Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 10
SiP 7.2 10.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापु-- सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे शिवस्य योगावतारवर्णनं नाम नवमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् १० कृष्ण उवाच भगवन्सर्वयोगींद्र गणेश्वर मुनीश्वर षडाननसमप्रख्य सर्वज्ञाननिधे गुरो
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpu-- saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivasya yogāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 10 kṛṣṇa uvāca bhagavansarvayogīṃdra gaṇeśvara munīśvara ṣaḍānanasamaprakhya sarvajñānanidhe guro
Oṃ. Thus, in the glorious great Śiva Purāṇa, in the seventh (saṃhitā), the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter section, the ninth chapter, called "The Description of Śiva's Descent as Yoga (teacher)." Chapter 10. Kṛṣṇa said: O Lord, chief of all yogins, lord of the hosts, lord of sages, you whose splendour equals the Six-faced One's, treasury of all knowledge, O teacher —
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SiP 7.2 10.2
प्रायस्त्वमवतीर्योर्व्यां पाशविच्छित्तये नृणाम् महर्षिवपुरास्थाय स्थितो ऽसि परमेश्वर
prāyastvamavatīryorvyāṃ pāśavicchittaye nṛṇām maharṣivapurāsthāya sthito 'si parameśvara
For the most part you, O Supreme Lord, having descended to the earth to cut away the bonds of men, abide here, having taken on the body of a great seer.
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SiP 7.2 10.3
अन्यथा हि जगत्यस्मिन् देवो वा दानवो ऽपि वा त्वत्तोन्यः परमं भावं को जानीयाच्छिवात्मकम्
anyathā hi jagatyasmin devo vā dānavo 'pi vā tvattonyaḥ paramaṃ bhāvaṃ ko jānīyācchivātmakam
For otherwise, in this world, whether god or demon, who other than you would know the supreme state that consists of Śiva?
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SiP 7.2 10.4
तस्मात्तव मुखोद्गीर्णं साक्षादिव पिनाकिनः शिवज्ञानामृतं पीत्वा न मे तृप्तमभून्मनः
tasmāttava mukhodgīrṇaṃ sākṣādiva pinākinaḥ śivajñānāmṛtaṃ pītvā na me tṛptamabhūnmanaḥ
Therefore, having drunk the nectar of the knowledge of Śiva poured forth from your mouth — as if directly from the Bearer of the Pināka — my mind has not been sated.
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SiP 7.2 10.5
साक्षात्सर्वजगत्कर्तुर्भर्तुरंकं समाश्रिता भगवन्किन्नु पप्रच्छ भर्तारं परमेश्वरी
sākṣātsarvajagatkarturbharturaṃkaṃ samāśritā bhagavankinnu papraccha bhartāraṃ parameśvarī
O Lord, what indeed did the Supreme Goddess, seated on the lap of her husband, the maker of all the worlds himself, ask her husband?
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SiP 7.2 10.6
उपमन्युरुवाच स्थाने पृष्टं त्वया कृष्ण तद्वक्ष्यामि यथातथम् भवभक्तस्य युक्तस्य तव कल्याणचेतसः
upamanyuruvāca sthāne pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kṛṣṇa tadvakṣyāmi yathātatham bhavabhaktasya yuktasya tava kalyāṇacetasaḥ
Upamanyu said: You have asked fittingly, Kṛṣṇa; I shall tell that just as it is, to you who are devoted to Bhava, disciplined, and of auspicious mind.
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SiP 7.2 10.7
महीधरवरे दिव्ये मंदरे चारुकंदरे देव्या सह महादेवो दिव्यो ध्यानगतो ऽभवत्
mahīdharavare divye maṃdare cārukaṃdare devyā saha mahādevo divyo dhyānagato 'bhavat
On the divine Mandara, best of mountains, in a lovely cave, the divine Mahādeva together with the Goddess had entered into meditation.
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SiP 7.2 10.8
तदा देव्याः प्रियसखी सुस्मितास्या शुभावती फुल्लान्यतिमनोज्ञानि पुष्पाणि समुदाहरत्
tadā devyāḥ priyasakhī susmitāsyā śubhāvatī phullānyatimanojñāni puṣpāṇi samudāharat
Then the Goddess's dear friend Śubhāvatī, her face smiling sweetly, brought forward blossoming flowers, exceedingly lovely.
