Dashak 5 · Samāsa 3

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माअगां सद्गुरूचें लक्षण । विशद केलें निरूपण । आतां सच्छिष्याची वोळखण । सावध ऐका

māagām sadgurūcem lakṣaṇa | viśada kelem nirūpaṇa | ātām sacchiṣyācī voḷakhaṇa | sāvadha aikā

Earlier the Sadguru's signs were clearly expounded; now listen attentively to the recognition of the true disciple (sac-chiṣya).

Transition: Sadguru-signs have been given; now the recognition of the true disciple (sac-chiṣya). The teacher-student pair is treated as a unit; neither alone is sufficient.

See decoded — disciple-recognition and counter-example signature.

सद्गुरुविण सच्छिष्य । तो वायां जाय निशेष । कां सच्छिष्येंविण विशेष । सद्गुरु सिणे

sadguruviṇa sacchiṣya | to vāyām jāya niśeṣa | kām sacchiṣyemviṇa viśeṣa | sadguru siṇe

A true disciple without a Sadguru is entirely in vain; without a true disciple, the Sadguru too is wearied.

**Sadguru-without-sac-chiṣya is wearied; sac-chiṣya-without-Sadguru is wasted.** The pairing is load-bearing — fertility is a pair-property, not a property of either alone.

Teacher and student are a pair — neither works alone. Check both ends of the relationship.

उत्तमभूमि शोधिली शुद्ध । तेथें बीज पेरिलें किडखाद । कां तें उत्तम बीज परी समंध । खडकेंसि पडिला

uttamabhūmi śodhilī śuddha | tethem bīja perilem kiḍakhāda | kām tem uttama bīja parī samamdha | khaḍakemsi paḍilā

Good earth, pure and well-examined; yet the seed sown in it is defective. Or the seed is excellent but the connection is with rock.

Metaphor: good earth + defective seed = no harvest; or good seed + rock = no harvest. Both substrate AND seed quality must align.

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तैसा सच्छिष्य तें सत्पात्र । परंतु गुरु सांगे मंत्र तंत्र । तेथें अरत्र ना परत्र । कांहिंच नाहीं

taisā sacchiṣya tem satpātra | paramtu guru sāmge mamtra tamtra | tethem aratra nā paratra | kāmhimca nāhīm

Likewise, the true disciple is a worthy vessel; but if the guru teaches [mere] mantra-tantra, neither this world nor the next is gained.

A true disciple (sat-pātra) whose guru teaches mere mantra-tantra — neither this world nor the next is gained. *Capability + wrong teaching = no fruit.*

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अथवा गुरु पूर्ण कृपा करी । परी शिष्य अनाधिकारी । भाअग्यपुरुषाचा भिकारी । पुत्र जैसा

athavā guru pūrṇa kṛpā karī | parī śiṣya anādhikārī | bhāagyapuruṣācā bhikārī | putra jaisā

Or the guru gives full grace; but the disciple is unqualified — like the beggar son of a blessed father.

Or a disciple who is *anadhikārī* (unqualified) — even the guru's full grace cannot deliver. Simile: a blessed father's beggar son.

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तैसें येकाविण येक । होत असे निरार्थक । परलोकींचें सार्थक । तें दुऱ्हावे

taisem yekāviṇa yeka | hota ase nirārthaka | paralokīmcem sārthaka | tem duṟhāve

Thus one-without-the-other is purposeless; the fulfillment of the other world is lost.

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म्हणौनि सद्गुरु आणी सच्छिष्य । तेथें न लगती सायास । त्यां उभयतांचा हव्यास । पुरे येकसरा

mhaṇauni sadguru āṇī sacchiṣya | tethem na lagatī sāyāsa | tyām ubhayatāmcā havyāsa | pure yekasarā

Therefore Sadguru AND sac-chiṣya [together] — no labor is wasted; both their yearning is fulfilled together.

When Sadguru AND sac-chiṣya align, no labor is wasted; both their yearnings are fulfilled together. *Matching pair doctrine.*

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सुभूमि आणी उत्तम कण । उगवेना प्रजन्येंविण । तैसें अध्यात्मनिरूपण । नस्तां होये

subhūmi āṇī uttama kaṇa | ugavenā prajanyemviṇa | taisem adhyātmanirūpaṇa | nastām hoye

Good earth and excellent grain cannot produce a crop without rain; so *adhyātma-nirūpaṇa* cannot occur without [proper listener and proper teacher].

Good earth + good grain + no rain = no crop. So also *adhyātma-nirūpaṇa* without the complete ecosystem cannot happen.

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सेत पेरिलें आणी उगवलें । परंतु निगेविण गेलें । साधनेंविण तैसें जालें । साधकांसी

seta perilem āṇī ugavalem | paramtu nigeviṇa gelem | sādhanemviṇa taisem jālem | sādhakāmsī

The field sown and sprouted — yet perished without care. Similarly happens to the sādhaka without discipline.

Field sown and sprouted, yet lost for lack of care. So also the sādhaka without discipline.

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जंवरी पीक आपणास भोगे । तंवरी अवघेंचि करणें लागे । पीक आलियांहि, उगें- । राहोंचि नये

jamvarī pīka āpaṇāsa bhoge | tamvarī avaghemci karaṇem lāge | pīka āliyāmhi, ugem- | rāhomci naye

Until the crop is in one's hand for use, all [cultivation] must be done; even after harvest, one cannot just sit idle.

Until the crop is in hand for use, all cultivation must be done; even after harvest, idleness is not allowed. *Practice does not end at realization.*

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तैसें आत्मज्ञान जालें । परी साधन पाहिजे केलें । येक वेळ उदंड जेविलें । तऱ्हीं सामग्री पाहिजे

taisem ātmajñāna jālem | parī sādhana pāhije kelem | yeka veḷa udamḍa jevilem | taṟhīm sāmagrī pāhije

Likewise, Self-knowledge has arisen; yet discipline (*sādhana*) must be performed. A full meal once taken still requires further provisions.

**Self-knowledge has arisen yet discipline must continue** — as one full meal still requires future provisions. *Post-realization sādhana.*

Even after Self-knowledge, discipline continues. Practice does not retire.

म्हणौन साधन अभ्यास आणी सद्गुगु । सच्छिष्य आणी सच्छास्त्रविचारु । सत्कर्म सद्वासना, पारु- । पाववी भवाचा

mhaṇauna sādhana abhyāsa āṇī sadgugu | sacchiṣya āṇī sacchāstravicāru | satkarma sadvāsanā, pāru- | pāvavī bhavācā

Therefore: sādhana, practice, Sadguru, sac-chiṣya, sat-śāstra-vicāra, sat-karma, sad-vāsanā — [these] take one across the ocean of samsāra.

The full integration list: sādhana + abhyāsa + Sadguru + sac-chiṣya + sat-śāstra-vicāra + sat-karma + sad-vāsanā. Seven-fold mutual reinforcement.

