क्षत्रियाणामयं धर्मो यत्प्रजापरिपालनम्
This is the duty of kṣatriyas: the protection of their subjects.
यत्राशक्तस्य मे दोषो नैवास्त्यपकृते त्वया
Where I am powerless, there is no fault of mine if you act wrongly.
जन्मोपर्भागलिप्सार्थमियं गज्यस्पृहा मम
This desire for sovereignty in me is for the sake of gaining a share of birth and fortune.
न याच्ञा क्षत्रबन्धूनां धर्मायैतत्सतां मतम्
Requesting from fellow kṣatriyas is not considered righteous by the virtuous.
राज्यं गृध्नन्ति विद्वांसो ममत्वाकृष्टचेतसः
The learned, whose minds are drawn by attachment, covet kingship.
अहं च विद्यया मृत्युं तर्तुकामः करोमि वै
And I, wishing to cross over death by knowledge, indeed act.
तदिदं ते मनो दिष्ट्या विवेकैश्चर्यतां गतम्
Therefore, by fortune, your mind has attained discernment and wonder.
अनात्मन्यात्मबुद्धिर्या ह्यस्वे स्वविषया मतिः
That understanding which sees the self in the non-self, and regards what is not one's own as one's own—
पञ्चभूतात्मके देहे देही मोहतमोवृत्तः
The embodied soul, enveloped in the darkness of delusion, dwells in a body composed of the five elements.
आकाशवाय्वग्रिजलपृथिवीभिः पृथक् स्थिते
Space, air, fire, water, and earth exist separately.
कलेवरोपभोग्यं हि गृहक्षेत्रादिकं च यत्
Whatever is enjoyed by the body, such as house, land, and so on—
इत्थं च पुत्रपौत्रेषु तद्देहोत्पादितेषु च
Thus, in sons and grandsons, and in those produced from that body—
सर्वदेहोपभोगाय कुरुते कर्म मानवः
A person performs actions for the enjoyment of all bodies.
मृण्मयं हि यथा गेहं लिप्यते वै मृदं भसा
Just as a house made of clay is smeared with clay and cow-dung—
पञ्चभोगात्मकैर्भोगैः पञ्चभोगात्मकं वपुः
The body, composed of five enjoyments, is enjoyed by pleasures of fivefold nature.
अनेकजन्मसाहस्त्रं ससारपदवीं व्रजन्
Traversing the path of transmigration through many thousands of births—
प्रक्षाल्यते यदा सौम्य रेणुर्ज्ञानोष्णवारिणा
When, O gentle one, the dust is washed away by the warm water of knowledge—
मोहश्रमे शमं याते स्वच्छान्तःकरणः पुमान्
When the fatigue of delusion subsides, a man attains a mind that is clear and tranquil.
निर्वाणमय एवायमात्मा ज्ञानमयो ऽमलः
This self is composed of liberation, is made of knowledge, and is pure.
जलस्य नाग्निना संगः स्थालीसंगात्तथापि हि
Just as water does not mix with fire, yet it touches the vessel.
तथात्मा प्रकृतेः संगादहंमानादिदूषितः
In the same way, the self, by contact with nature, is tainted by ego and other impurities.
तदेतत्कथितं बीजमविद्याया मया तव
Thus, I have explained to you the seed of ignorance.
क्लेशानां च क्षयकरं योगादन्यन्न विद्यते
Apart from yoga, there is nothing else that brings an end to afflictions.
खाण्डिक्यो ऽमृतवच्छ्रत्वा पुनराह तमीरयन्
Khāṇḍikya, like nectar, again spoke, inspiring him.
विज्ञातयो गशास्त्रार्थस्त्वमस्यां निमिसंततौ
You have understood the meaning of the scriptures in this brief moment.
यत्र स्थितो न च्यवते प्राप्य ब्रह्मलयं मुनिः
Where the sage, having attained absorption in Brahman, remains without falling away.
बन्धस्य विषयासंगि मुक्तेर्निर्विषयं तथा
Bondage is due to attachment to objects; liberation is free from objects.
चिन्तयेन्मुक्तये तेन ब्रह्मभूतं परेश्वरम्
For liberation, one should contemplate the Supreme Lord who has become Brahman.
विकार्यमात्मनः शक्त्या लोहमाकर्षको यथा
Just as iron is drawn by the power of a magnet, so too by the power of the self.
तस्या ब्रह्मणि संयोगो योग इत्यभिधीयते
The union of that self with Brahman is called yoga.