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SiP 7.2 10.9
ततः स्वमंकमारोप्य देवीं देववरोरहः अलंकृत्य च तैः पुष्पैरास्ते हृष्टतरः स्वयम्
tataḥ svamaṃkamāropya devīṃ devavarorahaḥ alaṃkṛtya ca taiḥ puṣpairāste hṛṣṭataraḥ svayam
Then the best of the gods, in privacy, having set the Goddess on his own lap and adorned her with those flowers, sat himself exceedingly delighted.
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SiP 7.2 10.10
अथांतःपुरचारिण्यो देव्यो दिव्यविभूषणाः अंतरंगा गणेन्द्राश्च सर्वलोकमहेश्वरीम्
athāṃtaḥpuracāriṇyo devyo divyavibhūṣaṇāḥ aṃtaraṃgā gaṇendrāśca sarvalokamaheśvarīm
Then the goddesses who move about in the inner apartments, wearing divine ornaments, and the intimate lords of the hosts, (attended) the Great Mistress of all worlds
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SiP 7.2 10.11
भर्तारं परिपूर्णं च सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् चामरासक्तहस्ताश्च देवीं देवं सिषेविरे
bhartāraṃ paripūrṇaṃ ca sarvalokamaheśvaram cāmarāsaktahastāśca devīṃ devaṃ siṣevire
and her husband, the perfect one, the Great Lord of all worlds; with fly-whisks held in their hands they served the Goddess and the God.
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SiP 7.2 10.12
ततः प्रियाः कथा वृत्ता विनोदाय महेशयोः त्राणाय च नृणां लोके ये शिवं शरणं गताः
tataḥ priyāḥ kathā vṛttā vinodāya maheśayoḥ trāṇāya ca nṛṇāṃ loke ye śivaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
Then pleasant conversations took place, for the diversion of the two Great Lords, and for the protection of those men in the world who have gone to Śiva for refuge.
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SiP 7.2 10.13
तदावसरमालोक्य सर्वलोकमहेश्वरी भर्तारं परिपप्रच्छ सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्
tadāvasaramālokya sarvalokamaheśvarī bhartāraṃ paripapraccha sarvalokamaheśvaram
Then, seeing that occasion, the Great Mistress of all worlds questioned her husband, the Great Lord of all worlds.
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SiP 7.2 10.14
देव्युवाच केन वश्यो महादेवो मर्त्यानां मंदचेतसाम् आत्मतत्त्वाद्यशक्तानामात्मनामकृतात्मनाम्
devyuvāca kena vaśyo mahādevo martyānāṃ maṃdacetasām ātmatattvādyaśaktānāmātmanāmakṛtātmanām
The Goddess said: By what is Mahādeva brought under control by mortals who are dull of mind, who are incapable of (grasping) the truth of the self and the rest, who are self-willed and of unrefined self?
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SiP 7.2 10.15
ईश्वर उवाच न कर्मणा न तपसा न जपैर्नासनादिभिः न ज्ञानेन न चान्येन वश्यो ऽहं श्रद्धया विना
īśvara uvāca na karmaṇā na tapasā na japairnāsanādibhiḥ na jñānena na cānyena vaśyo 'haṃ śraddhayā vinā
The Lord said: Not by ritual action, not by austerity, not by muttered prayers, not by (yogic) postures and the like, not by knowledge, nor by anything else am I brought under control, apart from faith.
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SiP 7.2 10.16
श्रद्धा मय्यस्ति चेत्पुंसां येन केनापि हेतुना वश्यः स्पृश्यश्च दृश्यश्च पूज्यस्संभाष्य एव च
śraddhā mayyasti cetpuṃsāṃ yena kenāpi hetunā vaśyaḥ spṛśyaśca dṛśyaśca pūjyassaṃbhāṣya eva ca
If men have faith in me, then by whatever cause (it arises), I am subject (to them), and touchable, and visible, and fit to be worshipped and indeed to be conversed with.
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SiP 7.2 10.17
साध्या तस्मान्मयि शद्धा मां वशीकर्तुमिच्छता श्रद्धा हेतुस्स्वधर्मस्य रक्षणं वर्णिनामिह
sādhyā tasmānmayi śaddhā māṃ vaśīkartumicchatā śraddhā hetussvadharmasya rakṣaṇaṃ varṇināmiha
Therefore faith in me is to be cultivated by one who wishes to bring me under his control; and faith is caused by the guarding of one's own duty by the members of the classes here.