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सदुपासना सत्कर्म । सत्क्रिया आणी स्वधर्म । सत्संग आणी नित्य नेम । निरंतर

sadupāsanā satkarma | satkriyā āṇī svadharma | satsamga āṇī nitya nema | niramtara

Sad-upāsanā, sat-karma; sat-kriyā and svadharma; sat-sanga and daily observance — continually.

Continuous: sad-upāsanā, sat-karma, sat-kriyā, svadharma, sat-sanga, nitya-nema.

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ऐसें हें अवघेंचि मिळे । तरीच विमळ ज्ञान निवळे । नाहीं तरी पाषांड संचरे बळें । समुदाईं

aisem hem avaghemci miḷe | tarīca vimaḷa jñāna nivaḷe | nāhīm tarī pāṣāmḍa samcare baḷem | samudāīm

When all of these come together, pure knowledge becomes clear; otherwise *pāṣāṇḍa* (false-doctrine) rushes in forcefully.

All of these together → pure knowledge clarifies. Missing them → *pāṣāṇḍa* (false-doctrine) rushes in forcefully.

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येथें शब्द नाहीं शिष्यासी । हें अवघें सद्गुरुपासीं । सद्गुरु पालटी अवगुणासी । नाना येत्नें करूनी

yethem śabda nāhīm śiṣyāsī | hem avaghem sadgurupāsīm | sadguru pālaṭī avaguṇāsī | nānā yetnem karūnī

Here there is no word [of blame] for the disciple; all this is with the Sadguru. The Sadguru changes the disciple's defects by many efforts.

No word of blame for the disciple here — all this is the Sadguru's domain; the Sadguru changes the disciple's defects by many efforts.

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सद्गुरुचेनि असच्छिष्य पालटे । परंतु सच्छिष्यें असद्गुरु न पालटे । कां जें थोरपण तुटे । म्हणौनिया

sadguruceni asacchiṣya pālaṭe | paramtu sacchiṣyem asadguru na pālaṭe | kām jem thorapaṇa tuṭe | mhaṇauniyā

By the Sadguru, the non-true disciple transforms; but by the true disciple, the non-Sadguru does not transform — because the greatness [of Sadguru-status] is thereby lost.

**Sadguru transforms the non-true disciple; but the true disciple cannot transform a non-Sadguru.** *Polarity of the transformation vector.* A disciple cannot elevate a fallen guru — the teacher-greatness structural constraint.

A Sadguru transforms a flawed disciple; a disciple cannot transform a flawed teacher. Direction is not symmetric.

याकरणें सद्गुरु पाहिजे । तरीच सन्मार्ग लाहिजे । नाहिं तरी होईजे । पाषांडा वरपडे

yākaraṇem sadguru pāhije | tarīca sanmārga lāhije | nāhim tarī hoīje | pāṣāmḍā varapaḍe

Therefore the Sadguru is required; only then is the good path attained. Otherwise one falls into *pāṣāṇḍa*.

Hence the Sadguru is required; otherwise one falls into pāṣāṇḍa.

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येथें सद्गुरुचि कारण । येर सर्व निःकारण । तथापि सांगो वोळखण । सच्छिष्याची

yethem sadguruci kāraṇa | yera sarva niḥkāraṇa | tathāpi sāmgo voḷakhaṇa | sacchiṣyācī

Here the Sadguru is the cause; everything else is without cause. Nevertheless, the recognition of the sac-chiṣya will be told.

The Sadguru is the cause; the rest is without cause. Nevertheless, disciple-recognition will be told.

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मुख्य सच्छिष्याचें लक्षण । सद्गुरुवचनीं विश्वास पूर्ण । अनन्यभावें शरण । त्या नांव सच्छिष्य

mukhya sacchiṣyācem lakṣaṇa | sadguruvacanīm viśvāsa pūrṇa | ananyabhāvem śaraṇa | tyā nāmva sacchiṣya

The chief sign of the sac-chiṣya: full faith in the Sadguru's word; taking refuge with *ananya-bhāva* — he is called sac-chiṣya.

**Chief sign of sac-chiṣya: full faith in Sadguru's word + refuge with *ananya-bhāva* (exclusive feeling).** Two-axis signature.

Disciple-signature: firm trust + exclusive refuge. Two-axis check.

शिष्य पाहिजे निर्मळ । शिष्य पाहिजे आचारसीळ । शिष्य पाहिजे केवळ । विरक्त अनुतापी

śiṣya pāhije nirmaḷa | śiṣya pāhije ācārasīḷa | śiṣya pāhije kevaḷa | virakta anutāpī

The disciple should be pure; of good conduct; purely dispassionate and repentant.

The disciple should be pure, of good conduct, purely dispassionate and repentant.

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शिष्य पाहिजे निष्ठावंत । शिष्य पाहिजे सुचिष्मंत । शिष्य पाहिजे नेमस्त । सर्वप्रकारीं

śiṣya pāhije niṣṭhāvamta | śiṣya pāhije suciṣmamta | śiṣya pāhije nemasta | sarvaprakārīm

The disciple should be steadfast, virtuous, observant in all ways.

Steadfast, virtuous, observant in all ways.

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शिष्य पाहिजे साक्षपी विशेष । शिष्य पाहिजे परम दक्ष । शिष्य पाहिजे अलक्ष । लक्षी ऐसा

śiṣya pāhije sākṣapī viśeṣa | śiṣya pāhije parama dakṣa | śiṣya pāhije alakṣa | lakṣī aisā

The disciple should be earnestly attentive; supremely skillful; aiming at the ineffable (*alakṣa*).

Earnestly attentive, supremely skillful, aiming at the ineffable.

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शिष्य पाहिजे अति धीर । शिष्य पाहिजे अति उदार । शिष्य पाहिजे अति तत्पर । परमार्थविषईं

śiṣya pāhije ati dhīra | śiṣya pāhije ati udāra | śiṣya pāhije ati tatpara | paramārthaviṣaīm

The disciple should be supremely steady, supremely generous, supremely intent on paramārtha.

Supremely steady, supremely generous, supremely intent on paramārtha.

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शिष्य पाहिजे परोपकारी । शिष्य पाहिजे निर्मत्सरी । शिष्य पाहिजे अर्थांतरीं । प्रवेशकर्ता

śiṣya pāhije paropakārī | śiṣya pāhije nirmatsarī | śiṣya pāhije arthāmtarīm | praveśakartā

The disciple should be beneficent, free of envy, able to enter the depth of meaning (*arthāntara*).

Beneficent, free of envy, able to enter arthāntara (the depth of meaning).

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शिष्य पाहिजे परम शुद्ध । शिष्य पाहिजे परम सावध । शिष्य पाहिजे अगाध । उत्तम गुणांचा

śiṣya pāhije parama śuddha | śiṣya pāhije parama sāvadha | śiṣya pāhije agādha | uttama guṇāmcā

The disciple should be supremely pure, supremely alert, unfathomable in excellent qualities.

Supremely pure, supremely alert, unfathomable in excellent qualities.

