Dashak 1 · Samāsa 9

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आतां स्तऊं हा परमार्थ । जो साधकांचा निजस्वार्थ । नांतरी समर्थामध्ये समर्थ । योग हा

ātām staūm hā paramārtha | jo sādhakāmcā nijasvārtha | nāmtarī samarthāmadhye samartha | yoga hā

Now I praise paramārtha (ultimate truth), which is the very self-interest (nija-svārtha) of the seeker (sādhaka); or rather, the mighty-among-the-mighty — this yoga.

आहे तरी परम सुगम । परी जनासी जाला दुर्गम । कां जयाचें चुकलें वर्म । सत्समागमाकडे

āhe tarī parama sugama | parī janāsī jālā durgama | kām jayācem cukalem varma | satsamāgamākaḍe

It is in itself very easy to reach (parama sugama); but to [most] people it has become arduous (durgama); because the essential secret (varma) has been missed — [missed by straying] away from the company of the good (sat-samāgama).

नाना साधनांचे उधार । हा रोकडा ब्रह्मसाक्षात्कार । वेदशास्त्रीं जें सार । तें अनुभवास ये

nānā sādhanāmce udhāra | hā rokaḍā brahmasākṣātkāra | vedaśāstrīm jem sāra | tem anubhavāsa ye

Other disciplines are credit (udhāra); this is cash (rokaḍā) — direct realization of Brahman (brahma-sākṣātkāra). What is essence (sāra) in the Vedas and śāstras comes here into direct experience (anubhava).

आहे तरी चहूंकडे । परी अणुमात्र दृष्टी न पडे । उदास परी येकीकडे । पाहातां दिसेना

āhe tarī cahūmkaḍe | parī aṇumātra dṛṣṭī na paḍe | udāsa parī yekīkaḍe | pāhātām disenā

It is everywhere, yet an atom's worth is not seen; it is present but on one side; when looked at, it is not visible.

आकाशमार्गी गुप्त पंथ । जाणती योगिये समर्थ । इतरांस हा गुह्यार्थ । सहसा न कळे

ākāśamārgī gupta pamtha | jāṇatī yogiye samartha | itarāmsa hā guhyārtha | sahasā na kaḷe

The hidden path through the sky-way (ākāśa-mārga gupta pantha) — capable yogis know it; to others, this secret meaning (guhya-artha) is not readily understood.

साराचेंहि निजसार । अखंड अक्षै अपार । नेऊं न सकती तश्कर । कांही केल्या

sārācemhi nijasāra | akhamḍa akṣai apāra | neūm na sakatī taśkara | kāmhī kelyā

It is the very essence of essence itself (sārāce nija-sāra); unbroken (akhaṇḍa), imperishable (akṣaya), boundless (apāra); thieves cannot take it away, by any means.

तयास नाहीं राजभये । अथवा नाहीं अग्निभये । अथवास्वापदभये । बोलोंच नये

tayāsa nāhīm rājabhaye | athavā nāhīm agnibhaye | athavāsvāpadabhaye | bolomca naye

It has no fear of the king (rāja-bhaya), no fear of fire (agni-bhaya); of the fear of wild beasts (svāpada-bhaya) — one should not even speak.

परब्रह्म तें हालवेना । अथवा ठावही चुकेना । काळांतरी चळेना । जेथीचा तेथें

parabrahma tem hālavenā | athavā ṭhāvahī cukenā | kāḷāmtarī caḷenā | jethīcā tethem

Parabrahman does not move, or lose its place; over time it does not waver — remaining just where it is.

ऐसें तें निज ठेवणें । कदापि पालटों नेणे । अथवा नव्हे आदिक उणें । बहुतां काळें

aisem tem nija ṭhevaṇem | kadāpi pālaṭom neṇe | athavā navhe ādika uṇem | bahutām kāḷem

Such is that innate treasure (nija ṭhevaṇa); it never changes; neither increases nor decreases — over all time.