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SiP 7.2 10.18
स्ववर्णाश्रमधर्मेण वर्तते यस्तु मानवः तस्यैव भवति श्रद्धा मयि नान्यस्य कस्यचित्
svavarṇāśramadharmeṇa vartate yastu mānavaḥ tasyaiva bhavati śraddhā mayi nānyasya kasyacit
The man who conducts himself according to the duty of his own class and stage of life — his alone is the faith in me, and no one else's.
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SiP 7.2 10.19
५५४ब् आम्नायसिद्धमखिलं धर्ममाश्रमिणामिह ब्रह्मणा कथितं पूर्वं ममैवाज्ञापुरस्सरम्
554b āmnāyasiddhamakhilaṃ dharmamāśramiṇāmiha brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ mamaivājñāpurassaram
The whole dharma of those in the (four) stages of life, established in the sacred tradition, was formerly declared here by Brahmā, at my command and no other's.
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SiP 7.2 10.20
स तु पैतामहो धर्मो बहुवित्तक्रियान्वितः नात्यन्त फलभूयिष्ठः क्लेशाया ससमन्वितः तेन धर्मेण महतां श्रद्धां प्राप्य सुदुर्ल्लभाम्
sa tu paitāmaho dharmo bahuvittakriyānvitaḥ nātyanta phalabhūyiṣṭhaḥ kleśāyā sasamanvitaḥ tena dharmeṇa mahatāṃ śraddhāṃ prāpya sudurllabhām
But that dharma of the Grandfather (Brahmā) involves rites requiring much wealth; it is not exceedingly abundant in fruit and is attended with trouble and toil. Having obtained through that dharma the faith of the great ones, (a faith) very hard to win —
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SiP 7.2 10.21
वर्णिनो ये प्रपद्यंते मामनन्यसमाश्रयाः तेषां सुखेन मार्गेण धर्मकामार्थमुक्तयः
varṇino ye prapadyaṃte māmananyasamāśrayāḥ teṣāṃ sukhena mārgeṇa dharmakāmārthamuktayaḥ
those members of the classes who resort to me, having no other refuge — for them dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation (come) by an easy path.
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SiP 7.2 10.22
वर्णाश्रमसमाचारो मया भूयः प्रकल्पितः तस्मिन्भक्तिमतामेव मदीयानां तु वर्णिनाम्
varṇāśramasamācāro mayā bhūyaḥ prakalpitaḥ tasminbhaktimatāmeva madīyānāṃ tu varṇinām
The observance of class and stage of life has been ordained by me once again; and in it only those of my own people, the class-members who are full of devotion, (are entitled).
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SiP 7.2 10.23
अधिकारो न चान्येषामित्याज्ञा नैष्ठिकी मम तदाज्ञप्तेन मार्गेण वर्णिनो मदुपाश्रयाः
adhikāro na cānyeṣāmityājñā naiṣṭhikī mama tadājñaptena mārgeṇa varṇino madupāśrayāḥ
and others have no entitlement — such is my final command. By the path thus commanded, the class-members who take refuge in me,
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SiP 7.2 10.24
मलमायादिपाशेभ्यो विमुक्ता मत्प्रसादतः परं मदीयमासाद्य पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् परमं मम साधर्म्यं प्राप्य निर्वृतिमाययुः
malamāyādipāśebhyo vimuktā matprasādataḥ paraṃ madīyamāsādya punarāvṛttidurlabham paramaṃ mama sādharmyaṃ prāpya nirvṛtimāyayuḥ
released by my grace from the bonds of impurity, māyā and the rest, and having reached the supreme (state) that is mine, from which return is hard, having attained the highest likeness of nature with me, went to bliss.
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SiP 7.2 10.25
तस्माल्लब्ध्वाप्यलब्ध्वा वा वर्णधर्मं मयेरितम् आश्रित्य मम भक्तश्चेत्स्वात्मनात्मानमुद्धरेत्
tasmāllabdhvāpyalabdhvā vā varṇadharmaṃ mayeritam āśritya mama bhaktaścetsvātmanātmānamuddharet
Therefore, whether he has obtained or not obtained the class-duty declared by me, if he is my devotee, having taken refuge (in me) he may lift up himself by himself.