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शिष्य पाहिजे प्रज्ञावंत । शिष्य पाहिजे प्रेमळ भक्त । शिष्य पाहिजे नीतिवंत । मर्यादेचा

śiṣya pāhije prajñāvamta | śiṣya pāhije premaḷa bhakta | śiṣya pāhije nītivamta | maryādecā

The disciple should be wise, loving devotee, ethical, respectful of propriety.

Wise, loving devotee, ethical, respectful of propriety.

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शिष्य पाहिजे युक्तिवंत । शिष्य पाहिजे बुद्धिवंत । शिष्य पाहिजे संतासंत । विचार घेता

śiṣya pāhije yuktivamta | śiṣya pāhije buddhivamta | śiṣya pāhije samtāsamta | vicāra ghetā

The disciple should have stratagem, intellect, reasoned consideration of saint-and-fool.

With stratagem, intellect, reasoned consideration of saint-and-fool.

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शिष्य पाहिजे धारिष्टाचा । शिष्य पाहिजे दृढ व्रताचा । शिष्य पाहिजे उत्तम कुळीचा । पुण्यसीळ

śiṣya pāhije dhāriṣṭācā | śiṣya pāhije dṛḍha vratācā | śiṣya pāhije uttama kuḷīcā | puṇyasīḷa

The disciple should have steadfastness, firm vows, from a good lineage, merit-disciplined.

With steadfastness, firm vows, from a good lineage, merit-disciplined.

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शिष्य असावा सात्विक । शिष्य असावा भजक । शिष्य असावा साधक । साधनकर्ता

śiṣya asāvā sātvika | śiṣya asāvā bhajaka | śiṣya asāvā sādhaka | sādhanakartā

The disciple should be sāttvic, devotional, a sādhaka performing disciplines.

Sāttvic, devotional, a sādhaka performing disciplines.

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शिष्य असावा विश्वासी । शिष्य असावा कायाक्लेशी । शिष्य असावा परमार्थासी । वाढऊं जाणे

śiṣya asāvā viśvāsī | śiṣya asāvā kāyākleśī | śiṣya asāvā paramārthāsī | vāḍhaūm jāṇe

The disciple should be faithful, body-chastening, knowing how to expand paramārtha.

Faithful, body-chastening, knowing how to expand paramārtha.

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शिष्य असावा स्वतंत्र । शिष्य असावा जगमित्र । शिष्य असावा सत्पात्र । सर्व गुणें

śiṣya asāvā svatamtra | śiṣya asāvā jagamitra | śiṣya asāvā satpātra | sarva guṇem

The disciple should be independent (*sva-tantra*), friend of the world (*jaga-mitra*), a worthy vessel in all qualities.

Independent (*sva-tantra*), friend of the world (*jaga-mitra*), a worthy vessel in all qualities.

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शिष्य असावा सद्विद्येचा । शिष्य असावा सद्भावाचा । शिष्य असावा अंतरींचा । परमशुद्ध

śiṣya asāvā sadvidyecā | śiṣya asāvā sadbhāvācā | śiṣya asāvā amtarīmcā | paramaśuddha

The disciple should be of sad-vidyā, of sad-bhāva, inwardly supremely pure.

Of sad-vidyā, of sad-bhāva, inwardly supremely pure.

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शिष्य नसावा अविवेकी । शिष्य नसावा गर्भसुखी । शिष्य असावा संसारदुःखी । संतप्त देही

śiṣya nasāvā avivekī | śiṣya nasāvā garbhasukhī | śiṣya asāvā samsāraduḥkhī | samtapta dehī

The disciple should not be indiscerning; should not be born in ease (*garbha-sukhī*); should be afflicted by samsāra-sorrow, heated by worldly distress.

**Not indiscerning; not born-in-ease; must be afflicted by samsāra-sorrow, heated by worldly distress.** Suffering is a qualifier, not a disqualifier.

Suffering is a qualifier, not a disqualifier. The pain-free rarely qualify for paramārtha.

जो संसारदुःखें दुःखवला । जो त्रिविधतापें पोळला । तोचि अधिकारी जाला । परमार्थविषीं

jo samsāraduḥkhem duḥkhavalā | jo trividhatāpem poḷalā | toci adhikārī jālā | paramārthaviṣīm

One who has been pained by samsāra-sorrow, scorched by the threefold pain (*tri-vidha-tāpa*) — he alone has become qualified for paramārtha.

**Pained by samsāra-sorrow + scorched by *tri-vidha-tāpa* = qualified for paramārtha.** Adhikāra-by-suffering doctrine.

The *tri-vidha-tāpa*-scorched person is paramārtha-qualified. Your worst season may be your readiness.

बहु दुःख भोगिलें जेणें । तयासीच परमार्थ बाणे । संसारदुःखाचेनि गुणें । वैराग्य उपजे

bahu duḥkha bhogilem jeṇem | tayāsīca paramārtha bāṇe | samsāraduḥkhāceni guṇem | vairāgya upaje

One who has suffered much — to him alone paramārtha ingrains; by the quality of samsāra-sorrow, dispassion arises.

One who has suffered much — in him alone paramārtha ingrains; vairāgya arises from samsāra-sorrow.

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जया संसाराचा त्रास । तयासीच उपजे विस्वास । विस्वासबळें दृढ कास । धरिली सद्गुरूची

jayā samsārācā trāsa | tayāsīca upaje visvāsa | visvāsabaḷem dṛḍha kāsa | dharilī sadgurūcī

One who is vexed by samsāra — in him alone trust (*viśvāsa*) arises; by the strength of trust, he firmly grasps the Sadguru's edge (*kāsa*).

Vexed by samsāra → trust (*viśvāsa*) arises → firmly grasps the Sadguru's edge. *Causal chain from suffering to commitment.*

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अविस्वासें कास सोडिली । ऐसीं बहुतेक भवीं बुडालीं । नाना जळचरीं तोडिलीं । मध्येंचि सुखदुःखें

avisvāsem kāsa soḍilī | aisīm bahuteka bhavīm buḍālīm | nānā jaḷacarīm toḍilīm | madhyemci sukhaduḥkhem

Without faith, the edge is let go; many thus have drowned in the ocean-of-becoming (*bhava*); torn by aquatic creatures [pleasures and pains] midway.

Without faith, the edge is let go; many drowned in bhava; torn by aquatic creatures (pleasures/pains) midway.

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याकारणें दृढ विस्वास । तोचि जाणावा सच्छिष्य । मोक्षाधिकारी विशेष । आग्रगण्यु

yākāraṇem dṛḍha visvāsa | toci jāṇāvā sacchiṣya | mokṣādhikārī viśeṣa | āgragaṇyu

Therefore firm faith — that one is the sac-chiṣya; supremely qualified for mokṣa; foremost.

