Shloka 54

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

वैतृष्ण्यं पुरुषे ख्यातं गुणवैतृष्ण्यमुच्यते वैराग्येणैव संत्याज्याः सिद्धयश्चौपसर्गिकाः

Transliteration

vaitṛṣṇyaṃ puruṣe khyātaṃ guṇavaitṛṣṇyamucyate vairāgyeṇaiva saṃtyājyāḥ siddhayaścaupasargikāḥ

Translation

Le détachement chez l’être incarné (puruṣa) est renommé ; on l’appelle absence de soif pour les guṇas (guṇa-vaitṛṣṇya). Et par la seule renonciation véritable, même les siddhis accessoires surgissant comme obstacles (aupāsargika) doivent être abandonnés.

Word by Word

• वैतृष्ण्यम्: thirstlessness, dispassion

• पुरुषे: in the puruṣa/embodied self

• ख्यातम्: well-known, renowned

• गुण-वैतृष्ण्यम्: dispassion toward the guṇas (sattva-rajas-tamas)

• उच्यते: is called

• वैराग्येण: by renunciation, through detachment

• एव: alone, indeed

• संत्याज्याः: to be completely abandoned

• सिद्धयः: yogic powers/attainments

• च: and

• औपसर्गिकाः: incidental, adventitious, arising as impediments (upasargas).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching tradition to the sages at Naimisharanya)