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युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
धर्माधर्मविमुक्तं यद्विमुक्तं सर्वसंश्रयात्। जन्ममृत्युविमुक्तं च विमुक्तं पुण्यपापयोः ॥१२-२९८-१॥
dharmādharmavimuktaṃ yadvimuktaṃ sarvasaṃśrayāt। janmamṛtyuvimuktaṃ ca vimuktaṃ puṇyapāpayoḥ ॥12-298-1॥
[धर्म (dharma) - righteousness; अधर्म (adharma) - unrighteousness; विमुक्तं (vimuktam) - freed; यत् (yat) - which; विमुक्तं (vimuktam) - freed; सर्व (sarva) - all; संश्रयात् (saṃśrayāt) - from dependence; जन्म (janma) - birth; मृत्यु (mṛtyu) - death; विमुक्तं (vimuktam) - freed; च (ca) - and; विमुक्तं (vimuktam) - freed; पुण्य (puṇya) - merit; पापयोः (pāpayoḥ) - from both sin;]
(That which is freed from righteousness and unrighteousness, which is freed from all dependence, which is freed from birth and death, and which is freed from both merit and sin.)
That which is free from righteousness and unrighteousness, free from all dependence, free from birth and death, and free from both merit and sin.
यच्छिवं नित्यमभयं नित्यं चाक्षरमव्ययम्। शुचि नित्यमनायासं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥१२-२९८-२॥
yacchivaṃ nityamabhayaṃ nityaṃ cākṣaramavyayam। śuci nityamanāyāsaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati ॥12-298-2॥
[यत् (yat) - which; शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious; नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal; अभयम् (abhayam) - fearless; नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal; च (ca) - and; अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - imperishable; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - unchanging; शुचि (śuci) - pure; नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal; अनायासम् (anāyāsam) - effortless; तत् (tat) - that; भवान् (bhavān) - you; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; अर्हति (arhati) - are worthy;]
(Which is auspicious, eternal, fearless, eternal, and imperishable, unchanging, pure, eternal, effortless—that you are worthy to speak.)
You are worthy to speak of that which is auspicious, eternal, fearless, imperishable, unchanging, pure, and effortless.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम्। याज्ञवल्क्यस्य संवादं जनकस्य च भारत ॥१२-२९८-३॥
atra te vartayiṣye'hamitihāsaṃ purātanam। yājñavalkyasya saṃvādaṃ janakasya ca bhārata ॥12-298-3॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; ते (te) - to you; वर्तयिष्ये (vartayiṣye) - I shall narrate; अहम् (aham) - I; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; याज्ञवल्क्यस्य (yājñavalkyasya) - of Yājñavalkya; संवादम् (saṃvādam) - dialogue; जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Here to you I shall narrate the ancient history, the dialogue of Yājñavalkya and Janaka, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, here I shall narrate to you the ancient history, the dialogue between Yājñavalkya and Janaka.
याज्ञवल्क्यमृषिश्रेष्ठं दैवरातिर्महायशाः। पप्रच्छ जनको राजा प्रश्नं प्रश्नविदां वरः ॥१२-२९८-४॥
yājñavalkyam ṛṣiśreṣṭhaṃ daivarātir mahāyaśāḥ। papraccha janako rājā praśnaṃ praśnavidāṃ varaḥ॥12-298-4॥
[याज्ञवल्क्यम् (yājñavalkyam) - to Yājñavalkya; ऋषि-श्रेष्ठम् (ṛṣi-śreṣṭham) - the best among sages; दैवरातिः (daivarātiḥ) - Daivarāti (patronymic of Janaka); महायशाः (mahā-yaśāḥ) - of great fame; पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked; जनकः (janakaḥ) - Janaka; राजा (rājā) - the king; प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - a question; प्रश्नविदाम् (praśnavidām) - of those who know questions; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(To Yājñavalkya, the best among sages, Daivarāti of great fame, Janaka the king, the best among those who know questions, asked a question.)
Janaka, the renowned king of the Daivarāti lineage, who was foremost among those skilled in questioning, asked Yājñavalkya, the greatest of sages, a question.