**Firm faith = sac-chiṣya signature; foremost among mokṣa-qualified.**

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जो सद्गुरुवचनें निवाला । तो सयोज्यतेचा आंखिला । सांसारसंगे पांगिला । न वचे कदा

jo sadguruvacanem nivālā | to sayojyatecā āmkhilā | sāmsārasamge pāmgilā | na vace kadā

One who is cooled (*nivālā*) by the Sadguru's word — he is fixed (*ānkhilā*) for *sāyojyatā*; he is not distracted by samsāra-attachment.

Cooled by Sadguru's word → fixed for *sāyojyatā*; not distracted by samsāra-attachment.

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सद्गुरुहून देव मोठा । जयास वाटे तो करंटा । सुटला वैभवाचा फांटा । सामरथ्यपिसें

sadguruhūna deva moṭhā | jayāsa vāṭe to karamṭā | suṭalā vaibhavācā phāmṭā | sāmarathyapisem

One who thinks 'God is greater than the Sadguru' is unfortunate (*karaṇṭā*); enraptured by wealth's branch, power-maddened.

**One who thinks 'God is greater than the Sadguru' is unfortunate.** *Radical elevation of Sadguru above deva.* Power-intoxication perspective.

Thinking 'God is greater than the Sadguru' is a category error — the guru makes God available at all.

सद्गुरुस्वरूप तें संत । आणी देवांस मांडेल कल्पांत । तेथें कैचें उरेल सामर्थ्य । हरिहरांचें

sadgurusvarūpa tem samta | āṇī devāmsa māmḍela kalpāmta | tethem kaicem urela sāmarthya | hariharāmcem

The Sadguru-form is the Saint; for the gods, kalpānta will arise. Where then does the power of Hari-Hara remain?

The Sadguru-form is the Saint; for gods, kalpānta arrives. The power of Hari-Hara cannot outlast that.

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म्हणौन सद्गुरुसामर्थ्य आधीक । जेथें आटती ब्रह्मादिक । अल्पबुद्धी मानवी रंक । तयांसि हें कळेना

mhaṇauna sadgurusāmarthya ādhīka | jethem āṭatī brahmādika | alpabuddhī mānavī ramka | tayāmsi hem kaḷenā

Therefore Sadguru-power is greater — where even Brahmā and others dissolve. The small-minded human poor cannot understand this.

Sadguru-power is greater — where even Brahmā dissolves. Small-minded humans cannot grasp this.

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गुरुदेवांस बराबरी- । करी तो शिष्य दुराचारी । भ्रांति बैसली अभ्यांतरीं । सिद्धांत नेणवे

gurudevāmsa barābarī- | karī to śiṣya durācārī | bhrāmti baisalī abhyāmtarīm | siddhāmta neṇave

One who makes guru and god equal is a wayward (*durācārī*) disciple; delusion has entered within; the siddhānta is not understood.

Equating guru and god is *durācārī* (wayward); delusion dwells within; siddhānta is not understood.

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देव मनिषीं भाविला । मंत्रीं देवपणासि आला । सद्गुरु न वचे कल्पिला । ईश्वराचेनि

deva maniṣīm bhāvilā | mamtrīm devapaṇāsi ālā | sadguru na vace kalpilā | īśvarāceni

The god has become a divinity only through mantra-imagined-by-the-mind; the Sadguru is not attained through [mere] imagination, even by Īśvara.

God is divinity-only-through-mantra-imagined-by-mind; Sadguru is not attained through mere imagination.

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म्हणौनि सद्गुरु पूर्णपणें । देवाहून आधीक कोटिगुणें । जयासि वर्णितां भांडणें । वेदशास्त्रीं लागलीं

mhaṇauni sadguru pūrṇapaṇem | devāhūna ādhīka koṭiguṇem | jayāsi varṇitām bhāmḍaṇem | vedaśāstrīm lāgalīm

Therefore the Sadguru is fully a *koṭi-guṇa* (ten-million-fold) greater than God; on describing whom, Veda-śāstras became embroiled in dispute.

Sadguru is *koṭi-guṇa* (ten-million-fold) greater than God; describing this, Vedas-śāstras dispute.

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असो सद्गुरुपदापुढें । दुजें कांहींच न चढे । देवसामर्थ्य तें केवढें । मायाजनित

aso sadgurupadāpuḍhem | dujem kāmhīmca na caḍhe | devasāmarthya tem kevaḍhem | māyājanita

Enough — before the Sadguru's rank, nothing else rises. How great is God's power? — *māyā-born*.

Before the Sadguru, nothing rises. God's power is māyā-born.

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अहो सद्गुरुकृपा जयासी । सामर्थ्य न चले तयापासीं । ज्ञानबळें वैभवासी । तृणतुछ केलें

aho sadgurukṛpā jayāsī | sāmarthya na cale tayāpāsīm | jñānabaḷem vaibhavāsī | tṛṇatucha kelem

Ah — to one who has the Sadguru's grace, power does not touch him; by the strength of knowledge, he treats splendor as straw.

Sadguru-kṛpā → power does not touch the disciple; knowledge-strength → splendor becomes straw.

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अहो सद्गुरुकृपेचेनि बळें । अपरोक्षज्ञानाचेनि उसाळें । मायेसहित ब्रह्मांड सगळें । दृष्टीस न यें

aho sadgurukṛpeceni baḷem | aparokṣajñānāceni usāḷem | māyesahita brahmāmḍa sagaḷem | dṛṣṭīsa na yem

Ah — by the strength of Sadguru-grace, by the burst of direct-knowledge (*aparokṣa-jñāna*), the whole universe with māyā does not come into sight.

**By Sadguru-kṛpā + aparokṣa-jñāna, the whole universe with māyā does not come into sight.** Direct-knowledge cancels the visible cosmos.

Aparokṣa-jñāna cancels the cosmos-appearance. The test for its genuineness is whether the world still compels as it did.

ऐसें सच्छिष्याचें वैभव । सद्गुरुवचनीं दृढ भाव । तेणें गुणें देवराव । स्वयेंचि होती

aisem sacchiṣyācem vaibhava | sadguruvacanīm dṛḍha bhāva | teṇem guṇem devarāva | svayemci hotī

Such is the sac-chiṣya's splendor: firm faith in the Sadguru's word; thereby he himself becomes God.

Sac-chiṣya's splendor: firm faith in Sadguru's word → he himself becomes God (*deva-rāva*).

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अंतरीं अनुतापें तापले । तेणें अंतर शुद्ध जालें । पुढें सद्गुरुवचनें निवाले । सच्छिष्य ऐसे

amtarīm anutāpem tāpale | teṇem amtara śuddha jālem | puḍhem sadguruvacanem nivāle | sacchiṣya aise

Inwardly heated by repentance, the inner has become pure; then, cooled by Sadguru's word — such are the sac-chiṣyas.

**Inwardly heated by repentance → inner purified → cooled by Sadguru's word → sac-chiṣya.** Heat-and-cool cycle produces the state.

Heat of repentance + cool of Sadguru-word = the sac-chiṣya state. Two-phase cycle.

