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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.17.45

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 45

Verse 45

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वहेयादेयदृशोज्झितः । सदेह इव निर्देहः ससंसारोऽप्यसंसृतिः ॥ ४५ ॥

kāryakāraṇakartṛtvahēyādēyadṛśōjjhitaḥ | sadēha iva nirdēhaḥ sasaṁsārō’pyasaṁsṛtiḥ || 45 ||

Translation

free of any view of effect and cause, of doership, of what to reject and what to accept; bodiless though as if with a body, beyond saṁsāra though in it;

Word by word

kārya
of effect
kāraṇa
and cause
kartṛtva
of doership
hēya
what to reject
ādēya
and what to accept
dṛśā
of any view
ujjhitaḥ
free
sadēha
with a body
iva
as if
nirdēhaḥ
bodiless
sasaṁsārō
(sasaṁsāraḥ) in saṁsāra
api
though
asaṁsṛtiḥ
beyond saṁsāra

Meaning

The commentary says he is free of every acceptance and rejection in all objects, of the elements, of the body and of the gods. The paradox is the one met in 2.13: he does all and does nothing.