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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
वायुनाऽऽनीयते मेघः पुनस्तेनैव नीयते ।
मनसा कल्प्यते बन्धो मोक्षस्तेनँव कल्प्यते । १७२ ॥
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172. Clouds are brought in by the wind and again
driven away by the same agency. Similarly, man's bondage
is caused by the mind, and liberation too is caused by that
alone.
देहादिसर्वविषये परिकल्प्य राग
moinA
बध्नाति तेन पुरुषं पशुवद्गुणेन ।
वैरस्यमत्र विषवत् सुविधाय पश्चा- ranfimiya
" देनं विमोचयति तन्मन एव बन्धात् ॥ १७३ ॥
173. It (first) creates an attachment in man for the body
and all other sense-objects, and binds him through that
attachment like a beast by means of ropes. Afterwards, the
selfsame mind creates in the individual an utter distaste for
these sense-objects as if they were poison, and frees him
from the bondage.
REMAS
[For the double meaning of the word Gupa, see note on sloka 76.]
तस्मान्मन: कारणमस्य जन्तो-
वन्धस्य मोक्षस्य च वा विधाने ।
बन्धस्य हेतुर्मलिनं रजोगुण-
र्मोक्षस्य शुद्धं विरजस्तमस्कम् ॥ १७४ ॥
174. Therefore the mind is the only cause that brings
about man's bondage or liberation: when tainted by the
effects of rajas it leads to bondage, and when pure and
VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
वायुनाऽऽनीयते मेघः पुनस्तेनैव नीयते ।
मनसा कल्प्यते बन्धो मोक्षस्तेनँव कल्प्यते । १७२ ॥
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lit
172. Clouds are brought in by the wind and again
driven away by the same agency. Similarly, man's bondage
is caused by the mind, and liberation too is caused by that
alone.
देहादिसर्वविषये परिकल्प्य राग
moinA
बध्नाति तेन पुरुषं पशुवद्गुणेन ।
वैरस्यमत्र विषवत् सुविधाय पश्चा- ranfimiya
" देनं विमोचयति तन्मन एव बन्धात् ॥ १७३ ॥
173. It (first) creates an attachment in man for the body
and all other sense-objects, and binds him through that
attachment like a beast by means of ropes. Afterwards, the
selfsame mind creates in the individual an utter distaste for
these sense-objects as if they were poison, and frees him
from the bondage.
REMAS
[For the double meaning of the word Gupa, see note on sloka 76.]
तस्मान्मन: कारणमस्य जन्तो-
वन्धस्य मोक्षस्य च वा विधाने ।
बन्धस्य हेतुर्मलिनं रजोगुण-
र्मोक्षस्य शुद्धं विरजस्तमस्कम् ॥ १७४ ॥
174. Therefore the mind is the only cause that brings
about man's bondage or liberation: when tainted by the
effects of rajas it leads to bondage, and when pure and