लागतां सद्गुरुवचनपंथें । जालें ब्रह्मांड पालथें । तरी जयाच्या शुद्ध भावार्थें । पालट न धरिजे

lāgatām sadguruvacanapamthem | jālem brahmāmḍa pālathem | tarī jayācyā śuddha bhāvārthem | pālaṭa na dharije

Upon taking the Sadguru's word-path, the universe is turned upside down; yet one whose pure feeling does not alter.

On taking Sadguru's word-path, the universe is turned upside down — yet pure bhāvārtha does not alter.

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शरण सद्गुरूस गेले । सच्छिष्य ऐसे निवडले । क्रियापालटें जाले । पावन ईश्वरीं

śaraṇa sadgurūsa gele | sacchiṣya aise nivaḍale | kriyāpālaṭem jāle | pāvana īśvarīm

Gone in refuge to the Sadguru, true disciples are thus selected; with action transformed, they become purified in Īśvara.

Through refuge → true disciples selected → action transforms → purified in Īśvara.

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ऐसा सद्भाव अंतरीं । तेचि मुक्तीचे वाटेकरी । येर माईक वेषधारी । असच्छिष्य

aisā sadbhāva amtarīm | teci muktīce vāṭekarī | yera māīka veṣadhārī | asacchiṣya

Such sad-bhāva within — those are the travelers on the path of mukti; the rest are illusory costume-wearers, non-true disciples.

Sad-bhāva within = travelers on the mukti-path. Rest are māyik costume-wearers, non-true disciples.

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वाटे विषयांचे सुख । परमार्थ संपादणे लौकिक । देखोवेखीं पढतमूर्ख । शरण गेले

vāṭe viṣayāmce sukha | paramārtha sampādaṇe laukika | dekhovekhīm paḍhatamūrkha | śaraṇa gele

Feels attached to sense-happiness; paramārtha pursued for worldly recognition; the paḍhat-mūrkha takes refuge by seeing [others do so].

Feels attached to sense-happiness; paramārtha pursued for worldly recognition. *Paḍhat-mūrkha takes refuge on seeing others do so.*

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जाली विषईं वृत्ति अनावर । दृढ धरिला संसार । परमार्थचर्चेचा विचार । मळिण झाला

jālī viṣaīm vṛtti anāvara | dṛḍha dharilā samsāra | paramārthacarcecā vicāra | maḷiṇa jhālā

The sense-tendency became uncontrollable; samsāra is firmly grasped; paramārtha-discussion became sullied.

Sense-tendency uncontrollable; samsāra firmly grasped; paramārtha-discussion sullied.

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मोड घेतला परमार्थाचा । हव्यास धरिला प्रपंचाचा । भार वाहिला कुटुंबाचा । काबाडी जाला

moḍa ghetalā paramārthācā | havyāsa dharilā prapamcācā | bhāra vāhilā kuṭumbācā | kābāḍī jālā

The course of paramārtha is broken; craving for samsāra took hold; burden of family borne; he became a drudge.

Paramārtha broken; prapañca craved; family-burden borne; he becomes drudge.

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मानिला प्रपंचीं आनंद । केला परमार्थी विनोद । भ्रांत मूढ मतिमंद । लोधला कामीं

mānilā prapamcīm ānamda | kelā paramārthī vinoda | bhrāmta mūḍha matimamda | lodhalā kāmīm

Considered happiness in samsāra; made paramārtha a joke; deluded, dull, small-intellected — fallen into desires.

Considers happiness in samsāra; makes paramārtha a joke; deluded, dull, small-intellected; fallen into desires.

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सूकर पूजिलें विलेपनें । म्हैसा मर्दिला चंदनें । तैसा विषई ब्रह्मज्ञानें । विवेकें बोधिला

sūkara pūjilem vilepanem | mhaisā mardilā camdanem | taisā viṣaī brahmajñānem | vivekem bodhilā

A pig anointed with [divine] ointments; a buffalo rubbed with sandal; similarly the sense-bound taught with Brahma-knowledge.

A pig anointed; a buffalo rubbed with sandal. Likewise the sense-bound taught with Brahma-knowledge — **wasted**.

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रासभ उकिरडां लोळे । तयासि परिमळसोहळे । उलूक अंधारीं पळे । तया केवी हंसपंगती

rāsabha ukiraḍām loḷe | tayāsi parimaḷasohaḷe | ulūka amdhārīm paḷe | tayā kevī hamsapamgatī

An ass rolls on a dung-heap; to him what are fragrance-celebrations? An owl flees in the dark; how [does he belong to] the swan's row?

An ass on dung; an owl in dark. What are swan-rows for them? *Mismatch between substrate and offered content.*

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तैसा विषयदारींचा बराडी । घाली अधःपतनीं उडी । तयास भगवंत आवडी । सत्संग कैंचा

taisā viṣayadārīmcā barāḍī | ghālī adhaḥpatanīm uḍī | tayāsa bhagavamta āvaḍī | satsamga kaimcā

Likewise the sense-bound beggar leaps into the pit of adho-patana; what for him is love of God or sat-sanga?

Similarly the sense-bound beggar leaps into *adho-patana* (downfall); what love of God, what sat-sanga for him?

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वर्ती करून दांताळीं । स्वानपुत्र हाडें चगळी । तैसा विषई तळमळी । विषयसुखाकारणे ।

vartī karūna dāmtāḷīm | svānaputra hāḍem cagaḷī | taisā viṣaī taḷamaḷī | viṣayasukhākāraṇe |

A dog's pup chews bones by baring teeth; likewise the sense-bound craves for sense-pleasures.

A dog's pup chews bones by baring teeth; likewise the sense-bound craves sense-pleasures.

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तया स्वानमुखीं परमान्न । कीं मर्कटास सिंहासन । तैसें विषयशक्तां ज्ञान । जिरेल कैंचें

tayā svānamukhīm paramānna | kīm markaṭāsa simhāsana | taisem viṣayaśaktām jñāna | jirela kaimcem

Paramānna (sacred food) in a dog's mouth; or a lion's seat on a monkey — so knowledge in a sense-bound person: how can it settle?

Sacred food in a dog's mouth; lion's seat to a monkey — so knowledge to sense-bound: cannot settle.

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रासभें राखतां जन्म गेला । तो पंडितांमध्यें प्रतिष्ठला । न वचे, तैसा आअशक्ताला । परमार्थ नाहीं

rāsabhem rākhatām janma gelā | to pamḍitāmmadhyem pratiṣṭhalā | na vace, taisā āaśaktālā | paramārtha nāhīm

An ass-herder whose life passed thus does not become honored among pundits; so paramārtha is not for the incapable.

An ass-herder who lived thus does not become honored among pundits; paramārtha is not for the incapable.

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मिळाला राजहंसांचा मेळा । तेथें आला डोंबकावळा । लक्षून विष्ठेचा गोळा । हंस म्हणवी

miḷālā rājahamsāmcā meḷā | tethem ālā ḍombakāvaḷā | lakṣūna viṣṭhecā goḷā | hamsa mhaṇavī

A gathering of royal-swans has met; a ḍomba-kāvaḷā (crow) came there; sighting the dung-ball, calls itself a swan.

