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Shloka 24

अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu

स तमोनुद इत्युक्त: सर्वज्ञैर्वेंदपारगै: | विमलो वितमस्कक्न निर्लिड्रोडलिड्भरसंज्ञित:

sa tamonuda ity uktaḥ sarvajñair vedapāragaiḥ | vimalaḥ vitamaskaś ca nirliṅgo ’liṅgasaṃjñitaḥ ||

Vasiṣṭha nói: Các bậc hiền triết toàn tri, đã vượt qua bờ kia của Veda, gọi Ngài là “Tamonuda” — Đấng xua tan bóng tối (vô minh). Ngài thanh tịnh, vượt ngoài u ám của tamas, không vướng bất cứ màn che ô nhiễm nào; Ngài không có dấu hiệu hay giới hạn nào, nhưng vẫn được nói đến như “Vô tướng” (alīṅga). Nhờ quán chiếu nội tâm vi tế, hành giả yoga đạt đến trực kiến Đấng Chứng tri của muôn loài: vô sinh và bất tử.

सःhe/that (Supreme)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तमोनुदःdarkness-dispeller (destroyer of ignorance)
तमोनुदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतमोनुद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उक्तःcalled/said
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
सर्वज्ञैःby the omniscient (sages)
सर्वज्ञैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वज्ञ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
वेदपारगैःby those who have gone to the far shore of the Veda (Veda-knowers)
वेदपारगैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवेदपारग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
विमलःpure/spotless
विमलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविमल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वितमस्कःfree from darkness (tamas)
वितमस्कः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवितमस्क
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निर्लिङ्गःwithout marks/attributes (without liṅga)
निर्लिङ्गः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्लिङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अलिङ्गःmarkless/attribute-less
अलिङ्गः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअलिङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
भ्रसंज्ञितःdesignated/known by the name (…)
भ्रसंज्ञितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभ्रसंज्ञित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
P
Paramātman (implied)
V
Veda (as authority/tradition)
S
Sarvajña sages (generic class)

Educational Q&A

The Supreme Self is the dispeller of ignorance (tamas) and is ultimately without limiting marks (liṅga). True yoga culminates in direct realization of this pure, signless Reality—beyond the guṇas and conceptual attributes.

Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the nature of the highest Reality as understood by Vedic seers: they name it “Tamonuda,” describe it as pure and beyond darkness, and characterize it as ‘without sign,’ indicating transcendence of all upādhis (limiting adjuncts).