Dashak 17 · Samāsa 10

In āvarṇodaka Haṭakeśvara; to him namaskāra is made; / the mahimā is extremely great — of that pātāla-linga.

But there cannot be gone; by body darśana is not had; / by vivek should be brought to inference — that Īśvara.

The circle of seven seas; abundant land beyond; / at end the cliffs are cut — of the earth-globe.

Seven seas to cross; how does going there work? / Therefore the vivekī — should be the sādhu-folk.

What is not known to oneself — should be asked of the knower; / to wander with body at mind-speed — does not happen.

What is not known to skin-eye — should be seen with jñāna-eye; / should remain examining brahmāṇḍa — in samādhāna.

In middle is the earth's restlessness; hence ākāśa and pātāla; / without that restlessness, the firmament — is on all sides.

That should be called para-brahma — which is apart from upādhi by svabhāva; / where in the name of dṛśya-māyā — is śūnyākāra.

Eye's seeing is dṛśya; mind's seeing is bhāsa; / beyond mind is nirābhāsa — should be known by vivek.

Dṛśya-bhāsa all dissolves; vivek there expands; / on earth-globe, jñātās are few — of subtle vision.

Vācyāmśa should be spoken by speech; unspoken lakṣyāmśa should be known; / nirguṇa should be brought to anubhava — by guṇa-yoga.

Various guṇas have destruction; nirguṇa is avināśa; / greater than the coarse, special — is the subtle seeing.

What is not seen by eye — should be known by hearing; / by śravaṇa-manana falls in place — everything.

Various kinds of aṣṭadhā; examining abundantly not known; / cannot flatten all together — anyone.

When all becomes equal state — there examination itself drowns. / A taste-less one mixes — various foods.

A ṭoṇapā (insensitive) is not a guṇa-grāhika; the fool does not know vivek; / vivek and aviveka — they call one.

To whom high-low is not known — there experience drowns; / to the creature by various practices — whence release?

Madness comes, becomes dirty; to him all seems equal; / know him as pointless — they are not vivekīs.

What is always being destroyed — they call 'avināśa'; / to the abundant-missed people — what to say?

Īśvara made various bhedas; by bheda all sṛṣṭi proceeds; / blind examiners gathered — whence examination?

Where examination is absent — that is a ṭoṇapā-community; / there are no virtues — whence can honor come?

True-false became one; what did vivek do? / Abandoning asāra, taking sāra — by sādhu-folk.

Examination of excellent vastu — how does it happen to the stupid? / To the initiation-less, dīkṣā — whence will come?

By one's own filthy-ness — does not know to do corner-cleanliness; / Vedas, śāstras, Purāṇas — what do they do for him?

First preserve ācāra; then see vicāra; / by ācāra-vicāra, the far-shore — is attained.

What is not known to the rigorous — how to the idle? / Eyed-ones are cheated by the blind — what use?

Pāpa-puṇya, svarga-narka — all accepted as one; / vivek and aviveka — what to accept?

Amṛta-viṣa called one; but on drinking poison, life goes; / by kukarma, shaming; by sukarma, fame grows.

This-world and other-world; where there is no full vivek — / there all is meaningless — everything.

Therefore by sat-sanga alone should one go; sat-śāstra-śravaṇa alone should be done; / excellent virtues should be practiced — by various efforts.