Verse 20

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवं शुभाशुभैर्भावैः सा नाडीति विभावयेत् । तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते पुनर्जन्मविवर्जिताः ॥२०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एवम् । शुभ-अशुभैः । भावैः । सा । नाडी । इति । विभावयेत् । तत्-भाविताः । प्रपद्यन्ते । पुनः-जन्म-विवर्जिताः ।

IAST Transliteration

evaṃ śubhāśubhair bhāvaiḥ sā nāḍīti vibhāvayet | tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante punarjanmavivarjitāḥ ||20||

Translation

இவ்வாறு சுபமும் அசுபமும் ஆகிய நிலைகளின் வழியாக அந்தச் செயல்முறையை ‘இதுவே நாடி’ என்று தியானிக்க வேண்டும். அந்தத் தியானத்தில் நிறைந்தவர்கள் பரமபதத்தை அடைந்து, மறுபிறப்பின்றி விடுதலை பெறுவர்.

Academic Translation

Thus one should contemplate that [process] as ‘the nāḍī’ through auspicious and inauspicious states. Those who are imbued with that contemplation attain [the goal], being free from rebirth.

Verse Context

• Saṃsāra and Mokṣa; transformation of bhāva (mental dispositions) leading to freedom from punarjanma
• Mahavakya: Indirect: purification and steady contemplation prepare the mind for mahāvākya-based aparokṣa-jñāna (immediate knowledge) such as ‘ayam ātmā brahma’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (śloka meter, with minor irregularity possible in transmission)