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SiP 7.2 10.26
अलब्धलाभ एवैष कोटिकोटिगुणाधिकः तस्मान्मे मुखतो लब्धं वर्णधर्मं समाचरेत्
alabdhalābha evaiṣa koṭikoṭiguṇādhikaḥ tasmānme mukhato labdhaṃ varṇadharmaṃ samācaret
This very (devotion) is a gain of what was not gained, greater by ten million times ten million; therefore let him practise the class-duty received from my own mouth.
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SiP 7.2 10.27
ममावतारा हि शुभे योगाचार्यच्छलेन तु सर्वांतरेषु सन्त्यार्ये संततिश्च सहस्रशः
mamāvatārā hi śubhe yogācāryacchalena tu sarvāṃtareṣu santyārye saṃtatiśca sahasraśaḥ
For, O auspicious one, my descents (into the world), under the guise of teachers of yoga, exist in all the intervals (of time), O noble lady, and (my) lineages by the thousand.
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SiP 7.2 10.28
अयुक्तानामबुद्धीनामभक्तानां सुरेश्वरि दुर्लभं संततिज्ञानं ततो यत्नात्समाश्रयेत्
ayuktānāmabuddhīnāmabhaktānāṃ sureśvari durlabhaṃ saṃtatijñānaṃ tato yatnātsamāśrayet
For those who are undisciplined, without understanding, and without devotion, O mistress of the gods, the knowledge of the lineage is hard to obtain; therefore one should resort to it with effort.
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SiP 7.2 10.29
सा हानिस्तन्महच्छिद्रं स मोहस्सांधमूकता यदन्यत्र श्रमं कुर्यान्मोक्षमार्गबहिष्कृतः
sā hānistanmahacchidraṃ sa mohassāṃdhamūkatā yadanyatra śramaṃ kuryānmokṣamārgabahiṣkṛtaḥ
That is the loss, that the great defect, that the delusion, that blindness and dumbness — that a man excluded from the path of liberation should expend his effort elsewhere.
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SiP 7.2 10.30
ज्ञानं क्रिया च चर्या च योगश्चेति सुरेश्वरि चतुष्पादः समाख्यातो मम धर्मस्सनातनः
jñānaṃ kriyā ca caryā ca yogaśceti sureśvari catuṣpādaḥ samākhyāto mama dharmassanātanaḥ
Knowledge, ritual action, conduct, and yoga — thus, O mistress of the gods, my eternal dharma is declared to have four feet.
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SiP 7.2 10.31
पशुपाशपतिज्ञानं ज्ञानमित्यभिधीयते षडध्वशुद्धिर्विधिना गुर्वधीना क्रियोच्यते
paśupāśapatijñānaṃ jñānamityabhidhīyate ṣaḍadhvaśuddhirvidhinā gurvadhīnā kriyocyate
The knowledge of the bound soul, the bond, and the Lord is called 'knowledge'; the purification of the six paths, according to rule and dependent on the guru, is called 'ritual action'.
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SiP 7.2 10.32
वर्णाश्रमप्रयुक्तस्य मयैव विहितस्य च ममार्चनादिधर्मस्य चर्या चर्येति कथ्यते
varṇāśramaprayuktasya mayaiva vihitasya ca mamārcanādidharmasya caryā caryeti kathyate
The conduct consisting of the dharma of worshipping me and so forth, which is enjoined upon (a man) engaged in his class and stage of life and which is ordained by me alone, is called 'conduct'.
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SiP 7.2 10.33
मदुक्तेनैव मार्गेण मय्यवस्थितचेतसः वृत्त्यंतरनिरोधो यो योग इत्यभिधीयते
maduktenaiva mārgeṇa mayyavasthitacetasaḥ vṛttyaṃtaranirodho yo yoga ityabhidhīyate
The restraint of other mental activities in one whose mind is fixed on me by the very path I have declared — that is called 'yoga'.
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SiP 7.2 10.34
अश्वमेधगणाच्छ्रेष्ठं देवि चित्तप्रसाधनम् मुक्तिदं च तथा ह्येतद्दुष्प्राप्यं विषयैषिणाम्
aśvamedhagaṇācchreṣṭhaṃ devi cittaprasādhanam muktidaṃ ca tathā hyetadduṣprāpyaṃ viṣayaiṣiṇām
Better than a host of horse-sacrifices, O Goddess, is this cleansing of the mind, and it also grants liberation; and thus it is hard to attain for those who crave sense-objects.
