CHAPTER FOUR
जनक उवाच
Janaka spoke
हन्तात्मज्नानस्य धीरस्य खेलतो भोगलीलया ।
न हि संसारवाहीकैर्मूढैर्सह समानता ॥४-१॥
True indeed!
For a courageous Knower of Self, who is
sporting among the sense objects,
(without getting affected),
there is no comparison with the fools
who carry the burden of Samsaara
on their minds.
यत्पदं प्रेप्सवो दीनाः शक्राद्याः सर्वदेवताः ।
अहो तत्र स्थितो योगी न हर्षमुपगच्च्छति ॥४-२॥
The Yogi, who is in the supreme state
which even all the gods like Indra struggle to
reach,
never can find any joy in the sense
objects.
(He knows that the sense objects do not
contain anything called joy within them.)
तज्ज्ञ्नस्य पुण्यपापाभ्यां स्पर्शो ह्यन्तर्न जायते ।
न ह्याकाशस्य धूमेन दृश्यमानापि सङ्गतिः ॥४-३॥
The sky covered by the smoke is
untouched by it even when seen to be in contact.
So also, the merit and demerit of the
actions connected to objects,
does not taint the inner peace of the
Knower of Aatman.
(Though he is doing actions, he does not
have the doership at all.)
आत्मेवैदं जगत्सर्वं ज्ञ्नातं येन महात्मना ।
यदृच्छया वर्तमानं तं निषेद्धुं क्षमेत कः ॥४-४॥
The great one knows the entire world as
his own essence;
and stays as his natural self.
Who can restrain his conduct in any way?
(What is there other than the Chit-state
as a second one?)
आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्ते भूतग्रामे चतुर्विधे ।
विज्ञ्नस्यैवहि सामर्थ्यमिच्छानिच्छाविवर्जने ॥४-५॥
This perceived world contains four types
of species
(crawling, swimming, flying, walking)
from the pillar to the Brahmaa (Creator)
level.
The Knower has to move among all these
varied levels of beings.
He alone has the capacity to reject both
the liked and disliked.
(When he is all as Knowledge, what
object can he like or dislike?)
आत्मानमद्वयं कश्चिज्जानाति जगदीश्वरम् ।
यद्वेत्ति तत्स कुरुते न भयं तस्य कुत्रचित् ॥४-६॥
Very rarely can some one realize the
non-dual essence within
as the Supreme Lord of the Creation
(Brahman-state which is all).
For a person who is established in this
understanding,
there is no fear from anything.
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