनाः
anātmanyātmavijñānaṃ tasmād duḥ khaṃ tathetaram / ragadveṣādayo doṣāḥ sarve bhrāntinibandhanāḥ
Hence (there arises) the notion of a self in what is not the self, and thence suffering and likewise the other (pleasure); the faults, passion, hatred and the rest, all have delusion as their bond.
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KuP 2 2.21
कर्मण्यस्य भवेद् दोषः पुण्यापुण्यमिति स्थितिः । तद्वशादेव सर्वेषां सर्वदेहसमुद्भवः
karmaṇyasya bhaved doṣaḥ puṇyāpuṇyamiti sthitiḥ / tadvaśādeva sarveṣāṃ sarvadehasamudbhavaḥ
There would be a fault (defect) in the action of this (one)—such is the state (of things), namely merit and demerit; and just by the power of that comes the arising of every body for all (beings).
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KuP 2 2.22
नित्यः सर्वत्रगो ह्यात्मा कूटस्थो दोषवर्जितः । एकः स भिद्यते शक्त्या मायया न स्वभावतः
nityaḥ sarvatrago hyātmā kūṭastho doṣavarjitaḥ / ekaḥ sa bhidyate śaktyā māyayā na svabhāvataḥ
For the self is eternal, all-pervading, immovable, free of fault; being one, it is divided by its power, by māyā, not by its own nature.
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KuP 2 2.23
तस्मादद्वैतमेवाहुर्मुनयः परमार्थतः । भेदो व्यक्तस्वभावेन सा च मायात्मसंश्रया
tasmādadvaitamevāhurmunayaḥ paramārthataḥ / bhedo vyaktasvabhāvena sā ca māyātmasaṃśrayā
Therefore the sages say that in the highest sense there is only non-duality; difference (arises) through the nature of the manifest, and that māyā has the self as its support.
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KuP 2 2.24
यथा हि धूमसंपर्कान्नाकाशो मलिनो भवेत् । अन्तः करणजैर्भावैरात्मा तद्वन्न लिप्यते
yathā hi dhūmasaṃparkānnākāśo malino bhavet / antaḥ karaṇajairbhāvairātmā tadvanna lipyate
Just as space does not become soiled by contact with smoke, so the self is not stained by the states born of the inner organ.
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KuP 2 2.25
यथा स्वप्रभया भाति केवलः स्फटिको ऽमलः । उपाधिहीनो विमलस्तथैवात्मा प्रकाशते
yathā svaprabhayā bhāti kevalaḥ sphaṭiko 'malaḥ / upādhihīno vimalastathaivātmā prakāśate
As a spotless crystal, standing alone, shines by its own light, so too the self, free of any adjunct and stainless, shines forth.
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KuP 2 2.26
ज्ञानस्वूपमेवाहुर्जगदेतद् विचक्षणाः । अर्थस्वरूपमेवाज्ञाः पश्यन्त्यन्ये कुदृष्टयः
jñānasvūpamevāhurjagadetad vicakṣaṇāḥ / arthasvarūpamevājñāḥ paśyantyanye kudṛṣṭayaḥ
The discerning say that this world is of the very nature of knowledge; others, the ignorant of wrong views, see it as having the nature of (external) objects.
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KuP 2 2.27
कूटस्थो निर्गुणो व्यापी चैतन्यात्मा स्वभावतः । दृश्यते ह्यर्थरूपेण पुरुषैर्भ्रान्तिदृष्टिभिः
kūṭastho nirguṇo vyāpī caitanyātmā svabhāvataḥ / dṛśyate hyartharūpeṇa puruṣairbhrāntidṛṣṭibhiḥ
Immovable, without qualities, pervasive, consciousness by its own nature—yet it is seen in the form of an object by men whose vision is deluded.
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KuP 2 2.28
यथा संलक्ष्यते रक्तः केवलः स्फटिको जनैः । रक्तिकाद्युपधानेन तद्वत् परमपूरुषः
yathā saṃlakṣyate raktaḥ kevalaḥ sphaṭiko janaiḥ / raktikādyupadhānena tadvat paramapūruṣaḥ
As a crystal, alone (and clear), is perceived by people as red because of the placing of a red thing (a gunja berry) or the like beneath it, so it is with the supreme Person.