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SiP 7.2 10.35
विजितेंद्रियवर्गस्य यमेन नियमेन च पूर्वपापहरो योगो विरक्तस्यैव कथ्यते
vijiteṃdriyavargasya yamena niyamena ca pūrvapāpaharo yogo viraktasyaiva kathyate
For one who has conquered the host of the senses by restraint (yama) and observance (niyama), yoga, which removes former sins, is declared to belong only to the dispassionate.
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SiP 7.2 10.36
वैराग्याज्जायते ज्ञानं ज्ञानाद्योगः प्रवर्तते
vairāgyājjāyate jñānaṃ jñānādyogaḥ pravartate
From dispassion knowledge arises; from knowledge yoga proceeds.
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SiP 7.2 10.37
योगज्ञः पतितो वापि मुच्यते नात्र संशयः दया कार्याथ सततमहिंसा ज्ञानसंग्रहः
yogajñaḥ patito vāpi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ dayā kāryātha satatamahiṃsā jñānasaṃgrahaḥ
One who knows yoga, even if fallen, is liberated — there is no doubt here. Compassion should be practised constantly, and non-injury: (this is) the sum of knowledge.
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SiP 7.2 10.38
सत्यमस्तेयमास्तिक्यं श्रद्धा चेंद्रियनिग्रहः अध्यापनं चाध्ययनं यजनं याजनं तथा
satyamasteyamāstikyaṃ śraddhā ceṃdriyanigrahaḥ adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tathā
Truthfulness, not stealing, belief (in the scriptures), faith, and restraint of the senses; teaching and study, sacrificing and officiating at sacrifice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.39
ध्यानमीश्वरभावश्च सततं ज्ञानशीलता य एवं वर्तते विप्रो ज्ञानयोगस्य सिद्धये
dhyānamīśvarabhāvaśca satataṃ jñānaśīlatā ya evaṃ vartate vipro jñānayogasya siddhaye
meditation, and the sense that (all is) the Lord, and constantly making knowledge one's habit — the brahmin who conducts himself thus for the perfecting of the yoga of knowledge,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.40
अचिरादेव विज्ञानं लब्ध्वा योगं च विंदति ५५५अ दग्ध्वा देहमिमं ज्ञानी क्षणाज्ज्ञानाग्निना प्रिये
acirādeva vijñānaṃ labdhvā yogaṃ ca viṃdati 555a dagdhvā dehamimaṃ jñānī kṣaṇājjñānāgninā priye
he gains discernment before long, and yoga too. Having burnt up this body in an instant with the fire of knowledge, O dear one, the knower
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.41
प्रसादान्मम योगज्ञः कर्मबंधं प्रहास्यति पुण्यःपुण्यात्मकं कर्ममुक्तेस्तत्प्रतिबंधकम् तस्मान्नियोगतो योगी पुण्यापुण्यं विवर्जयेत्
prasādānmama yogajñaḥ karmabaṃdhaṃ prahāsyati puṇyaḥpuṇyātmakaṃ karmamuktestatpratibaṃdhakam tasmānniyogato yogī puṇyāpuṇyaṃ vivarjayet
by my grace, knowing yoga, will cast off the bondage of action. Action, whether of the nature of merit or of demerit, is an obstacle to liberation; therefore the yogin should, as a rule, abandon both merit and demerit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.42
फलकामनया कर्मकरणात्प्रतिबध्यते न कर्ममात्रकरणात्तस्मात्कर्मफलं त्यजेत्
phalakāmanayā karmakaraṇātpratibadhyate na karmamātrakaraṇāttasmātkarmaphalaṃ tyajet
One is bound by doing action out of desire for its fruit, not by the mere doing of action; therefore one should give up the fruit of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.43
प्रथमं कर्मयज्ञेन बहिः सम्पूज्य मां प्रिये ज्ञानयोगरतो भूत्वा पश्चाद्योगं समभ्यसेत्
prathamaṃ karmayajñena bahiḥ sampūjya māṃ priye jñānayogarato bhūtvā paścādyogaṃ samabhyaset
First, having worshipped me outwardly with the sacrifice of ritual action, O dear one, then, having become devoted to the yoga of knowledge, one should practise yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.44
विदिते मम याथात्म्ये कर्मयज्ञेन देहिनः न यजंति हि मां युक्ताः समलोष्टाश्मकांचनाः