A crow among royal swans, eyeing the dung-ball — calling itself a swan. *False-identification.*

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तैसे सज्जनाचे संगती । विषई सज्जन म्हणविती । विषय आमेद्य चित्तीं । गोळा लक्षिला

taise sajjanāce samgatī | viṣaī sajjana mhaṇavitī | viṣaya āmedya cittīm | goḷā lakṣilā

Thus the sense-bound call themselves noble in the company of the good; the un-sacred (dung-ball) in mind, it is the [real] aim.

So sense-bound ones call themselves noble in good company; the impure (dung-ball) is the real aim in their mind.

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काखे घेऊनियां दारा । म्हणे मज संन्यासी करा । तैसा विषई सैरावैरा । ज्ञान बडबडी

kākhe gheūniyām dārā | mhaṇe maja samnyāsī karā | taisā viṣaī sairāvairā | jñāna baḍabaḍī

With wife under the arm, he says 'make me a sannyāsī'; so the sense-bound babbles knowledge without direction.

With wife under the arm, says 'make me a sannyāsī.' *Incongruent renunciation-claim.*

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असो ऐसे पढतमूर्ख । ते काय जाणती अद्वैतसुख । नारकी प्राणी नर्क । भोगिती स्वैच्छा

aso aise paḍhatamūrkha | te kāya jāṇatī advaitasukha | nārakī prāṇī narka | bhogitī svaicchā

And so such paḍhat-mūrkhas — what do they know of advaita-joy? The hell-bound enjoy hell by their own will.

Such paḍhat-mūrkhas — what do they know of advaita-joy? Hell-bound enjoy hell by their own will.

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वैषेची करील सेवा । तो कैसा मंत्री म्हणावा । तैसा विषयदास मानावा । भक्तराज केवी

vaiṣecī karīla sevā | to kaisā mamtrī mhaṇāvā | taisā viṣayadāsa mānāvā | bhaktarāja kevī

One who serves a courtesan — how can he be called a minister? So too a sense-slave — how can he be called a king of devotees?

A courtesan-server called a minister? A sense-slave called a king-of-devotees — same structural lie.

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तैसे विषई बापुडे । त्यांस ज्ञान कोणीकडे । वाचाळ शाब्दिक बडबडे । वरपडे जाले

taise viṣaī bāpuḍe | tyāmsa jñāna koṇīkaḍe | vācāḷa śābdika baḍabaḍe | varapaḍe jāle

So the pitiable sense-bound — where is knowledge for them? Verbose, chattering — they have fallen to it.

Pitiable sense-bound — where knowledge for them? Verbose, chattering, fallen.

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ऐसे शिष्य परम नष्ट । कनिष्ठांमधें कनिष्ठ । हीन अविवेकी आणी दृष्ट । खळ खोटे दुर्जन

aise śiṣya parama naṣṭa | kaniṣṭhāmmadhem kaniṣṭha | hīna avivekī āṇī dṛṣṭa | khaḷa khoṭe durjana

Such disciples are extremely ruined — lower than the lowest; low, indiscerning, wicked; base, false, evildoers.

Such disciples are extremely ruined — lower than the lowest, low, indiscerning, wicked.

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ऐसे जे पापरूप । दीर्घदोषी वज्रलेप । तयांस प्राश्चीत, अनुताप- । उद्भवतां

aise je pāparūpa | dīrghadoṣī vajralepa | tayāmsa prāścīta, anutāpa- | udbhavatām

Those who are sin-formed, long-flawed, diamond-sealed [in fault] — for them, expiation [comes] on repentance arising.

Sin-formed, long-flawed, diamond-sealed in fault — for them, expiation comes on repentance arising.

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तेंहि पुन्हां शरण जावें । सद्गुरूस संतोषवावें । कृपादृष्टी जालियां व्हावें । पुन्हां शुद्ध

temhi punhām śaraṇa jāvem | sadgurūsa samtoṣavāvem | kṛpādṛṣṭī jāliyām vhāvem | punhām śuddha

They too should again take refuge; satisfy the Sadguru; when the grace-glance is received, again become purified.

Such ones should again take refuge; satisfy the Sadguru; on grace-glance, become purified again.

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स्वामीद्रोह जया घडे । तो यावश्चंद्र नरकीं पडे । तयास उपावचि न घडे । स्वामी तुष्टल्यावांचुनी

svāmīdroha jayā ghaḍe | to yāvaścamdra narakīm paḍe | tayāsa upāvaci na ghaḍe | svāmī tuṣṭalyāvāmcunī

One who betrays the Master falls into hell until the end of the age (*yāvat-candra*); no remedy exists for him without the Master's being satisfied.

**One who betrays the Master falls into hell until the end of the age (*yāvat-candra*); no remedy exists without the Master's being satisfied.** The master-betrayal is an irrecoverable-except-through-reconciliation offense.

Master-betrayal is irrecoverable except through the Master's pardon. Before the act, remember this gate.

स्मशानवैराग्य आलें । म्हणोन लोटांगण घातलें । तेणें गुणें उपतिष्ठले- । नाहीं ज्ञान । ७४॥ भाव आणिला जायाचा । मंत्र घेतला गुरूचा । शिष्य जाला दो दिसांचा । मंत्राकारणें

smaśānavairāgya ālem | mhaṇona loṭāmgaṇa ghātalem | teṇem guṇem upatiṣṭhale- | nāhīm jñāna | 74 || bhāva āṇilā jāyācā | mamtra ghetalā gurūcā | śiṣya jālā do disāmcā | mamtrākāraṇem

Cremation-ground dispassion arose [temporary spiritual mood at death-scene]; hence he fell prostrate; but by that quality, knowledge did not arise; feeling of going [to spiritual life] was brought, mantra taken from the guru; disciple for two days' sake of mantra.

Cremation-ground dispassion (death-scene mood) arose; prostration followed; but knowledge did not arise; feeling of going to spiritual life was brought, mantra taken — disciple only for a few days for the mantra's sake.

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ऐसे केले गुरु उदंड । शब्द सिकला पाषांड । जाला तोंडाळ तर्मुंड । माहापाषांडी

aise kele guru udamḍa | śabda sikalā pāṣāmḍa | jālā tomḍāḷa tarmumḍa | māhāpāṣāmḍī

Made many such gurus; learned words as pāṣāṇḍa; became loud-mouthed, swindling — great pāṣāṇḍī.

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घडी येक रडे आणी पडे । घडी येक वैराग्य चढे । घडी येक अहंभाव जडे । ज्ञातेपणाचा

ghaḍī yeka raḍe āṇī paḍe | ghaḍī yeka vairāgya caḍhe | ghaḍī yeka ahambhāva jaḍe | jñātepaṇācā

One moment weeps and falls; one moment dispassion surges; one moment ego is ingrained with knowing-ness.

One moment weeps, another dispassion surges, another ego ingrained with knowing-ness. *Unstable-mood pseudo-disciple.*

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घडी येक विस्वास धरी । सवेंच घडि येक गुर्गुरी । ऐसे नाना छंद करी । पिसाट जैसा

ghaḍī yeka visvāsa dharī | savemca ghaḍi yeka gurgurī | aise nānā chamda karī | pisāṭa jaisā

One moment holds trust; immediately growls; does many such whims — like a madman.

Moment holds trust, immediately growls; many whims — like a madman.

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काम क्रोध मद मत्सर । लोभ मोह नाना विकार । अभिमान कापट्य तिरस्कार । हृदईं नांदती

kāma krodha mada matsara | lobha moha nānā vikāra | abhimāna kāpaṭya tiraskāra | hṛdaīm nāmdatī

Lust, anger, intoxication, envy, greed, delusion, many distortions; ego, deceit, contempt — dwell in the heart.

Lust, anger, intoxication, envy, greed, delusion, ego, deceit, contempt dwell in heart.

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अहंकार आणी देहपांग । अनाचार आणी विषयसंग । संसार प्रपंच उद्वेग । अंतरीं वसे

ahamkāra āṇī dehapāmga | anācāra āṇī viṣayasamga | samsāra prapamca udvega | amtarīm vase

Arrogance and body-attachment; un-conduct and sense-attachment; samsāra, worldly-entanglement, anxiety — dwell within.

Arrogance, body-attachment, un-conduct, sense-attachment, samsāra, worldly-entanglement, anxiety within.

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दीर्घसूत्री कृतघ्न पापी । कुकर्मी कुतर्की विकल्पी । अभक्त अभाव सीघ्रकोपी । निष्ठुर परघातक

dīrghasūtrī kṛtaghna pāpī | kukarmī kutarkī vikalpī | abhakta abhāva sīghrakopī | niṣṭhura paraghātaka

Procrastinator, ungrateful, sinful, wrongdoer, argumentative, doubting, non-devotee, unbelieving, quick to anger, cruel, ruiner-of-others.

Procrastinator, ungrateful, sinful, wrongdoer, argumentative, doubting, non-devotee, unbelieving, quick-to-anger, cruel, ruiner-of-others.

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हृदयेंसुन्य आणी आळसी । अविवेकी आणि अविस्वासी । अधीर अविचार, संदेहासी- । दृढ धर्ता

hṛdayemsunya āṇī āḷasī | avivekī āṇi avisvāsī | adhīra avicāra, samdehāsī- | dṛḍha dhartā

Heart-empty and lazy, indiscerning and untrustworthy, impatient, unreasoned — holds doubt firmly.

Heart-empty and lazy; indiscerning and untrustworthy; impatient, unreasoned — holds doubt firmly.

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आशा ममता तृष्णा कल्पना । कुबुद्धी दुर्वृत्ति दुर्वासना । अल्पबुद्धि विषयकामना । हृदईं वसे

āśā mamatā tṛṣṇā kalpanā | kubuddhī durvṛtti durvāsanā | alpabuddhi viṣayakāmanā | hṛdaīm vase

Hope, possessiveness, thirst, imagination, bad-intellect, bad-conduct, bad-tendency, small-intellect, sense-desire — all dwell in his heart.

Hope, possessiveness, thirst, imagination, bad-intellect, bad-conduct, bad-tendency, small-intellect, sense-desire in heart.

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ईषणा असूया तिरस्कारें । निंदेसि प्रवर्ते आदरें । देहाभिमानें हुंबरे । जाणपणें

īṣaṇā asūyā tiraskārem | nimdesi pravarte ādarem | dehābhimānem humbare | jāṇapaṇem

Craving-for-renown, envy, contempt; engages in slander with respect; body-conceit bellows with knowing-ness.

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क्षुधा तृष्णा आवरेना । निद्रा सहसा धरेना । कुटुंबचिंता वोसरेना । भ्रांति पडिली

kṣudhā tṛṣṇā āvarenā | nidrā sahasā dharenā | kuṭumbacimtā vosarenā | bhrāmti paḍilī

Hunger and thirst cannot be contained; sleep cannot be held easily; family-anxiety does not abate; delusion has fallen.

Hunger-thirst uncontained; sleep ungoverned; family-anxiety unabating; delusion fallen.

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शाब्दिक बोले उदंड वाचा । लेश नाहीं वैराग्याचा । अनुताप धारिष्ट साधनाचा । मार्ग न धरी

śābdika bole udamḍa vācā | leśa nāhīm vairāgyācā | anutāpa dhāriṣṭa sādhanācā | mārga na dharī

Speaks much verbally — not a trace of dispassion; he does not take the path of repentance, steadfastness, or discipline.

Speaks much — not a trace of dispassion; does not take the path of repentance, steadfastness, or discipline.

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भक्ति विरक्ति ना शांती । सद्वृत्ति लीनता ना दांती । कृपा दया ना तृप्ती । सुबुद्धि असेच ना

bhakti virakti nā śāmtī | sadvṛtti līnatā nā dāmtī | kṛpā dayā nā tṛptī | subuddhi aseca nā

No devotion, dispassion, or peace; no good-disposition, humility, or self-control; no compassion, pity, or contentment; no right-intellect at all.

No devotion, dispassion, peace; no good-disposition, humility, self-control; no compassion, pity, contentment; no right-intellect at all.

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कायाक्लेसीं शेरीरहीन । धर्मविषईं परम कृपण । क्रिया पालटेना कठिण । हृदये जयाचें

kāyāklesīm śerīrahīna | dharmaviṣaīm parama kṛpaṇa | kriyā pālaṭenā kaṭhiṇa | hṛdaye jayācem

Body-chastened and body-less; supremely miserly in dharma-matters; action does not transform — his heart is hard.

Body-chastened and body-less; miserly in dharma-matters; action does not transform — his heart is hard.

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आर्जव नाहीं जनासी । जो अप्रिये सज्जनासी । जयाचे जिवीं आहिर्णेसीं । परन्यून वसे

ārjava nāhīm janāsī | jo apriye sajjanāsī | jayāce jivīm āhirṇesīm | paranyūna vase

No integrity with people; he is unpleasant to the noble; in his life, he holds others' faults in jealousy.

No integrity with people; unpleasant to the noble; holds others' faults in jealousy.

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सदा सर्वकाळ लटिका । बोले माईक लापणिका । क्रिया विचार पाहतां, येका । वचनीं सत्य नाहीं

sadā sarvakāḷa laṭikā | bole māīka lāpaṇikā | kriyā vicāra pāhatām, yekā | vacanīm satya nāhīm

Always falsely and deceptively he speaks; when reasoning is considered, not one word is true.

Always falsely and deceptively speaks; when reasoning is considered, not one word is true.

