Manusmriti

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सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि । समं पश्यन्नात्मयाजी स्वाराज्यमधिगच्छति ॥ ९१ ॥

He who sacrifices to the Self (alone), equally recognising the Self in all created beings and all created beings in the Self, becomes (independent like) an autocrat and self-luminous.

english translation

sarvabhUteSu cAtmAnaM sarvabhUtAni cAtmani | samaM pazyannAtmayAjI svArAjyamadhigacchati || 91 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यथोक्तान्यपि कर्माणि परिहाय द्विजोत्तमः । आत्मज्ञाने शमे च स्याद् वेदाभ्यासे च यत्नवान् ॥ ९२ ॥

After giving up even the above-mentioned sacrificial rites, a Brahmana should exert himself in (acquiring) the knowledge of the Soul, in extinguishing his passions, and in studying the Veda.

english translation

yathoktAnyapi karmANi parihAya dvijottamaH | AtmajJAne zame ca syAd vedAbhyAse ca yatnavAn || 92 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एतद् हि जन्मसाफल्यं ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषतः । प्राप्यैतत् कृतकृत्यो हि द्विजो भवति नान्यथा ॥ ९३ ॥

For that secures the attainment of the object of existence, especially in the case of a Brahmana, because by attaining that, not otherwise, a twice-born man has gained all his ends.

english translation

etad hi janmasAphalyaM brAhmaNasya vizeSataH | prApyaitat kRtakRtyo hi dvijo bhavati nAnyathA || 93 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पितृदेवमनुष्याणां वेदश्चक्षुः सनातनम् । अशक्यं चाप्रमेयं च वेदशास्त्रमिति स्थितिः ॥ ९४ ॥

The Veda is the eternal eye of the manes, gods, and men; the Veda-ordinance (is) both beyond the sphere of (human) power, and beyond the sphere of (human) comprehension; that is a certain fact.

english translation

pitRdevamanuSyANAM vedazcakSuH sanAtanam | azakyaM cAprameyaM ca vedazAstramiti sthitiH || 94 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

या वेदबाह्याः स्मृतयो याश्च काश्च कुदृष्टयः । सर्वास्ता निष्फलाः प्रेत्य तमोनिष्ठा हि ताः स्मृताः ॥ ९५ ॥

All those traditions (smriti) and those despicable systems of philosophy, which are not based on the Veda, produce no reward after death; for they are declared to be founded on Darkness.

english translation

yA vedabAhyAH smRtayo yAzca kAzca kudRSTayaH | sarvAstA niSphalAH pretya tamoniSThA hi tAH smRtAH || 95 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript