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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.19.10

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 19 · Verse 10

Verse 10

तुर्यविश्रान्तियुक्तस्य प्रतीपस्य भवार्णवात् । जीवतोऽजीवतश्चैव गृहस्थस्य तथा यतेः ॥ १० ॥

turyaviśrāntiyuktasya pratīpasya bhavārṇavāt | jīvatō’jīvataścaiva gṛhasthasya tathā yatēḥ || 10 ||

Translation

For one who is joined to rest in the fourth and has crossed the ocean of becoming, whether he lives or has left the body, whether he is a householder or a renunciant,

Word by word

turya
in the fourth
viśrānti
to rest
yuktasya
for one who is joined
pratīpasya
who has crossed
bhava
of becoming
arṇavāt
the ocean
jīvatō
(jīvataḥ) whether he lives
ajīvataś
(ajīvataḥ) or has left the body
ca
and
ēva
indeed
gṛhasthasya
a householder
tathā
or
yatēḥ
a renunciant

Meaning

Verses 10 and 11 describe the one who has arrived. The commentary: he has come to the happiness of rest in the seventh stage and gone beyond the sea of saṁsāra. The list that follows takes away every outer mark by which one might judge him: alive or not, in the household or under vows. None of these makes a difference to what he is.