ये केचन समारम्भा याश्च काश्चन दृष्टयः । हेयोपादेयतस्तास्ताः क्षीयन्तेऽधिगते पदे ॥ ५ ॥
yē kēcana samārambhā yāśca kāścana dṛṣṭayaḥ | hēyōpādēyatastāstāḥ kṣīyantē’dhigatē padē || 5 ||
Translation
Whatever undertakings there are, and whatever views, those that are held as things to shun or take up all wane when that state is reached.
Word by word
- yē
- whatever
- kēcana
- there are
- samārambhā
- (samārambhāḥ) undertakings
- yāś
- (yāḥ) whatever
- ca
- and
- kāścana
- there are
- dṛṣṭayaḥ
- views
- hēya
- as to be shunned
- upādēyatas
- (upādeyataḥ) or taken up
- tāstāḥ
- those all
- kṣīyantē
- wane
- adhigatē
- when ... is reached
- padē
- that state
Meaning
The verse repeats 2.12.7 with one change: hey-opādeyataḥ, as things to be shunned or taken up. The commentary explains the undertakings as works such as sacrifice, and the views as all dealings in terms of knowing and known. What wanes is their claim on one, the sense that something must be gained or got rid of. One who has reached the goal may still do many things. He no longer does them in order to arrive.