चत्वार एते विमला उपाया भवभेदने । यैरभ्यस्तास्त उत्तीर्णा मोहवारिभवार्णवात् ॥ २० ॥
catvāra ētē vimalā upāyā bhavabhēdanē | yairabhyastāsta uttīrṇā mōhavāribhavārṇavāt || 20 ||
Translation
These four are the spotless means of breaking through becoming. Those who have practised them have crossed the ocean of becoming, whose water is delusion.
Word by word
- catvāra
- (catvāraḥ) four
- ētē
- these
- vimalā
- (vimalāḥ) spotless
- upāyā
- (upāyāḥ) means
- bhava
- becoming; of becoming
- bhēdanē
- of breaking through
- yair
- (yaiḥ) by whom
- abhyastās
- (abhyastāḥ) have been practised
- ta
- (te) they
- uttīrṇā
- (uttīrṇāḥ) have crossed
- mōha
- delusion
- vāri
- whose water is
- arṇavāt
- the ocean
Meaning
The commentary says they are means for destroying saṁsāra at its root. The verse speaks of practice, abhyāsa, not of admiration. The four have been praised at length, and now the point is that they were practised by those who crossed.