brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā
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yaḥ (he who) brahmaṇi (in brahman) karmāṇi (activities) ādhāya (after placing)
saṅgam (attachment) tyaktvā (after abandoning)
[
karmāṇi]
(activities) karoti (he does),
saḥ (he) pāpena (by sin) na lipyate (he is not stained)
padma-patram iva (as if the leaf of a lotus) ambhasā (by water) [
na lipyate]
(it is not stained).
| brahmaṇi |
– |
brahman 7n.1 n. – in spirit (from: √bṛh – to increase); |
| ādhāya |
– |
ā-√dhā (to put, to place) absol. – after placing; |
| karmāṇi |
– |
karman 2n.3 n. – activities (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| saṅgam |
– |
saṅga 2n.1m. – clinging, contact, relation, desire, attachment (from: sam-√gam – come together or √sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace); |
| tyaktvā |
– |
√tyaj (to abandon, to give up) absol. – after abandoning; |
| karoti |
– |
√kṛ (to do) Praes. P 1v.1 – he does; |
| yaḥ |
– |
yat sn. 1n.1 m. – he who; |
| lipyate |
– |
√lip (to smear, to anoint, to stain, to stick) Praes. pass. 1v.1 – he is smeared, he is stained; |
| na |
– |
av. – not; |
| saḥ |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 m. – he; |
| pāpena |
– |
pāpa 3n.1 n. – by evil, by sin; |
| padma-patram |
– |
padma-patra 1n.1 n.; TP: padmasya patram iti – leaf of a lotus (from: padma – lotus; patra / pattra – wing, leaf, petal, paper); |
| iva |
– |
av. – like, in the same manner as, almost, exactly; |
| ambhasā |
– |
ambhas 3n.1 n. – by water; |
ādhāya → ādāya (after taking);
yas tu punar atattva-vit pravṛttaś ca karma-yoge—
brahmaṇīśvara ādhāya nikṣipya tad-arthaṃ karma karomīti bhṛtya iva svāmy-arthaṃ sarvāṇi karmāṇi | mokṣe’pi phale saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ sarva-karmāṇi, lipyate na sa pāpena na saṃbadhyate padma-patram ivāmbhasodakena
brahmaśabdena prakṛtir ihocyate / „mama yonir mahad brahma” iti hi vakṣyate / indriyāṇāṃ prakṛtipariṇāmaviśeṣarūpatvena indriyākāreṇāvasthitāyāṃ prakṛtau „paśyañ chṛṇvan” ityādyuktaprakāreṇa karmāṇy ādhāya, phalasaṅgaṃ tyaktvā, naiva kiṃcit karomīti yaḥ karmāṇi karoti, sa prakṛtisaṃsṛṣṭatayā vartamāno ‚pi prakṛtyātmābhimānarūpeṇa bandhahetunā pāpena na lipyate / padmapatram ivāmbhasā yathā padmapatram ambhasā saṃsṛṣṭam api na lipyate, tathā na lipyata ityarthaḥ
tarhi yasya karomīti abhimāno ‚sti tasya karma-lepo durvāraḥ | tathāviśuddha-cittatvāt saṃnyāso ‚pi nāsti iti mahat saṅkaṭam āpannam ity āśaṅkyāha brahmaṇīti | brahmaṇy ādhāya parameśvare samarpya | tat-phale ca saṅgaṃ tyaktvā | yaḥ karmāṇi karoti asau pāpena bandhu-hetutayā pāpiṣṭhena puṇya-pāpātmakena karmaṇā na lipyate yathā padma-patram ambhasi sthitam api tenāmbhasā na lipyate tadvat
tarhy avidvān kartṛtvābhimānāl lipyetaiva tathā ca karthaṃ tasya saṃnyāsa-pūrvikā jñāna-niṣṭhā syād iti tatrāha brahmaṇīti | brahmaṇi parameśvara ādhāya samarpya saṅgaṃ phalābhilāṣaṃ tyaktveśvarārthaṃ bhṛtya iva svāmy-arthaṃ sva-phala-nirapekṣatayā karomīty abhiprāyeṇa karmāṇi laukikāni vaidikāni ca karoti yo lipyate na sa pāpena pāpa-puṇyātmakena karmaṇeti yāvat | yathā padma-patram upari prakṣiptenāmbhasā na lipyate tadvat | bhagavad-arpaṇa-buddhyānuṣṭhitaṃ karma buddhi-śuddhi-phalam eva syāt
kiṃ ca brahmaṇi parameśvare mayi samarpya saṅgaṃ tyaktvā sābhimāno ‚pi karmāsaktiṃ vihāya yaḥ karmāṇi karoti | pāpenety upalakṣaṇam | so ‚pi karma-mātreṇaiva na lipyate
uktaṃ viśadayann āha brahmaṇīti | brahma-śabdenātra triguṇāvasthaṃ pradhānam uktam | tasmād etad brahma-nāma-rūpam annaṃ ca jñāyata iti śravaṇāt | mama yonir mahad brahma iti vakṣyamāṇāc ca | dehendriyādīni pradhāna-pariṇāma-viśeṣāṇi bhavanti tad-rūpatayā pariṇate pradhāne darśanādīni karmāṇy ādhāya tasyaivaitāni | na tu tad-viviktasya śuddhasya mameti nirdhāryety arthaḥ | saṅgaṃ tat-phalābhilāṣaṃ tat-kartṛtvābhiniveśaṃ ca tyaktvā | yas tāni karoti sa tādṛg dehādimattayā sann api dehādy-ātmābhimānena pāpena na lipyate | tathoparinikṣiptenāmbhasā spṛṣṭam api padma-patraṃ tadvat | na ca mayi saṃnyasya karmāṇi iti pūrva-svārasyād brahmaṇi paramātmanīti vyākhyeyam | prādhānika-dehādi-saṃsṛṣṭasyaiva jīvasya darśanādi-karma-kartṛtvaṃ, na tu tad-viviktasyety arthasya prakṛtatvāt