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KuP 2 2.29
तस्मादात्माक्षरः शुद्धो नित्यः सर्वगतो ऽव्ययः । उपासितव्यो मन्तव्यः श्रोतव्यश्च मुमुक्षुभिः
tasmādātmākṣaraḥ śuddho nityaḥ sarvagato 'vyayaḥ / upāsitavyo mantavyaḥ śrotavyaśca mumukṣubhiḥ
Therefore the self, imperishable, pure, eternal, all-pervading, undecaying, is to be worshipped, to be pondered and to be heard about by those who seek release.
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KuP 2 2.30
यदा मनसि चैतन्यं भाति सर्वत्रगं सदा । योगिनो ऽव्यवधानेन तदा संपद्यते स्वयम्
yadā manasi caitanyaṃ bhāti sarvatragaṃ sadā / yogino 'vyavadhānena tadā saṃpadyate svayam
When consciousness, ever all-pervading, shines in the mind of the yogin without any interruption, then it is attained of itself.
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KuP 2 2.31
यदा सर्वाणि बूतानि स्वात्मन्येवाभिपश्यति । सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
yadā sarvāṇi būtāni svātmanyevābhipaśyati / sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ brahma saṃpadyate tadā
When one sees all beings in one's own self, and the self in all beings, then one attains Brahman.
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KuP 2 2.32
यदा सर्वाणि भूतानि समाधिस्थो न पश्यति । एकीभूतः परेणासौ तदा भवति केवलः
yadā sarvāṇi bhūtāni samādhistho na paśyati / ekībhūtaḥ pareṇāsau tadā bhavati kevalaḥ
When, established in concentration, he does not see any beings (as separate), having become one with the Supreme, then he becomes alone (absolute).
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KuP 2 2.33
यदा सर्वे प्रमुच्यन्ते कामा ये ऽस्य हृदि स्थिताः । तदासावमृतीभूतः क्षेमं गच्छति पण्डितः
yadā sarve pramucyante kāmā ye 'sya hṛdi sthitāḥ / tadāsāvamṛtībhūtaḥ kṣemaṃ gacchati paṇḍitaḥ
When all the desires that abide in his heart are wholly released, then this wise man, having become immortal, goes to (final) well-being.
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KuP 2 2.34
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति । तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
yadā bhūtapṛthagbhāvamekasthamanupaśyati / tata eva ca vistāraṃ brahma saṃpadyate tadā
When he sees the separate existence of beings as resting in the One, and the expansion (of them) as from that very One, then he attains Brahman.
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KuP 2 2.35
यदा पश्यति चात्मानं केवलं परमार्थतः । मायामात्रं जगत् कृत्स्नं तदा भवति निर्वृतः
yadā paśyati cātmānaṃ kevalaṃ paramārthataḥ / māyāmātraṃ jagat kṛtsnaṃ tadā bhavati nirvṛtaḥ
And when one sees the Self alone as ultimately real, and the whole world as mere illusion, then he becomes wholly at peace.
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KuP 2 2.36
यदा जन्मजरादुः खव्याधीनामेकभेषजम् । केवलं ब्रह्मविज्ञानं जायते ऽसौ तदा शिवः
yadā janmajarāduḥ khavyādhīnāmekabheṣajam / kevalaṃ brahmavijñānaṃ jāyate 'sau tadā śivaḥ
When the sole medicine for birth, old age, pain and disease — the pure knowledge of Brahman — arises, then he is Śiva.
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KuP 2 2.37
यथा नदीनदा लोके सागरेणैकतां ययुः । तद्वदात्माक्षरेणासौ निष्कलेनैकतां व्रजेत्
yathā nadīnadā loke sāgareṇaikatāṃ yayuḥ / tadvadātmākṣareṇāsau niṣkalenaikatāṃ vrajet
As in this world rivers and streams attain oneness with the ocean, so does this self attain oneness with the imperishable, partless (Brahman).
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KuP 2 2.38
तस्माद् विज्ञानमेवास्ति न प्रपञ्चो न संसृतिः । अज्ञानेनावृतं लोको विज्ञानं तेन मुह्यति
tasmād vijñānamevāsti na prapañco na saṃsṛtiḥ / ajñānenāvṛtaṃ loko vijñānaṃ tena muhyati
Therefore knowledge alone exists; there is no manifold world, no transmigration. (But) knowledge is covered over by ignorance, and by that the world is deluded.
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KuP 2 2.39
तज्ज्ञानं निर्मलं सूक्ष्मं निर्विकल्पं यदव्ययम् । अज्ञानमितरत् सर्वं विज्ञानमिति मे मतम्
tajjñānaṃ nirmalaṃ sūkṣmaṃ nirvikalpaṃ yadavyayam / ajñānamitarat sarvaṃ vijñānamiti me matam
That knowledge is stainless, subtle, free of differentiation, imperishable; all else is ignorance — that is my view of (true) knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.40
एतद् वः परमं सांख्यं भाषितं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् । सर्ववेदान्तसारं हि योगस्तत्रैकचित्तता
etad vaḥ paramaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ bhāṣitaṃ jñānamuttamam / sarvavedāntasāraṃ hi yogastatraikacittatā
This supreme Sāṃkhya, the highest knowledge, has been declared to you; it is indeed the essence of all the Vedānta; therein yoga is one-pointedness of mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.41
योगात् संजायते ज्ञानं ज्ञानाद् योगः प्रवर्तते । योगज्ञानाभियुक्तस्य नावाप्यं विद्यते क्वचित्
yogāt saṃjāyate jñānaṃ jñānād yogaḥ pravartate / yogajñānābhiyuktasya nāvāpyaṃ vidyate kvacit
From yoga knowledge is born; from knowledge yoga proceeds. For one who is devoted to yoga and knowledge there is nothing anywhere unattainable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.42
यदेव योगिनो यान्ति सांख्यैस्तदधिगम्यते । एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स तत्त्ववित्
yadeva yogino yānti sāṃkhyaistadadhigamyate / ekaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ ca yaḥ paśyati sa tattvavit
That very (goal) to which the yogins go is reached by the followers of Sāṃkhya; he who sees Sāṃkhya and Yoga as one, he knows the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.43
अन्ये च योगिनो विप्रा ऐश्वर्यासक्तचेतसः । मज्जन्ति तत्र तत्रैव न त्वात्मैषामिति श्रुतिः
anye ca yogino viprā aiśvaryāsaktacetasaḥ / majjanti tatra tatraiva na tvātmaiṣāmiti śrutiḥ
But other yogins, O brahmins, their minds attached to lordly powers, sink down there and there again; the Self, however, is not theirs — so says the scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.44
यत्तत् सर्वगतं दिव्यमैश्वर्यमचलं महत् । ज्ञानयोगाभियुक्तस्तु देहान्ते तदवाप्नुयात्
yattat sarvagataṃ divyamaiśvaryamacalaṃ mahat / jñānayogābhiyuktastu dehānte tadavāpnuyāt
That lordship which is all-pervading, divine, unmoving and great — one devoted to knowledge and yoga would obtain it at the end of the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.45
एष आत्माहमव्यक्तो मायावी परमेश्वरः । कीर्तितः सर्ववेदेषु सर्वात्मा सर्वतोमुखः
eṣa ātmāhamavyakto māyāvī parameśvaraḥ / kīrtitaḥ sarvavedeṣu sarvātmā sarvatomukhaḥ
This Self am I, the unmanifest, the wielder of māyā, the supreme Lord, proclaimed in all the Vedas as the Self of all, facing every direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.46
सर्वकामः सर्वरसः सर्वगन्धो ऽजरो ऽमरः । सर्वतः पाणिपादो ऽहमन्तर्यामी सनातनः
sarvakāmaḥ sarvarasaḥ sarvagandho 'jaro 'maraḥ / sarvataḥ pāṇipādo 'hamantaryāmī sanātanaḥ
(I am) all desire, all taste, all fragrance, ageless, deathless; I have hands and feet on every side, I am the inner controller, the eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.47