अथवा तें घसवटेना । अथवा अदृश्य होयेना । नांतरी पाहातां दिसेना । गुरुअंजनेविण

athavā tem ghasavaṭenā | athavā adṛśya hoyenā | nāmtarī pāhātām disenā | guruamjaneviṇa

It does not wear out, nor become invisible; yet when looked for, it is not seen — without the guru's eye-ointment (guru-añjana).

मागां योगिये समर्थ । त्यांचाहि निजस्वार्थ । यासि बोलिजे परमार्थ । परमगुह्य म्हणौनि

māgām yogiye samartha | tyāmcāhi nijasvārtha | yāsi bolije paramārtha | paramaguhya mhaṇauni

The earlier capable yogis — even their essential interest is [this]; it is therefore called paramārtha — the supreme secret (parama-guhya).

जेंही शोधून पाहिला । त्यासी अर्थ सांपडला । येरां असोनी अलभ्य जाला । जन्मोजन्मीं

jemhī śodhūna pāhilā | tyāsī artha sāmpaḍalā | yerām asonī alabhya jālā | janmojanmīm

Whoever has sought and investigated [it] — to them the meaning was found; to others it has been, though present, unattainable — birth after birth.

अपूर्वता या परमार्थाची । वार्ता नाहीं जन्ममृत्याची । आणी पदवी सायोज्यतेची । सन्निधचि लाभें

apūrvatā yā paramārthācī | vārtā nāhīm janmamṛtyācī | āṇī padavī sāyojyatecī | sannidhaci lābhem

The unprecedented greatness of paramārtha: there is no talk of birth and death; and the station of merger-unity (sāyojyatā-padavī) is gained at once (sannidha).

माया विवेकें मावळे । सारासारविचार कळे । परब्रह्म तेंहि निवळे । अंतर्यामीं

māyā vivekem māvaḷe | sārāsāravicāra kaḷe | parabrahma temhi nivaḷe | amtaryāmīm

Māyā fades through discernment (viveka); the reasoning of essence-vs-non-essence (sāra-asāra-vicāra) becomes clear; Parabrahman itself becomes lucid (nivaḷe) within (antaryāmī).

ब्रह्म भासले उदंड । ब्रह्मीं बुडालें ब्रह्मांड । पंचभूतांचें थोतांड । तुछ्य वाटे

brahma bhāsale udamḍa | brahmīm buḍālem brahmāmḍa | pamcabhūtāmcem thotāmḍa | tuchya vāṭe

Brahman appears abundantly; the universe (brahmāṇḍa) drowns in Brahman; the spectacle (thotāṇḍa) of the five elements (pañca-bhūta) feels trivial.

प्रपंच वाटे लटिका । माया वाटे लापणिका । शुद्ध आत्मा विवेका- । अंतरीं आला

prapamca vāṭe laṭikā | māyā vāṭe lāpaṇikā | śuddha ātmā vivekā- | amtarīm ālā

Worldly existence (prapañca) feels false (laṭikā); māyā feels like a mere contrivance (lāpaṇikā); the pure Self (śuddha ātmā) has come — into discernment, within.

ब्रह्मस्थित बाणतां अंतरीं । संदेह गेला ब्रह्मांडाबाहेरीं । दृश्याची जुनी जर्जरी । कुहिट जाली

brahmasthita bāṇatām amtarīm | samdeha gelā brahmāmḍābāherīm | dṛśyācī junī jarjarī | kuhiṭa jālī

When the Brahman-state is ingrained within, doubt has gone beyond the universe (brahmāṇḍa); the old worn-out appearance (jīrṇa jarjarī) of the visible has decayed.

ऐसा हा परमार्थ । जो करी त्याचा निजस्वार्थ । आतां या समर्थास समर्थ । किती म्हणौनि म्हणावें

aisā hā paramārtha | jo karī tyācā nijasvārtha | ātām yā samarthāsa samartha | kitī mhaṇauni mhaṇāvem

Such is paramārtha; whoever does [it, accomplishes] their own essential good. Now how much can one call this mighty-one mighty?

