तस्यापि निरोधे सर्वनिरोधान् निर्बीजः समाधिः
With the cessation even of that, when all cessation is accomplished, samādhi without seed arises.
तपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः
Austerity, study, and devotion to the Lord are the yoga of action.
समाधिभावनार्थः क्लेशतनूकरणार्थश् च
This is for cultivating samādhi and for attenuating the afflictions.
अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः
Ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion, and clinging to life are the afflictions.
अविद्या क्षेत्रम् उत्तरेषां प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम्
Ignorance is the field for the others, whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted, or fully active.
अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिर् अविद्या
Ignorance is seeing the impermanent, impure, painful, and non-self as permanent, pure, pleasurable, and self.
दृग्दर्शनशक्त्योर् एकात्मतेवास्मिता
Egoism is the apparent identification of the powers of seeing and the seen as one.
सुखानुशयी रागः
Attachment is that which dwells upon pleasure.
दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः
Aversion is that which dwells upon pain.
स्वरसवाही विदुषो ऽपि तथा रूढो ऽभिनिवेशः
Clinging to life flows on by its own force, established even in the wise in the same way.
ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः
These subtle afflictions are to be resolved by returning to their source.
ध्यानहेयास् तद्वृत्तयः
Their active forms are to be abandoned through meditation.
क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः
Karmic impressions rooted in affliction are experienced in seen and unseen births.
सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः
As long as the root exists, its fruition is birth, lifespan, and experience.
ते ह्लादपरितापफलाः पुण्यापुण्यहेतुत्वात्
They bear fruits of joy or suffering, according to virtue or vice as their cause.
परिणामतापसंस्कारदुःखैर् गुणवृत्तिविरोधाच् च दुःखम् एव सर्वं विवेकिनः
For the discerning, all is suffering because of the pain of change, anxiety, latent impressions, and the conflict of the qualities.
हेयं दुःखम् अनागतम्
The suffering that has not yet come is to be avoided.
द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः संयोगो हेयहेतुः
The cause of what is to be avoided is the conjunction of the seer and the seen.
प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम्
The seen is of the nature of illumination, activity, and inertia, composed of elements and senses, and exists for experience and liberation.
विशेषाविशेषलिङ्गमात्रालिङ्गानि गुणपर्वाणि
The stages of the qualities are particular, universal, marked, and unmarked.
द्रष्टा दृशिमात्रः शुद्धो ऽपि प्रत्ययानुपश्यः
The seer is pure consciousness, though seeing through the mind’s perceptions.
तदर्थ एव दृश्यस्यात्मा
The essence of the seen exists solely for that purpose.
कृतार्थं प्रति नष्टम् अप्य् अनष्टं तदन्यसाधारणत्वात्
Even though it ceases to exist for one who has attained the goal, it remains for others because it is common to them.
स्वस्वामिशक्त्योः स्वरूपोपलब्धिहेतुः संयोगः
The conjunction is the cause for the realization of the true nature of the power of the self and the owner.
तस्य हेतुर् अविद्या
The cause of this conjunction is ignorance.
तदभावात् संयोगाभावो हानं तद्दृशेः कैवल्यम्
With the absence of that, the conjunction ceases; this is the liberation of the seer.
विवेकख्यातिर् अविप्लवा हानोपायः
Unwavering discriminative knowledge is the means to this cessation.
तस्य सप्तधा प्रान्तभूमिः प्रज्ञा
For him, wisdom reaches its utmost limit in seven stages.
योगाङ्गानुष्ठानाद् अशुद्धिक्षये ज्ञानदीप्तिर् आ विवेकख्यातेः
Through the practice of the limbs of yoga, when impurities are destroyed, the light of knowledge arises up to discriminative knowledge.
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयो ऽष्टाव् अङ्गानि
Restraint, observance, posture, breath control, withdrawal, concentration, meditation, and absorption are the eight limbs.