कतीन्द्रियाणि विप्रर्षे कति प्रकृतयः स्मृताः। किमव्यक्तं परं ब्रह्म तस्माच्च परतस्तु किम् ॥१२-२९८-५॥
katīndriyāṇi viprarṣe kati prakṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ। kimavyaktaṃ paraṃ brahma tasmācca paratastu kim ॥12-298-5॥
[कति (kati) - how many; इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses; विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O best of Brāhmaṇas; कति (kati) - how many; प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - primordial natures; स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are remembered; किम् (kim) - what; अव्यक्तं (avyaktam) - the unmanifest; परं (param) - supreme; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; च (ca) - and; परतः (paratas) - beyond; तु (tu) - but; किम् (kim) - what;]
(How many senses, O best of Brāhmaṇas, how many primordial natures are remembered? What is the unmanifest, the supreme Brahman? And what is there beyond that?)
O best of Brāhmaṇas, how many senses are there, and how many primordial natures are remembered? What is the unmanifest, the supreme Brahman, and what exists beyond that?
प्रभवं चाप्ययं चैव कालसङ्ख्यां तथैव च। वक्तुमर्हसि विप्रेन्द्र त्वदनुग्रहकाङ्क्षिणः ॥१२-२९८-६॥
prabhavaṃ cāpyayaṃ caiva kālasaṅkhyāṃ tathaiva ca। vaktumarhasi viprendra tvadanugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ॥12-298-6॥
[प्रभवम् (prabhavam) - origin; च (ca) - and; अप्ययम् (apyayam) - dissolution; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कालसङ्ख्याम् (kālasaṅkhyām) - reckoning of time; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; च (ca) - and; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy; विप्रेन्द्र (viprendra) - O best of Brāhmaṇas; त्वत् (tvat) - by you; अनुग्रह (anugraha) - favor; काङ्क्षिणः (kāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - desiring;]
(Origin and dissolution and indeed the reckoning of time likewise and to speak you are worthy, O best of Brāhmaṇas, by you favor desiring.)
O best of Brāhmaṇas, you are worthy to speak of the origin, dissolution, and likewise the reckoning of time, for we are desiring your favor.
अज्ञानात्परिपृच्छामि त्वं हि ज्ञानमयो निधिः। तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सर्वमेतदसंशयम् ॥१२-२९८-७॥
ajñānāt paripṛcchāmi tvaṃ hi jñānamayo nidhiḥ। tad ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi sarvam etad asaṃśayam ॥12-298-7॥
[अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - from ignorance; परिपृच्छामि (paripṛcchāmi) - I thoroughly ask; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; ज्ञानमयः (jñānamayaḥ) - consisting of knowledge; निधिः (nidhiḥ) - treasure; तत् (tat) - that; अहम् (aham) - I; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; असंशयम् (asaṃśayam) - without doubt;]
(From ignorance I thoroughly ask you, indeed you are a treasure consisting of knowledge. That I desire to hear all this without doubt.)
Because of my ignorance, I ask you thoroughly, for you are truly a treasure of knowledge. Therefore, I wish to hear all this from you without any doubt.
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच॥
yājñavalkya uvāca॥
[याज्ञवल्क्य (yājñavalkya) - Yājñavalkya; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Yājñavalkya said;)
Yājñavalkya said.
श्रूयतामवनीपाल यदेतदनुपृच्छसि। योगानां परमं ज्ञानं साङ्ख्यानां च विशेषतः ॥१२-२९८-८॥
śrūyatām avanīpāla yad etad anupṛcchasi। yogānāṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ sāṅkhyānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ ॥12-298-8॥
[श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard; अवनीपाल (avanīpāla) - O protector of the earth; यत् (yat) - which; एतत् (etad) - this; अनुपृच्छसि (anupṛcchasi) - you ask; योगानाम् (yogānām) - of the yogas; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge; साङ्ख्यानाम् (sāṅkhyānām) - of the Sāṅkhyas; च (ca) - and; विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially;]
(Let it be heard, O protector of the earth, that which you ask— the supreme knowledge of the yogas, and especially of the Sāṅkhyas.)
O king, listen to what you have asked: the supreme knowledge of the yogas, and especially that of the Sāṅkhyas.
