Dashak 15 · Samāsa 1

Bodies of flesh-bones, in which jīveśvara dwells; / in various vikāras becoming vikāra — becomes skilled.

Dense, hollow by svabhāva — examine and know by life. / 'Should it become, should it not' — jīva knows.

Some, asked-and-asked, receive; some, without asking, give. / By pratīti, auspicious-marks — should be recognized.

Put jīva into jīva; mix Ātman with Ātman. / Keep-and-keep searching — the inner-state of others.

Sacred-thread spread out became pompous; by looseness it went astray; / rigorously it shone — in sight.

Likewise mind with mind — should meet through vivek. / By looseness, inference — is occurring.

By inference, inference grows; by pressure, the task spoils. / Therefore pratyaya — should first be seen.

Another's heart-interior is not known; the other-self cannot be known. / Various people become [yours] — in what manner?

Setting aside grasp, they go aside; people do incantations; / by incompleteness, they fall short — in various places.

Jagadīśa is in the jagad-antara; on whom should magic be done? / He who examines with vivek — he alone is excellent.

The excellent does excellent tasks; the low does contrived [acts]. / Per karma, creatures are wicked — or good.

Kings go by royal-paths; thieves by thief-paths; / the fool is cheated by little self-interest — by foolishness.

The fool thinks 'I am wise'; but he is a pitiable mad one. / The various signs of cāturya — the clever know.

He who united with the jagad-antara — has become jagad-antara itself. / This-world, other-world — what lacks for him?

Buddhi is the gift of Bhagavant; without buddhi, man is raw. / Leaving the kingdom, begs for free — alms.

Wherever, whatever arose — to each is accepted. / Given pride, it is entangled — in various places.

All say 'we are great'; all say 'we are beautiful'; / all say 'we are clever' — on earth.

Such consideration brought to mind, no one calls himself small. / The knowing bring to inference — everything.

By their own self-pride, people proceed by inference. / But this should be seen — by vivek.

Taking the self-pride of the false; abandoning all the true — / these are the marks — of foolishness.

The self-pride that is of the true — know as nirabhimāna. / Justice and injustice — never the same.

Justice means eternal; injustice means non-eternal. / Mediocre and rigorous — how can they be one?

Some openly enjoy fortune; some flee as thieves; / some have manifest mahantī, some are abashed.

Without ācāra-vicāra, whatever is done — is exhaustion. / The cunning and insightful — those should be sought.

Abundant bazaar-folk gathered; but the cunning contain them; / before the cunning, nothing of the bazaar-folk — works.

For this reason, with the chief-chief — friendship should be made. / By this, countless — bazaar-folk gather.

The cunning likes the cunning; cunning endures within cunning; / uselessly wander the fools — without task.

Cunning knew cunning; by that, mind met mind-hood; / but all this should be done — in secret.

Preserving the mind of the powerful — abundant people come there; / common people and sajjanas — do hospitality.

By acquaintance, seek acquaintance; by buddhi, enlighten buddhi; / by nīti-nyāya, block the path — of heresy.

Hold a dumb-appearance; inside, hold many arts; / all people's affection — should not be broken.

Niṣpṛha and ever-new; brahma-jñāna of pratyaya; / manifestly knowing — sajjana — rare in the world.

Various types of recitations — cool all hearts. / Cañcalatā thereafter — in all places.

If he sat in one place, then enterprise itself sank. / With alertness, to each and every — meet.

To keep meeting — these are the marks of cāturya. / Every person, by excellent guṇa — attains samādhāna.