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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
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मात्रास्तदीया विषया भवन्ति
शब्दादय: पञ्च सुखाय भोक्तुः ॥ ७४ ॥
74. Being united! with parts of one another and
becoming gross, (they) form the gross body. And their
subtle essences2 form³ sense-objects-the group of five4
such as sound, which conduce to the happiness of the
experiencer, the individual soul.
[¹Being united etc.-The process is as follows: Each of the five
elements is divided into two parts. One of the two halves is further
divided into four parts. Then each gross element is formed by the union
of one-half of itself with one-eighth of each of the other four.
2Subtle essences-Tanmatras.
3Form etc.-by being received by the sense-organs.
Five etc.-sound, touch, smell, taste, and sight.
5 Happiness etc.-Happiness includes its opposite, misery.]
य एषु मूढा विषयेषु बद्धा
रागोरुपाशेन सुदुर्दमेन ।
आयान्ति निर्यान्त्यध ऊर्ध्वमुच्चैः
स्वकर्मदूतेन जवेन नीताः ॥ ७५ ॥
75. Those fools who are tied to these sense-objects by
the stout cord of attachment, so very difficult to snap,
comel and depart, up and down, carried amain by the
powerful emissary2 of their past action.
[¹Come etc.-Become subject to birth and death and assume various
bodies from those of angels to those of brutes, according to the merits
of their work.
2Emissary etc.-Just as a culprit seizing things not belonging to him
is put in fetters and sentenced by the State officer in various ways, so
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मात्रास्तदीया विषया भवन्ति
शब्दादय: पञ्च सुखाय भोक्तुः ॥ ७४ ॥
74. Being united! with parts of one another and
becoming gross, (they) form the gross body. And their
subtle essences2 form³ sense-objects-the group of five4
such as sound, which conduce to the happiness of the
experiencer, the individual soul.
[¹Being united etc.-The process is as follows: Each of the five
elements is divided into two parts. One of the two halves is further
divided into four parts. Then each gross element is formed by the union
of one-half of itself with one-eighth of each of the other four.
2Subtle essences-Tanmatras.
3Form etc.-by being received by the sense-organs.
Five etc.-sound, touch, smell, taste, and sight.
5 Happiness etc.-Happiness includes its opposite, misery.]
य एषु मूढा विषयेषु बद्धा
रागोरुपाशेन सुदुर्दमेन ।
आयान्ति निर्यान्त्यध ऊर्ध्वमुच्चैः
स्वकर्मदूतेन जवेन नीताः ॥ ७५ ॥
75. Those fools who are tied to these sense-objects by
the stout cord of attachment, so very difficult to snap,
comel and depart, up and down, carried amain by the
powerful emissary2 of their past action.
[¹Come etc.-Become subject to birth and death and assume various
bodies from those of angels to those of brutes, according to the merits
of their work.
2Emissary etc.-Just as a culprit seizing things not belonging to him
is put in fetters and sentenced by the State officer in various ways, so