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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.11.6

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
12
Verses
427
Level
intermediate

Sarga 11 · Verse 6

निजां च प्रकृतामेव व्यवहारपरम्पराम् । परिपूर्णमना मान्य आचरिष्यत्यखण्डितम् ॥ ६ ॥

nijāṁ ca prakṛtāmēva vyavahāraparamparām | paripūrṇamanā mānya ācariṣyatyakhaṇḍitam || 6 ||

Translation

"And the honoured prince, his mind made whole, will carry on his own natural round of duties without a break.

Word by word

nijāṁ
his own
ca
and
prakṛtām
natural
ēva
indeed
vyavahāra
of duties
paramparām
round
paripūrṇa
made whole
manā
(manāḥ) his mind
mānya
(mānyaḥ) the honoured one
ācariṣyati
will carry on
akhaṇḍitam
without a break

Meaning

Knowledge will not take Rāma out of the world. He will do what his station asks of him, but from fullness instead of want. This is the ideal of the whole work: the liberated person acting in the world.