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Mahabharat

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अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम् । एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोऽन्यथा॥६-३५-११॥

Constancy in self-knowledge, and insight into the purpose of knowing reality—this is declared to be ‘knowledge’; whatever is contrary to this is ‘non-knowledge’.

english translation

ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते । अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते॥६-३५-१२॥

I shall explain that which is to be known, knowing which one attains the deathless. It is the supreme Brahman, without beginning; it is said to be neither ‘being’ nor ‘non-being’.

english translation

सर्वतःपाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतःश्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति॥६-३५-१३॥

That has hands and feet everywhere; eyes, heads, and faces everywhere; it has hearing everywhere in the world, and it stands, pervading and enveloping all.

english translation

सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् । असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च॥६-३५-१४॥

It appears as the qualities of all the senses, yet it is devoid of all senses; unattached, yet sustaining all; without guṇas, yet the experiencer of guṇas.

english translation

बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च । सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्॥६-३५-१५॥

It is outside and inside beings; it is unmoving and also moving. Because of its subtlety it is not readily knowable; it is far, and it is also near.

english translation