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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.17.13

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 13

Verse 13

तस्मिन्निरस्तनिःशेषसङ्कल्पा स्थितिमेषि चेत् । सर्वात्मकं पदं तत्त्वं त्वं तदाप्नोष्यसंशयम् ॥ १३ ॥

tasminnirastaniḥśēṣasaṅkalpā sthitimēṣi cēt | sarvātmakaṁ padaṁ tattvaṁ tvaṁ tadāpnōṣyasaṁśayam || 13 ||

Translation

If you come to rest in that, with every thought cast off, you will surely reach the state that is the self of all, the truth.

Word by word

tasmin
in that
nirasta
cast off
niḥśēṣa
every
saṅkalpā
with thought
sthitim
to rest
ēṣi
you come
cēt
if
sarvātmakaṁ
that is the self of all
padaṁ
the state
tattvaṁ
the truth
tvaṁ
you
tadā
then
āpnōṣi
will reach
asaṁśayam
surely

Meaning

The commentary introduces the verse: so your reaching the space of awareness is itself your going near your husband, who stands as the space of awareness, for his next world is imagined in it. Lady, if you leave all imaginings and fix your mind in that space of awareness, you will surely reach that all-pervading reality.