vidite mama yāthātmye karmayajñena dehinaḥ na yajaṃti hi māṃ yuktāḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ
When my true nature has been understood by embodied beings, the disciplined, to whom a clod, a stone and gold are alike, do not worship me with the sacrifice of ritual action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.45
नित्ययुक्तो मुनिः श्रेष्ठो मद्भक्तश्च समाहितः ज्ञानयोगरतो योगी मम सायुज्यमाप्नुयात्
nityayukto muniḥ śreṣṭho madbhaktaśca samāhitaḥ jñānayogarato yogī mama sāyujyamāpnuyāt
The best sage, ever disciplined, my devotee, composed, a yogin devoted to the yoga of knowledge, would attain union with me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.46
अथाविरक्तचित्ता ये वर्णिनो मदुपाश्रिताः ज्ञानचर्याक्रियास्वेव ते ऽधिकुर्युस्तदर्हकाः
athāviraktacittā ye varṇino madupāśritāḥ jñānacaryākriyāsveva te 'dhikuryustadarhakāḥ
But those of the (four) classes whose minds are not free of attachment, who have taken refuge in me — they, being fit for it, should engage in the practices and rites of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 10.47
द्विधा मत्पूजनं ज्ञेयं बाह्यमाभ्यंतरं तथा वाङ्मनःकायभेदाच्च त्रिधा मद्भजनं विदुः
dvidhā matpūjanaṃ jñeyaṃ bāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ tathā vāṅmanaḥkāyabhedācca tridhā madbhajanaṃ viduḥ
Worship of me is to be known as twofold, outer and inner; and by the distinction of speech, mind and body they know worship of me to be threefold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.48
तपः कर्म जपो ध्यानं ज्ञानं वेत्यनुपूर्वशः पञ्चधा कथ्यते सद्भिस्तदेव भजनं पुनः
tapaḥ karma japo dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ vetyanupūrvaśaḥ pañcadhā kathyate sadbhistadeva bhajanaṃ punaḥ
And again, that same worship is declared by the good to be fivefold, in order: austerity, ritual action, recitation, meditation, and knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.49
अन्यात्मविदितं बाह्यमस्मदभ्यर्चनादिकम् तदेव तु स्वसंवेद्यमाभ्यंतरमुदाहृतम्
anyātmaviditaṃ bāhyamasmadabhyarcanādikam tadeva tu svasaṃvedyamābhyaṃtaramudāhṛtam
Worship of me and the like that is known to others is called outer; that same, when known only to oneself, is termed inner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.50
मनोमत्प्रवणं चित्तं न मनोमात्रमुच्यते मन्नामनिरता वाणी वाङ्मता खलु नेतरा
manomatpravaṇaṃ cittaṃ na manomātramucyate mannāmaniratā vāṇī vāṅmatā khalu netarā
A mind (citta) inclined toward me is (truly) mind; mere mind is not so called. Speech intent on my name is indeed speech; other (speech) is not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.51
लिंगैर्मच्छासनादिष्टैस्त्रिपुंड्रादिभिरंकितः ममोपचारनिरतः कायः कायो न चेतरः
liṃgairmacchāsanādiṣṭaistripuṃḍrādibhiraṃkitaḥ mamopacāranirataḥ kāyaḥ kāyo na cetaraḥ
A body marked with the signs enjoined by my teaching — the three lines (of ash) and the rest — devoted to attendance upon me, is (truly) a body; another body is not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.52
मदर्चाकर्म विज्ञेयं बाह्ये यागादिनोच्यते मदर्थे देहसंशोषस्तपः कृच्छ्रादि नो मतम्
madarcākarma vijñeyaṃ bāhye yāgādinocyate madarthe dehasaṃśoṣastapaḥ kṛcchrādi no matam
Ritual action is to be known as my worship; outwardly it is spoken of as sacrifice and the like. Austerity is the drying up of the body for my sake; the kṛcchra fasts and the rest are not approved by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.53
जपः पञ्चाक्षराभ्यासः प्रणवाभ्यास एव च रुद्राध्यायादिकाभ्यासो न वेदाध्ययनादिकम्
japaḥ pañcākṣarābhyāsaḥ praṇavābhyāsa eva ca rudrādhyāyādikābhyāso na vedādhyayanādikam