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परपीडेविषईं तत्पर । जैसे विंचु आणि विखार । तैसा कुशब्दें जिव्हार । भेदी सकळांचें

parapīḍeviṣaīm tatpara | jaise vimcu āṇi vikhāra | taisā kuśabdem jivhāra | bhedī sakaḷāmcem

Intent on injuring others — like scorpions and serpents; by ill-words, he pierces the core of all.

Intent on injuring others — like scorpions and serpents; by ill-words, pierces the core of all.

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आपले झांकी अवगुण । पुढिलांस बोले कठिण । मिथ्या गुणदोषेंविण । गुणदोष लावी

āpale jhāmkī avaguṇa | puḍhilāmsa bole kaṭhiṇa | mithyā guṇadoṣemviṇa | guṇadoṣa lāvī

Hides his own defects; speaks harshly to others; without defect, assigns virtue-and-defect [to others].

Hides his own defects; speaks harshly to others; without [real basis in] defect, assigns virtue-and-defect.

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स्वयें पापात्मा अंतरीं । पुढिलांचि कणव न करी । जैसा हिंसक दुराचारी । परदुःखें शिणेना

svayem pāpātmā amtarīm | puḍhilāmci kaṇava na karī | jaisā himsaka durācārī | paraduḥkhem śiṇenā

He is a sinful soul within; has no compassion for others; like the violent wayward one, he feels no weariness at others' suffering.

Sinful soul within; has no compassion for others; like the violent wayward one, feels no weariness at others' suffering.

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दुःख पराव्याचें नेणती । दुर्जन गांजिले चि गांजिती । श्रम पावतां आनंदती । आपुले मनीं

duḥkha parāvyācem neṇatī | durjana gāmjile ci gāmjitī | śrama pāvatām ānamdatī | āpule manīm

Others' sorrow, [such a one] does not know; wicked tormentors torment more; on [others'] weariness, he rejoices in his own mind.

Does not know others' sorrow; wicked tormentors torment more; on [others'] weariness, rejoices in own mind.

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स्वदुःखें झुरे अंतरीं । आणी परदुःखें हास्य करी । तयास प्राप्त येमपुरी । राजदूत ताडिती

svaduḥkhem jhure amtarīm | āṇī paraduḥkhem hāsya karī | tayāsa prāpta yemapurī | rājadūta tāḍitī

Scorched by own-sorrow within; yet laughs at others' sorrow; to him, Yama's city [hell] is attained; the king's messengers strike.

Scorched by own-sorrow within, laughs at others' sorrow — Yama's city is his attained realm; the king's messengers strike.

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असो ऐसें मदांध बापुडें । तयांसि भगवंत कैंचा जोडे । जयांस सुबुद्धि नावडे । पूर्वपातकेंकरूनी

aso aisem madāmdha bāpuḍem | tayāmsi bhagavamta kaimcā joḍe | jayāmsa subuddhi nāvaḍe | pūrvapātakemkarūnī

Such pride-blinded wretch — how can the Lord be found? To whom good-intellect does not please, by previous sins.

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तयास देहाचा अंतीं । गात्रें क्षीणता पावती । जिवलगें वोसंडिती । जाणवेल तेव्हां

tayāsa dehācā amtīm | gātrem kṣīṇatā pāvatī | jivalagem vosamḍitī | jāṇavela tevhām

At the body's end, the limbs become weak; loved ones abandon; [this] will be known [then].

At the body's end, the limbs become weak; loved ones abandon — [this] will be known [then].

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असो ऐसे गुणावेगळे । ते सच्छिष्य आगळे । दृढभावार्थें सोहळे । भोगिती स्वानंदाचे

aso aise guṇāvegaḷe | te sacchiṣya āgaḷe | dṛḍhabhāvārthem sohaḷe | bhogitī svānamdāce

Enough — such are the quality-deficient; the sac-chiṣyas are distinguished; by firm feeling they enjoy the festivals of self-bliss.

Enough — such are the quality-deficient; the sac-chiṣyas are distinguished; by firm feeling, they enjoy the festivals of self-bliss.

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जये स्थळीं विकल्प जागे । कुळाभिमान पाठीं लागे । ते प्राणी प्रपंचसंगें । हिंपुटी होती

jaye sthaḷīm vikalpa jāge | kuḷābhimāna pāṭhīm lāge | te prāṇī prapamcasamgem | himpuṭī hotī

Where doubt remains, lineage-pride follows; such a being, through samsāra-attachment, becomes afflicted.

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जेणेंकरितां दुःख जालें । तेंचि मनीं दृढ धरिलें । तेणें गुणें प्राप्त जालें । पुन्हां दुःख

jeṇemkaritām duḥkha jālem | temci manīm dṛḍha dharilem | teṇem guṇem prāpta jālem | punhām duḥkha

Whatever caused sorrow, that is firmly held in the mind; by that very quality, sorrow is attained again.

Whatever caused sorrow is firmly held in the mind; by that quality, sorrow is attained again — *sorrow-loop*.

Whatever caused sorrow, if held in mind, re-creates sorrow. The mind's grip is the loop's engine.

संसारसंगें सुख जालें । ऐसें देखिलें ना ऐकिलें । ऐसें जाणोन अनहित केलें । ते दुःखी होती स्वयें

samsārasamgem sukha jālem | aisem dekhilem nā aikilem | aisem jāṇona anahita kelem | te duḥkhī hotī svayem

'By samsāra-attachment, happiness has come' — such has not been seen or heard; knowing this, he does his own harm — such persons become sorrowful.

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संसारीं सुख मानिती । ते प्राणी मूढमती । जाणोन डोळे झांकिती । पढतमूर्ख

samsārīm sukha mānitī | te prāṇī mūḍhamatī | jāṇona ḍoḷe jhāmkitī | paḍhatamūrkha

Those who consider happiness in samsāra are dull-minded; knowing, they close their eyes — the paḍhat-mūrkha.

Those who consider happiness in samsāra are *manda-mati* (dull-minded); they close their eyes knowing — paḍhat-mūrkha.

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प्रपंच सुखें करावा । परी कांहीं परमार्थ वाढवावा । परमार्थ अवघाचि बुडवावा । हें विहित नव्हे

prapamca sukhem karāvā | parī kāmhīm paramārtha vāḍhavāvā | paramārtha avaghāci buḍavāvā | hem vihita navhe

Worldly life should be happy; yet paramārtha should somewhat be increased; to entirely drown paramārtha is not appropriate.

**Worldly life should be happy, yet paramārtha must somewhat be increased; to entirely drown paramārtha is not appropriate.** The balanced householder position.

Worldly life must be happy, but do not drown paramārtha in it. The balanced householder's posture.

मागां जालें निरूपण । गुरुशिष्यांची वोळखण । आतां उपदेशाचें लक्षण । सांगिजेल

māgām jālem nirūpaṇa | guruśiṣyāmcī voḷakhaṇa | ātām upadeśācem lakṣaṇa | sāmgijela

Earlier the recognition of guru-and-disciple was given; now the signs of teaching (*upadeśa*) will be told.

Transition: guru-śiṣya recognition given; next, the signs of *upadeśa* (teaching).

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