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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
[The sedge has to be prevented from closing in means of a bamboo
or some other thing. Meditation also is necessary to keep nescience
away.]
123
लक्ष्यच्युतं चेद्यदि चित्तमीषंद्
बहिर्मुखं सन्निपतेत्ततस्ततः ।
प्रमादत: प्रच्युतकेलिकन्दुक:
सोपानपङ्क्तौ पतितो यथा तथा ॥ ३२५ ॥
325. If the mind ever so slightly strays from the Ideall
and becomes outgoing, then it goes down and down, just
as a play-ball inadvertently dropped on the staircase
bounces down from one step to another.
[Ideal- Brahman, Cf. Mundaka, II. ii. 3-4.
What a terrible and graphic warning to happy-go-lucky aspirants! ]
विपयेष्वाविशच्चेतः संकल्पयति तद्गुणान् ।
सम्यक्संकल्पनात्कामः कामात्पुंसः प्रवर्तनम् ॥ ३२६ ॥
326. The mind that is attached to the sense-objects
reflects on their qualities; from mature reflection arises
desire, and after desiring, a man sets about having that
thing.
[ An echo of Gitā, II. 62-63.]
अतः प्रमादान्न परोऽस्ति मृत्यु-
विवेकिनो ब्रह्मविदः समाधौ ।
समाहितः सिद्धिमुपैति सम्यक्
समाहितात्मा भव सावधान: ॥ ३२७ ॥
[The sedge has to be prevented from closing in means of a bamboo
or some other thing. Meditation also is necessary to keep nescience
away.]
123
लक्ष्यच्युतं चेद्यदि चित्तमीषंद्
बहिर्मुखं सन्निपतेत्ततस्ततः ।
प्रमादत: प्रच्युतकेलिकन्दुक:
सोपानपङ्क्तौ पतितो यथा तथा ॥ ३२५ ॥
325. If the mind ever so slightly strays from the Ideall
and becomes outgoing, then it goes down and down, just
as a play-ball inadvertently dropped on the staircase
bounces down from one step to another.
[Ideal- Brahman, Cf. Mundaka, II. ii. 3-4.
What a terrible and graphic warning to happy-go-lucky aspirants! ]
विपयेष्वाविशच्चेतः संकल्पयति तद्गुणान् ।
सम्यक्संकल्पनात्कामः कामात्पुंसः प्रवर्तनम् ॥ ३२६ ॥
326. The mind that is attached to the sense-objects
reflects on their qualities; from mature reflection arises
desire, and after desiring, a man sets about having that
thing.
[ An echo of Gitā, II. 62-63.]
अतः प्रमादान्न परोऽस्ति मृत्यु-
विवेकिनो ब्रह्मविदः समाधौ ।
समाहितः सिद्धिमुपैति सम्यक्
समाहितात्मा भव सावधान: ॥ ३२७ ॥