अपाणिपादो जवनो ग्रहीता हृदि संस्थितः । अचक्षुरपि पश्यामि तथाकर्णः शृणोम्यहम्
apāṇipādo javano grahītā hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ / acakṣurapi paśyāmi tathākarṇaḥ śṛṇomyaham
Without hands and feet, (yet) swift, a grasper, seated in the heart; without eyes I yet see, and without ears I hear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.48
वेदाहं सर्वमेवेदं न मां जानाति कश्चन । प्राहुर्महान्तं पुरुषं मामेकं तत्त्वदर्शिनः
vedāhaṃ sarvamevedaṃ na māṃ jānāti kaścana / prāhurmahāntaṃ puruṣaṃ māmekaṃ tattvadarśinaḥ
I know all this, (but) no one knows me; those who see the truth call me the one great Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.49
पश्यन्ति ऋषयो हेतुमात्मनः सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः । निर्गुणामलरूपस्य यत्तदैश्वर्यमुत्तमम्
paśyanti ṛṣayo hetumātmanaḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ / nirguṇāmalarūpasya yattadaiśvaryamuttamam
The seers of subtle vision see the ground of the Self, that highest lordship which belongs to the one whose form is without qualities and stainless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.50
यन्न देवा विजानन्ति मोहिता मम मायया । वक्ष्ये समाहिता यूयं शृणुध्वं ब्रह्मवादिनः
yanna devā vijānanti mohitā mama māyayā / vakṣye samāhitā yūyaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ brahmavādinaḥ
What the gods, deluded by my māyā, do not know, I shall declare; be attentive and listen, you speakers of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.51
नाहं प्रशास्ता सर्वस्य मायातीतः स्वभावतः । प्रेरयामि तथापीदं कारणं सूरयो विदुः
nāhaṃ praśāstā sarvasya māyātītaḥ svabhāvataḥ / prerayāmi tathāpīdaṃ kāraṇaṃ sūrayo viduḥ
I am not the commander of all, being by my own nature beyond māyā; yet I set this (world) in motion — the wise know (me as) the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.52
यन्मे गुह्यतमं देहं सर्वगं तत्त्वदर्शिनः । प्रविष्टा मम सायुज्यं लभन्ते योगिनो ऽव्ययम्
yanme guhyatamaṃ dehaṃ sarvagaṃ tattvadarśinaḥ / praviṣṭā mama sāyujyaṃ labhante yogino 'vyayam
The seers of truth who have entered that most secret, all-pervading body of mine — those yogins attain imperishable union with me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.53
तेषां हि वशमापन्ना माया मे विश्वरूपिणी । लभन्ते परमां शुद्धिं निर्वाणं ते मया सह
teṣāṃ hi vaśamāpannā māyā me viśvarūpiṇī / labhante paramāṃ śuddhiṃ nirvāṇaṃ te mayā saha
For my māyā, whose form is the universe, has come under their control; they attain the supreme purity, extinction together with me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.54
न तेषां पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि । प्रसादान्मम योगीन्द्रा एतद् वेदानुशासनम्
na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi / prasādānmama yogīndrā etad vedānuśāsanam
For them there is no return again, not even after hundreds of crores of aeons, by my grace, O best of yogins; this is the teaching of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 2.55
नापुत्रशिष्ययोगिभ्यो दातव्यं ब्रह्मवादिभिः । मदुक्तमेतद् विज्ञानं सांख्ययोगसमाश्रयम्
nāputraśiṣyayogibhyo dātavyaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ / maduktametad vijñānaṃ sāṃkhyayogasamāśrayam
This knowledge that I have declared, which rests upon Sāṃkhya and Yoga, is not to be given by those who expound brahman to any who are not sons, pupils, or yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition