तावद्विचारयेत्प्राज्ञो यावद्विश्रान्तिमात्मनि । संप्रयात्यपुनर्नाशां शान्तिं तुर्यपदाभिधाम् ॥ ९ ॥
tāvadvicārayētprājñō yāvadviśrāntimātmani | saṁprayātyapunarnāśāṁ śāntiṁ turyapadābhidhām || 9 ||
Translation
the wise one should inquire until he comes to rest in the Self and reaches the peace called the fourth state, which is never lost again.
Word by word
- tāvad
- so long
- vicārayēt
- should inquire
- prājñō
- (prājñaḥ) the wise one
- yāvad
- until
- viśrāntim
- rest
- ātmani
- in the Self
- saṁprayāti
- he reaches
- apunarnāśāṁ
- never lost again
- śāntiṁ
- the peace
- turya
- the fourth
- pada
- state
- abhidhām
- called
Meaning
The end of the sentence: inquiry continues until it is no longer needed. The fourth (turya) is the state beyond waking, dream and deep sleep. The commentary cites the śruti that "they consider the fourth to be the peaceful, the non-dual" and identifies the peace named here with the seventh stage of knowledge, the last of the seven described in this work. "Never lost again" is the mark that separates it from every pleasant state of mind, all of which pass.