या परमार्थाकरितां । ब्रह्मादिकांसि विश्रामता । योगी पावती तन्मयता । परब्रह्मीं

yā paramārthākaritām | brahmādikāmsi viśrāmatā | yogī pāvatī tanmayatā | parabrahmīm

Through paramārtha, for Brahmā and the others, there is rest (viśrāmatā); yogis attain tanmayatā (identity) — in Parabrahman.

परमार्थ सकळांस विसांवा । सिद्ध साधु माहानुभावां । सेखीं सात्विक जड जीवां । सत्संगेंकरूनी

paramārtha sakaḷāmsa visāmvā | siddha sādhu māhānubhāvām | sekhīm sātvika jaḍa jīvām | satsamgemkarūnī

Paramārtha is rest (viśrā̃vā) for all: siddhas, sādhus, great experiencers (mahānubhāva); at the last, even sāttvic inert living beings — through satsanga.

परमार्थ जन्माचें सार्थक । परमार्थ संसारीं तारक । परमार्थ दाखवी परलोक । धार्मिकासी

paramārtha janmācem sārthaka | paramārtha samsārīm tāraka | paramārtha dākhavī paraloka | dhārmikāsī

Paramārtha is the fulfillment (sārthaka) of birth; paramārtha is the rescue in samsāra (tāraka); paramārtha shows the world-beyond (para-loka) to the righteous (dhārmika).

परमार्थ तापसांसी थार । परमार्थ साधकांसी आधार । परमार्थ दाखवी पार । भवसागराचा

paramārtha tāpasāmsī thāra | paramārtha sādhakāmsī ādhāra | paramārtha dākhavī pāra | bhavasāgarācā

Paramārtha is the refuge (thāra) of ascetics (tāpasa); paramārtha is the support (ādhāra) of seekers; paramārtha shows the far shore (pāra) of the ocean of becoming (bhava-sāgara).

परमार्थी तो राज्यधारी । परमार्थ नाहीं तो भिकारी । या परमार्थाची सरी । कोणास द्यावी

paramārthī to rājyadhārī | paramārtha nāhīm to bhikārī | yā paramārthācī sarī | koṇāsa dyāvī

One who has paramārtha is a kingdom-holder (rājya-dhārī); one without paramārtha is a beggar. To what can paramārtha be even compared?

अनंत जन्मींचें पुण्य जोडे । तरीच परमार्थ घडे । मुख्य परमात्मा आतुडे । अनुभवासी

anamta janmīmcem puṇya joḍe | tarīca paramārtha ghaḍe | mukhya paramātmā ātuḍe | anubhavāsī

Only when the merit of countless births (ananta-janmī̃cẽ puṇya) has accumulated does paramārtha become possible; then the chief Paramātmā comes into [one's] experience.

जेणें परमार्थ वोळखिला । तेणें जन्म सार्थक केला । येर तो पापी जन्मला । कुलक्षयाकारणें

jeṇem paramārtha voḷakhilā | teṇem janma sārthaka kelā | yera to pāpī janmalā | kulakṣayākāraṇem

One who has recognized paramārtha has made [one's] birth fulfilled (sārthaka); the other is a sinner born for the destruction of the lineage (kula-kṣaya).

असो भगवत्प्राप्तीविण । करी संसाराचा सीण । त्या मूर्खाचें मुखावलोकन । करूंच नये

aso bhagavatprāptīviṇa | karī samsārācā sīṇa | tyā mūrkhācem mukhāvalokana | karūmca naye

And so, without attainment of the Lord (bhagavat-prāpti), one toils in the weariness of samsāra; on such a fool, one should not even gaze.

भल्यानें परमार्थीं भरावें । शरीर सार्थक करावें । पूर्वजांस उद्धरावें । हरिभक्ती करूनी

bhalyānem paramārthīm bharāvem | śarīra sārthaka karāvem | pūrvajāmsa uddharāvem | haribhaktī karūnī

The worthy should fill [themselves] in paramārtha; make the body fulfilled (śarīra sārthaka); uplift the ancestors — through devotion to Hari.