14.047
Brahmā said;
The elders, those of firm insight, say that renunciation is austerity. Brāhmaṇas established in the source of Brahman know knowledge to be the supreme Brahman. (14-47-1)
The supreme Brahman, which is not far, whose support is Vedic knowledge, is free from duality, without attributes, eternal, inconceivable, secret, and highest. (14-47-2)
The wise, by knowledge and austerity, truly perceive that abode; those whose ignorance has been cleansed, who are purified, who have transcended passion, and who are spotless. (14-47-3)
By austerity, the seekers of the supreme follow the path to safety; those who are always engaged in renunciation are the ones who know Brahman. (14-47-4)
They say austerity is like a lamp and that conduct accomplishes dharma; but we know knowledge is indeed the highest, and renunciation is the best form of austerity. (14-47-5)
But he who knows unobstructed knowledge through the ascertainment of Truth, the Self abiding in all beings, he is deemed to have attained the universal goal. (14-47-6)
The wise one who perceives both association and separation, and likewise oneness and diversity, is completely freed from sorrow. (14-47-7)
He who neither desires anything nor despises anything at all, while still living in this world, indeed becomes eligible for brahmanhood. (14-47-8)
He who knows the principle of primordial matter and the qualities, who knows the arrangement of all beings, who is free from the sense of mineness and egoism, is liberated; there is no doubt about this here. (14-47-9)
Being free from dualities, without salutations, and without the form of svadhā—one attains the qualityless, eternal, non-dual (state) only through calmness. (14-47-10)
When a being abandons all actions composed of the guṇa-s, both auspicious and inauspicious, and lets go of both truth and untruth, he is liberated; there is no doubt about this. (14-47-11)
The mahat principle, which originates from the unmanifest seed and is composed of the group of intellect, has the great ego as its branch and the senses as its inner cavity. (14-47-12)
It has branches formed of the great elements and many special subsidiary branches; it is always leafy and always flowering, yielding both auspicious and inauspicious fruits. It is the sustainer of life for all beings, the eternal tree of Brahman. (14-47-13)
Having cut and pierced this by the supreme sword of knowledge, and having abandoned attachment, one attains immortality and should indeed cast off the cycle of birth and death. One who is free from possessiveness and ego is liberated—there is no doubt about this. (14-47-14)
These two, who are eternal birds, friends, and also unintelligent, but one having intelligence among them is considered superior. (14-47-15)
The unconscious one is endowed with a combination of elements; but the inner self, beyond these elements, is conscious. He, the knower of the field, whose understanding is of the assemblage of elements, who is beyond the qualities, is freed from the bondage of death. (14-47-16)