न तवाविदितं किञ्चिन्मां तु जिज्ञासते भवान्। पृष्टेन चापि वक्तव्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥१२-२९८-९॥
na tavāviditaṃ kiñcin māṃ tu jijñāsate bhavān। pṛṣṭena cāpi vaktavyam eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ॥12-298-9॥
[न (na) - not; तव (tava) - to you; अविदितं (aviditaṃ) - unknown; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; माम् (mām) - me; तु (tu) - but; जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate) - you inquire; भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific); पृष्टेन (pṛṣṭena) - when asked; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - should be spoken; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - law; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal;]
(Not to you is anything unknown, but you inquire of me; when asked, also, it should be spoken—this is the eternal law.)
There is nothing unknown to you, yet you ask me; when asked, one should answer—this is the eternal law.
अष्टौ प्रकृतयः प्रोक्ता विकाराश्चापि षोडश। अथ सप्त तु व्यक्तानि प्राहुरध्यात्मचिन्तकाः ॥१२-२९८-१०॥
aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ proktā vikārāś cāpi ṣoḍaśa। atha sapta tu vyaktāni prāhur adhyātmacintakāḥ ॥12-298-10॥
[अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - natures; प्रोक्ता (proktā) - are said; विकाराः (vikārāḥ) - modifications; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen; अथ (atha) - now; सप्त (sapta) - seven; तु (tu) - but; व्यक्तानि (vyaktāni) - manifested; प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they declare; अध्यात्मचिन्तकाः (adhyātmacintakāḥ) - those who contemplate on the self;]
(Eight natures are said, and also sixteen modifications. Now, but seven manifested (entities) are declared by those who contemplate on the self.)
It is said that there are eight natures and also sixteen modifications. Now, those who contemplate on the self declare that there are seven manifested entities.
अव्यक्तं च महांश्चैव तथाहङ्कार एव च। पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् ॥१२-२९८-११॥
avyaktaṃ ca mahāṃścaiva tathāhaṅkāra eva ca। pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam ॥12-298-11॥
[अव्यक्तं (avyaktam) - unmanifest; च (ca) - and; महान् (mahān) - great principle; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तथा (tathā) - likewise; अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego-principle; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth; वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air; आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space; आपः (āpaḥ) - waters; ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light; च (ca) - and; पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - the fifth;]
(Unmanifest and the great principle indeed, likewise the ego-principle indeed and earth, air, space, waters, and light as the fifth.)
The unmanifest, the great principle, and likewise the ego-principle, as well as earth, air, space, water, and light as the fifth element.
एताः प्रकृतयस्त्वष्टौ विकारानपि मे शृणु। श्रोत्रं त्वक्चैव चक्षुश्च जिह्वा घ्राणं च पञ्चमम् ॥१२-२९८-१२॥
etāḥ prakṛtayas tvaṣṭau vikārān api me śṛṇu। śrotraṃ tvak caiva cakṣuś ca jihvā ghrāṇaṃ ca pañcamam ॥12-298-12॥
[एताः (etāḥ) - these; प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - natures; त्व (tva) - you; अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; विकारान् (vikārān) - modifications; अपि (api) - also; मे (me) - to me; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear; श्रोत्रं (śrotraṃ) - ear; त्वक् (tvak) - skin; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye; च (ca) - and; जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue; घ्राणं (ghrāṇaṃ) - nose; च (ca) - and; पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - the fifth;]
(These natures, you, eight modifications also to me hear. Ear, skin and indeed eye and tongue, nose and the fifth.)
Hear from me about these natures and also the eight modifications. The ear, skin, eye, tongue, nose, and the fifth (sense).
शब्दस्पर्शौ च रूपं च रसो गन्धस्तथैव च। वाक्च हस्तौ च पादौ च पायुर्मेढ्रं तथैव च ॥१२-२९८-१३॥
śabdasparśau ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhas tathaiva ca। vāk ca hastau ca pādau ca pāyur meḍhraṃ tathaiva ca ॥12-298-13॥
[शब्द (śabda) - sound; स्पर्शौ (sparśau) - touches; च (ca) - and; रूपं (rūpaṃ) - form; च (ca) - and; रसः (rasaḥ) - taste; गन्धः (gandhaḥ) - smell; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; च (ca) - and; वाक् (vāk) - speech; च (ca) - and; हस्तौ (hastau) - two hands; च (ca) - and; पादौ (pādau) - two feet; च (ca) - and; पायुः (pāyuḥ) - anus; मेढ्रं (meḍhraṃ) - genitals; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; च (ca) - and;]
(sound, touches and form and taste, smell likewise and; speech and two hands and two feet and anus, genitals likewise and.)