Recitation is the repetition of the five syllables and the repetition of the praṇava (Oṃ), and the repetition of the Rudrādhyāya and the like — not the study of the Vedas and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.54
ध्यानम्मद्रूपचिंताद्यं नात्माद्यर्थसमाधयः ममागमार्थविज्ञानं ज्ञानं नान्यार्थवेदनम्
dhyānammadrūpaciṃtādyaṃ nātmādyarthasamādhayaḥ mamāgamārthavijñānaṃ jñānaṃ nānyārthavedanam
Meditation is thinking on my form and the like — not the concentrations directed at the self and other such objects; knowledge is the understanding of the meaning of my scriptures, not the cognition of other matters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.55
बाह्ये वाभ्यंतरे वाथ यत्र स्यान्मनसो रतिः प्राग्वासनावशाद्देवि तत्त्वनिष्ठां समाचरेत्
bāhye vābhyaṃtare vātha yatra syānmanaso ratiḥ prāgvāsanāvaśāddevi tattvaniṣṭhāṃ samācaret
Whether outwardly or inwardly, wherever the mind finds delight by force of previous conditioning, O Goddess, there one should practise steadfastness in the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.56
बाह्यादाभ्यंतरं श्रेष्ठं भवेच्छतगुणाधिकम् असंकरत्वाद्दोषाणां दृष्टानामप्यसम्भवात्
bāhyādābhyaṃtaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhavecchataguṇādhikam asaṃkaratvāddoṣāṇāṃ dṛṣṭānāmapyasambhavāt
The inner is better than the outer, a hundred times superior, because there is no admixture and because even the observed faults do not arise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.57
शौचमाभ्यंतरं विद्यान्न बाह्यं शौचमुच्यते अंतः शौचविमुक्तात्मा शुचिरप्यशुचिर्यतः
śaucamābhyaṃtaraṃ vidyānna bāhyaṃ śaucamucyate aṃtaḥ śaucavimuktātmā śucirapyaśuciryataḥ
One should know purity to be inward; outward (purity) is not called purity — for one whose self is devoid of inner purity, though clean, is unclean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.58
बाह्यमाभ्यंर्तरं चैव भजनं भवपूर्वकम् न भावरहितं देवि विप्रलंभैककारणम्
bāhyamābhyaṃrtaraṃ caiva bhajanaṃ bhavapūrvakam na bhāvarahitaṃ devi vipralaṃbhaikakāraṇam
Worship, outer and inner alike, must be preceded by (true) feeling; devoid of feeling, O Goddess, it is nothing but a deception.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.59
कृतकृत्यस्य पूतस्य मम किं क्रियते नरैः बहिर्वाभ्यंतरं वाथ मया भावो हि गृह्यते
kṛtakṛtyasya pūtasya mama kiṃ kriyate naraiḥ bahirvābhyaṃtaraṃ vātha mayā bhāvo hi gṛhyate
For me, whose purposes are fulfilled and who am pure, what is accomplished by men, whether outwardly or inwardly? It is the feeling that is accepted by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.60
भावैकात्मा क्रिया देवि मम धर्मस्सनातनः मनसा कर्मणा वाचा ह्यनपेक्ष्य फलं क्वचित्
bhāvaikātmā kriyā devi mama dharmassanātanaḥ manasā karmaṇā vācā hyanapekṣya phalaṃ kvacit
Action whose sole essence is (inner) feeling, O Goddess, is my eternal law — (performed) with mind, deed, and speech, without looking to any fruit anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.61
फलोद्देशेन देवेशि लघुर्मम समाश्रयः फलार्थी तदभावे मां परित्यक्तुं क्षमो यतः
phaloddeśena deveśi laghurmama samāśrayaḥ phalārthī tadabhāve māṃ parityaktuṃ kṣamo yataḥ
Resorting to me with a fruit in view, O Mistress of the gods, is inferior, since one who seeks a fruit is capable of abandoning me when it is absent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.62
५५५ब् फलार्थिनो ऽपि यस्यैव मयि चित्तं प्रतिष्ठितम् भावानुरूपफलदस्तस्याप्यहमनिन्दिते
555b phalārthino 'pi yasyaiva mayi cittaṃ pratiṣṭhitam bhāvānurūpaphaladastasyāpyahamanindite
But even for one who seeks a fruit, if his mind is firmly fixed on me, to him too, O blameless one, I am the giver of a fruit in accord with his feeling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.63
