विदितवेद्यमिदं हि मनो मुने- र्विवशमेव हि याति परं पदम् । यदवबुद्धमखण्डितमुत्तमं तदवबोधवशान्न जहाति हि ॥ १५ ॥
viditavēdyamidaṁ hi manō munē- rvivaśamēva hi yāti paraṁ padam | yadavabuddhamakhaṇḍitamuttamaṁ tadavabōdhavaśānna jahāti hi || 15 ||
Translation
For the mind of the sage, having known what is to be known, goes to the highest state even without willing it; and the highest, unbroken, once awakened to, it does not leave, because of that awakening.
Word by word
- vidita
- having known
- vēdyam
- what is to be known
- idaṁ
- this
- hi
- for; indeed
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- munēr
- (muneḥ) of the sage
- vivaśam
- even without willing it
- ēva
- indeed
- yāti
- goes
- paraṁ
- the highest
- padam
- state
- yad
- which
- avabuddham
- once awakened to
- akhaṇḍitam
- unbroken
- uttamaṁ
- the highest
- tad
- it
- avabōdha
- of that awakening
- vaśān
- (vaśāt) because
- na
- not
- jahāti
- leave
Meaning
The prakaraṇa ends in drutavilambita. The commentary says this is said so that one does not think the state is reached only by the strength of the means: the nature of what is known also carries one there. The mind of one who reflects, having come to know what is to be known, reaches the highest state as if helpless, by the force of what it knows; and, awake and done with ignorance and all it made, it does not leave that unbroken state. The commentary quotes a verse: one in whom knowledge of the Self has become as firm as the ordinary man's knowledge that he is the body is free even without wishing it.