Sound, touch, form, taste, and smell; likewise, speech, hands, feet, anus, and genitals.
एते विशेषा राजेन्द्र महाभूतेषु पञ्चसु। बुद्धीन्द्रियाण्यथैतानि सविशेषाणि मैथिल ॥१२-२९८-१४॥
ete viśeṣā rājendra mahābhūteṣu pañcasu। buddhīndriyāṇy athaitāni saviśeṣāṇi maithila ॥12-298-14॥
[एते (ete) - these; विशेषा (viśeṣāḥ) - particularities; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; महाभूतेषु (mahābhūteṣu) - in the great elements; पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - in the five; बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि (buddhīndriyāṇi) - organs of intellect; अथ (atha) - then; एतानि (etāni) - these; सविशेषाणि (saviśeṣāṇi) - with particularities; मैथिल (maithila) - O Maithila;]
(These particularities, O king, are in the five great elements. The organs of intellect, then these, with particularities, O Maithila.)
O Maithila, these particularities, O king, exist in the five great elements. These organs of intellect are also with particularities.
मनः षोडशकं प्राहुरध्यात्मगतिचिन्तकाः। त्वं चैवान्ये च विद्वांसस्तत्त्वबुद्धिविशारदाः ॥१२-२९८-१५॥
manaḥ ṣoḍaśakaṃ prāhur adhyātmagaticintakāḥ। tvaṃ caiva anye ca vidvāṃsaḥ tattvabuddhiviśāradāḥ ॥12-298-15॥
[मनः (manaḥ) - mind; षोडशकं (ṣoḍaśakam) - sixteenfold; प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they have said; अध्यात्म (adhyātma) - pertaining to the self; गति (gati) - movement; चिन्तकाः (cintakāḥ) - thinkers; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; अन्ये (anye) - others; च (ca) - and; विद्वांसः (vidvāṃsaḥ) - learned ones; तत्त्व (tattva) - truth; बुद्धि (buddhi) - understanding; विशारदाः (viśāradāḥ) - skilled;]
(The mind is said to be sixteenfold by those who contemplate the movement of the self; you and other learned ones skilled in understanding the truth (have said so).)
Those who contemplate the movement of the self have declared the mind to be sixteenfold; you, as well as other learned ones skilled in discerning the truth, have also affirmed this.
अव्यक्ताच्च महानात्मा समुत्पद्यति पार्थिव। प्रथमं सर्गमित्येतदाहुः प्राधानिकं बुधाः ॥१२-२९८-१६॥
avyaktācca mahānātmā samutpadyati pārthiva। prathamaṃ sargamityetadāhuḥ prādhānikaṃ budhāḥ ॥12-298-16॥
[अव्यक्तात् (avyaktāt) - from the unmanifest; च (ca) - and; महान् (mahān) - the great (principle); आत्मा (ātmā) - self; समुत्पद्यति (samutpadyati) - arises; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king; प्रथमं (prathamaṃ) - first; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; एतत् (etad) - this; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; प्राधानिकं (prādhānikaṃ) - pertaining to the primordial; बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise;]
(From the unmanifest and the great self arises, O king; the wise say this first creation is called the primordial.)
O king, from the unmanifest, the great self arises; the wise call this first creation the primordial one.
महतश्चाप्यहङ्कार उत्पद्यति नराधिप। द्वितीयं सर्गमित्याहुरेतद्बुद्ध्यात्मकं स्मृतम् ॥१२-२९८-१७॥
mahataś cāpy ahaṅkāra utpadyati narādhipa। dvitīyaṃ sargam ity āhur etad buddhyātmakaṃ smṛtam ॥12-298-17॥
[महतः (mahataḥ) - from the Mahat (great principle); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego-principle; उत्पद्यति (utpadyati) - arises; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; द्वितीयं (dvitīyam) - second; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; एतत् (etat) - this; बुद्ध्यात्मकं (buddhyātmakaṃ) - of the nature of intellect; स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered;]
(From the Mahat, indeed, also the ego-principle arises, O king. The second creation, thus they say, this is remembered as of the nature of intellect.)
O king, from the Mahat (great principle), the ego-principle also arises. This is called the second creation, and it is remembered as being of the nature of intellect.
अहङ्काराच्च सम्भूतं मनो भूतगुणात्मकम्। तृतीयः सर्ग इत्येष आहङ्कारिक उच्यते ॥१२-२९८-१८॥
ahaṅkārācca sambhūtaṃ mano bhūtaguṇātmakam। tṛtīyaḥ sarga ityeṣa ahaṅkārika ucyate ॥12-298-18॥
[अहङ्कारात् (ahaṅkārāt) - from ego; च (ca) - and; सम्भूतम् (sambhūtam) - arisen; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; भूतगुणात्मकम् (bhūtaguṇātmakam) - having the nature of the qualities of elements; तृतीयः (tṛtīyaḥ) - third; सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; आहङ्कारिकः (āhaṅkārikaḥ) - related to ego; उच्यते (ucyate) - is called;]
(From ego and arisen is the mind, having the nature of the qualities of elements. The third creation, thus, this is called the egoic (creation).)
The mind, which arises from ego and is composed of the qualities of the elements, is known as the third creation, called the egoic creation.
मनसस्तु समुद्भूता महाभूता नराधिप। चतुर्थं सर्गमित्येतन्मानसं परिचक्षते ॥१२-२९८-१९॥
manasastu samudbhūtā mahābhūtā narādhipa। caturthaṃ sargamityetanmānasaṃ paricakṣate ॥12-298-19॥
[मनसः (manasaḥ) - of mind; तु (tu) - but; समुद्भूता (samudbhūtā) - arisen together; महाभूताः (mahābhūtāḥ) - great elements; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - the fourth; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; मानसम् (mānasam) - mental; परिचक्षते (paricakṣate) - they call;]
(But, O king, the great elements arisen from the mind—this is called the fourth creation, the mental (creation).)
O king, the great elements that have arisen from the mind are called the fourth creation, known as the mental creation.
शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसो गन्धस्तथैव च। पञ्चमं सर्गमित्याहुर्भौतिकं भूतचिन्तकाः ॥१२-२९८-२०॥
śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhas tathaiva ca। pañcamaṃ sargam ity āhur bhautikaṃ bhūtacintakāḥ ॥12-298-20॥
[शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; स्पर्शः (sparśaḥ) - touch; च (ca) - and; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; च (ca) - and; रसः (rasaḥ) - taste; गन्धः (gandhaḥ) - smell; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; च (ca) - and; पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - fifth; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; भौतिकम् (bhautikam) - material; भूतचिन्तकाः (bhūtacintakāḥ) - thinkers on elements;]
(Sound, touch, form, taste, and likewise smell—these, they say, are the fifth creation, the material, according to the thinkers on elements.)
The thinkers on elements declare that sound, touch, form, taste, and likewise smell constitute the fifth creation, which is material in nature.
श्रोत्रं त्वक्चैव चक्षुश्च जिह्वा घ्राणं च पञ्चमम्। सर्गं तु षष्ठमित्याहुर्बहुचिन्तात्मकं स्मृतम् ॥१२-२९८-२१॥
śrotraṃ tvak caiva cakṣuś ca jihvā ghrāṇaṃ ca pañcamam। sargaṃ tu ṣaṣṭham ity āhur bahucintātmakaṃ smṛtam ॥12-298-21॥
[श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - ear; त्वक् (tvak) - skin; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye; च (ca) - and; जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue; घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - nose; च (ca) - and; पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - fifth; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; तु (tu) - but; षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - sixth; इति (iti) - thus; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; बहुचिन्तात्मकम् (bahucintātmakam) - of the nature of much thought; स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered;]
(Ear, skin, and indeed eye and tongue, nose and the fifth; creation, but the sixth thus they say, of the nature of much thought, is remembered.)
The ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose are the five senses; the sixth creation, they say, is remembered as being of the nature of much thought.
अधः श्रोत्रेन्द्रियग्राम उत्पद्यति नराधिप। सप्तमं सर्गमित्याहुरेतदैन्द्रियकं स्मृतम् ॥१२-२९८-२२॥
adhaḥ śrotrendriyagrāma utpadyati narādhipa| saptamaṃ sargamityāhureta daindriyakaṃ smṛtam ॥12-298-22॥
[अधः (adhaḥ) - below; श्रोत्रेन्द्रियग्राम (śrotrendriyagrāma) - the group of auditory senses; उत्पद्यति (utpadyati) - arises; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; सप्तमं (saptamaṃ) - seventh; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; आहु (āhu) - they say; एतत् (etat) - this; ऐन्द्रियकं (aindriyakaṃ) - pertaining to the senses; स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered;]
(Below, the group of auditory senses arises, O king. The seventh creation thus they say, this is remembered as pertaining to the senses.)