फलानपेक्षया येषां मनो मत्प्रवणं भवेत् प्रार्थयेयुः फलं पश्चाद्भक्तास्ते ऽपि मम प्रियाः
phalānapekṣayā yeṣāṃ mano matpravaṇaṃ bhavet prārthayeyuḥ phalaṃ paścādbhaktāste 'pi mama priyāḥ
Those whose mind, without regard for fruit, becomes inclined toward me, and who afterwards ask for a fruit — those devotees too are dear to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.64
प्राक् संस्कारवशादेव ये विचिंत्य फलाफले विवशा मां प्रपद्यंते मम प्रियतमा मताः
prāk saṃskāravaśādeva ye viciṃtya phalāphale vivaśā māṃ prapadyaṃte mama priyatamā matāḥ
But those who, by the force of former conditioning alone, without reflecting on gain and loss, helplessly take refuge in me — they are held to be dearest to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.65
मल्लाभान्न परो लाभस्तेषामस्ति यथातथम् ममापि लाभस्तल्लाभान्नापरः परमेश्वरि
mallābhānna paro lābhasteṣāmasti yathātatham mamāpi lābhastallābhānnāparaḥ parameśvari
For them there is truly no gain higher than gaining me; and for me too there is no gain other than gaining them, O supreme Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.66
मदनुग्रहतस्तेषां भावो मयि समर्पितः फलं परमनिर्वाणं प्रयच्छति बलादिव
madanugrahatasteṣāṃ bhāvo mayi samarpitaḥ phalaṃ paramanirvāṇaṃ prayacchati balādiva
By my grace their feeling, offered up to me, bestows, as if by force, the fruit that is the highest extinction (nirvāṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.67
महात्मनामनन्यानां मयि संन्यस्तचेतसाम् अष्टधा लक्षणं प्राहुर्मम धर्माधिकारिणाम्
mahātmanāmananyānāṃ mayi saṃnyastacetasām aṣṭadhā lakṣaṇaṃ prāhurmama dharmādhikāriṇām
Of those great souls who are devoted to no other, whose minds are surrendered to me, who are qualified for my law, they declare the mark to be eightfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.68
मद्भक्तजनवात्सल्यं पूजायां चानुमोदनम् स्वयमभ्यर्चनं चैव मदर्थे चांगचेष्टितम्
madbhaktajanavātsalyaṃ pūjāyāṃ cānumodanam svayamabhyarcanaṃ caiva madarthe cāṃgaceṣṭitam
Affection for the people who are my devotees; approval of (my) worship; performing the worship oneself; and bodily exertion for my sake;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.69
मत्कथाश्रवणे भक्तिः स्वरनेत्रांगविक्रियाः ममानुस्मरणं नित्यं यश्च मामुपजीवति
matkathāśravaṇe bhaktiḥ svaranetrāṃgavikriyāḥ mamānusmaraṇaṃ nityaṃ yaśca māmupajīvati
Devotion in listening to stories about me; alterations of voice, eyes, and body; constant remembrance of me; and (his) living by (service to) me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.70
एवमष्टविधं चिह्नं यस्मिन् म्लेच्छे ऽपि वर्तते स विप्रेन्द्रो मुनिः श्रीमान्स यतिस्स च पंडितः
evamaṣṭavidhaṃ cihnaṃ yasmin mlecche 'pi vartate sa viprendro muniḥ śrīmānsa yatissa ca paṃḍitaḥ
In whomever this eightfold sign is present, even in a barbarian, he is a chief of brahmins, a sage, glorious; he is an ascetic and he is a learned man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.71
न मे प्रियश्चतुर्वेदी मद्भक्तो श्वपचो ऽपि यः तस्मै देयं ततो ग्राह्यं स च पूज्यो यथा ह्यहम्
na me priyaścaturvedī madbhakto śvapaco 'pi yaḥ tasmai deyaṃ tato grāhyaṃ sa ca pūjyo yathā hyaham
One who knows the four Vedas is not dear to me, whereas my devotee, even if a dog-cooker, is; to him one should give, from him one should receive, and he is to be honoured just as I am.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 10.72
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति
patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati
Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water — for him I am not lost, and he is not lost to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition