हेया रागत्वादिति चेन्नोत्तमास्पदत्वात् सङ्गवत्
If it is said, 'It should be rejected because of attachment,' (we say) not so, because it is the highest support, like association.
तदेव कर्मिज्ञानयोगिभ्य आधिक्यशब्दात्
Indeed, from the word indicating superiority, it surpasses those devoted to action, knowledge, and yoga.
प्रश्ननिरूपणाभ्यामाधिक्यसिद्धे:
Superiority is established by both inquiry and determination.
नैव श्रद्धा तु साधारण्यात्
But not faith, because it is common (to all).
तस्यां तत्त्वे चानवस्थानात्
And because there is no finality in its reality.
ब्रह्मकाण्डं तु भक्तौ तस्यानुज्ञानाय सामान्यात्
But the section on Brahman, in devotion, is for its permission, because of its generality.
बुद्धिहेतुप्रवृत्तिराविशुद्धेरवघातवत्
The activity arising from reason, due to purity, is like the removal (of obstacles).
तदङ्गानां च
And of its auxiliaries as well.
तामैश्वर्यपरां काश्यप: परत्वात्
Kāśyapa holds that it is supreme in lordly power, because of its transcendence.
आत्मैकपरां बादरायण:
Bādarāyaṇa (holds) that it is supreme in the Self alone.
उभयपरां शाण्डिल्य: शब्दोपपत्तिभ्याम्
Śāṇḍilya (holds) that it is supreme in both, because of scriptural statement and reasoning.
वैषम्यादसिद्धमिति चेन्नाभिज्ञानवदवैशिष्ट्यात्
If it is said, 'It is not established because of inequality,' (we reply) not so, because of the distinction, as with knowledge.
न च क्लिष्ट: पर: स्यादनन्तरं विशेषात्
Nor would the afflicted be supreme, because immediately after, there is a distinction.
ऐश्वर्यं तथेति चेन्न स्वाभाव्यात्
If it is said, 'It is lordly power thus,' (we reply) not so, because it is by nature.
अप्रतिषिद्धं परैश्वर्यं तद्भावाच्च नैवमितरेषाम्
Unobstructed supreme lordship is (possible) because of its existence; not so for the others.
सर्वानृते किमिति चेन्नैवं बुद्ध्यानन्त्यात्
If it is asked, 'Why not all falsehood?' (we reply) not so, because of the infinitude of intellect.
प्रकृत्यन्तरालादवैकार्यं चित्सत्त्वेनानुवर्तमानात्
Because of the difference from other natures, there is no alteration, as consciousness continues in its own essence.
तत्प्रतिष्ठा गृहपीठवत्
Its foundation is like the base of a house.
मिथोऽपेक्षणादुभयम्
Because of mutual dependence, both exist.
चेत्यचितोर्न तृतीयम्
There is no third, apart from the cognizer and the cognized.
युक्तौ च सम्परायात्
And in union, from the transition.
शक्तित्वान्नानृतं वेद्यम्
Because of its power, what is known is not false.
तत्परिशुद्धिश्च गम्या लोकवल्लिङ्गेभ्य:
Its purity is inferred from worldly signs.
सम्मानबहुमानप्रीतिविरहेतरविचिकित्सामहिमख्यातितदर्थप्राणस्थानतदीयतासर्वतद् भावा प्रातिकूल्यादीनि च स्मरणेभ्यो बाहुल्यात्
Respect, honor, affection, absence of hostility, doubt, fame, recognition of purpose, devotion, offering, and all such states, as well as opposition and the like, are frequent in recollection.
द्वेषादयस्तु नैवम्
But hatred and the like are not so.
यद्वाक्यशेषात् प्रादुर्भावेष्वपि सा
From the remainder of the statement, even in manifestations, it is so.
जन्मकर्मविदश्चाजन्मशब्दात्
And the knower of birth and action, because of the term 'unborn.'
तच्च दिव्यं स्वशक्तिमात्रोद्भवात्
And that is divine, arising solely from its own power.
मुख्यं तस्य हि कारुण्यम्
For compassion is its primary quality.
प्राणित्वान्न विभूतिषु
Because it is living, not among the manifestations.