O king, below, the group of auditory senses arises. This is called the seventh creation, known as the sensory creation.
ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्तथा तिर्यगुत्पद्यति नराधिप। अष्टमं सर्गमित्याहुरेतदार्जवकं बुधाः ॥१२-२९८-२३॥
ūrdhvasrotastathā tiryagutpadyati narādhipa। aṣṭamaṃ sargamityāhuretadārjavakaṃ budhāḥ ॥12-298-23॥
[ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस् (ūrdhvasrotas) - upward-flowing; तथा (tathā) - likewise; तिर्यक् (tiryak) - across; उत्पद्यति (utpadyati) - arises; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - eighth; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; एतत् (etat) - this; आर्जवकम् (ārjavakam) - of straightforwardness; बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise;]
(Upward-flowing, likewise across arises, O king; the eighth creation thus they say, this is of straightforwardness, the wise.)
O king, the wise say that the eighth creation, which arises upward and across, is called the creation of straightforwardness.
तिर्यक्स्रोतस्त्वधःस्रोत उत्पद्यति नराधिप। नवमं सर्गमित्याहुरेतदार्जवकं बुधाः ॥१२-२९८-२४॥
tiryak-srotas tv adhaḥ-srota utpadyati narādhipa। navamaṃ sargam ity āhur etad ārjavakaṃ budhāḥ ॥12-298-24॥
[तिर्यक्स्रोतस् (tiryak-srotas) - with horizontal current; त्व् (tv) - but; अधःस्रोतः (adhaḥ-srotaḥ) - with downward current; उत्पद्यति (utpadyati) - arises; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; नवमम् (navamam) - ninth; सर्गम् (sargam) - creation; इति (iti) - thus; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; एतत् (etat) - this; आर्जवकम् (ārjavakam) - of honesty; बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise;]
(With horizontal current but with downward current arises, O king; the ninth creation thus they say, this is of honesty, the wise.)
O king, the wise say that the ninth creation, which arises with a horizontal and downward current, is called the creation of honesty.
एतानि नव सर्गाणि तत्त्वानि च नराधिप। चतुर्विंशतिरुक्तानि यथाश्रुति निदर्शनात् ॥१२-२९८-२५॥
etāni nava sargāṇi tattvāni ca narādhipa। caturviṃśatiruktāni yathāśruti nidarśanāt ॥12-298-25॥
[एतानि (etāni) - these; नव (nava) - nine; सर्गाणि (sargāṇi) - creations; तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) - principles; च (ca) - and; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; चतुर्विंशति (caturviṃśati) - twenty-four; उक्तानि (uktāni) - have been stated; यथा (yathā) - as; श्रुति (śruti) - the Veda; निदर्शनात् (nidarśanāt) - by illustration;]
(These nine creations and principles, O king, twenty-four have been stated as per the Veda by illustration.)
O king, these nine creations and principles, twenty-four in total, have been stated as per the Veda and by illustration.
अत ऊर्ध्वं महाराज गुणस्यैतस्य तत्त्वतः। महात्मभिरनुप्रोक्तां कालसङ्ख्यां निबोध मे ॥१२-२९८-२६॥
ata ūrdhvaṃ mahārāja guṇasyaitasya tattvataḥ। mahātmabhir anuproktāṃ kālasaṅkhyāṃ nibodha me ॥12-298-26॥
[अत (ata) - from here; ऊर्ध्वं (ūrdhvam) - upwards; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; गुणस्य (guṇasya) - of the quality; एतस्य (etasya) - of this; तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in reality; महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by the great souls; अनुप्रोक्तां (anuproktām) - as declared; कालसङ्ख्यां (kālasaṅkhyām) - the reckoning of time; निबोध (nibodha) - know; मे (me) - from me;]
(From here upwards, O great king, the reality of this quality, as declared by the great souls, know the reckoning of time from me.)
O great king, from this point onward, listen to the true nature of this quality and the reckoning of time as declared by the great souls, as I explain it to you.
