Dashak 13 · Samāsa 9

By the body-yoga, Ātman has to bear agitation and worry. / By body-yoga, Ātman lives — this is clearly so.

If body does not eat food, Ātman does not live. / Without Ātman, consciousness — whence for the body?

These — one-without-the-other — doing [so] is meaningless. / By both-together, some — task proceeds.

Body has no consciousness; Ātman cannot lift objects. / By dream-eating, belly is not filled.

Ātman goes to dream-state; but is also in body. / In sleep, it scratches — see the marvel.

By food-juice, body grows; per body, the consideration. / In old age thereafter — both diminish.

Body eats excellent substance; by body-yoga, Ātman is deluded. / By forgetfulness, loses awareness — of everything.

Body took poison; Ātman goes peacefully. / Growth-and-decline for Ātman — rigorously is.

Growth, decline, coming, going; sukha-duḥkha by body's guṇa; / various kinds of bhoga — Ātman bears.

An ant-hill means — hollow; paths of ants everywhere. / Likewise this body — know purely.

In the body, nāḍīs are bound up; within nāḍīs are hollow paths. / Large-small, all mixed — nāḍīs are packed.

The creature takes food-water; from that, food-juice becomes. / Vāyu operates it — by breath.

Through nāḍīs, life-liquid runs; in the life-liquid plays the wind. / Along with that wind, know — Ātman too examines.

By thirst, the body dries; Ātman knows this consideration; / then raising the body — he directs toward water.

Asks for water, speaks the word; sees the path, moves the body. / Moves the whole body — appropriate to occasion.

He knows 'hunger has come'; then raises the body. / Causes to speak exclamations — to whomever.

To wife, says: 'Is it ready?' Brings the body purely. / Makes the feet stride forward — hurriedly.

Sits down on the plate; fills the eye with the plate; / begins with the hand — the āpoṣaṇa (sipping-ritual).

By the hand, lifts the morsel; into the mouth, opens the mouth; / by the teeth, chews — firmly.

Himself plays in the tongue; sees the flavors. / Hair, straw, pebble recognizes — at once spits out.

On bland, asks wife for salt; says 'yes, mother, what'; / heats eyes and looks — angrily.

Various food-sweets; various flavors — the tastes distinguished; / when pungent, shakes the head — and coughs.

'Too much pepper; what has the cook done?' / By tongue, harsh retort — speaks angrily.

Ate much ghee; immediately lifted the tumbler; / gulp-gulp began to drink — leisurely.

In the body, sukha-duḥkha-bhoktā — is only the one Ātman. / Without Ātman, body is vain — becomes a corpse.

Various vṛttis of mind; knowing is the ātma-sthiti. / In the three worlds, every individual — in their interior is Ātman.

In the jagat is the Jagadātmā; in the Viśva is the Viśvātmā. / All is moved by the Sarvātmā — in various forms.

Smells, tastes, hears, sees; recognizes soft-hard; / cold-hot is known — at once.

With alertness, crafty — does much fuss. / The untangling of the clever — only the clever does.

Along with wind, fragrance comes; but that fragrance dissolves. / Wind brings dust; but it too goes.

Cold-hot along with wind; with fragrance or stench; / may be, yet leisurely — it does not linger.

Along with wind come diseases; along with wind, ghosts run; / smoke and mist come — along with wind.

Along with wind, nothing lives; with Ātman, wind does not last. / Ātman's agility, know — is greater.

Wind is obstructed by hard; Ātman pierces hard. / Hard — if looked — is not cut.

Wind roars loudly; Ātman roars not. / In silence within it is understood — on examining.

When the body is made well, it reaches the Ātman. / By body-yoga has occurred — samādhāna.

Various means apart from body — on doing, do not reach the Ātman. / Samādhāna is attained by vāsanā — through the body.

The delight of body-Ātman — on seeing is many. / Without body, obstruction — comes to Ātman.

When one is, much happens; looking separately, nothing happens. / By vivek, in three worlds expansion — by body-Ātman-yoga.