The Symptoms of Conditioned and Liberated Living Entities
प्रकृतिस्थोऽप्यसंसक्तो यथा खं सवितानिल: । वैशारद्येक्षयासङ्गशितया छिन्नसंशय: ॥ १२ ॥ प्रतिबुद्ध इव स्वप्नान्नानात्वाद् विनिवर्तते ॥ १३ ॥
Transliteration
prakṛti-stho ’py asaṁsakto yathā khaṁ savitānilaḥ vaiśāradyekṣayāsaṅga- śitayā chinna-saṁśayaḥ pratibuddha iva svapnān nānātvād vinivartate
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
prakṛti — in the material world; sthaḥ — situated; api — even though; asaṁsaktaḥ — completely detached from sense gratification; yathā — just as; kham — the sky; savitā — the sun; anilaḥ — the wind; vaiśāradyā — by most expert; īkṣayā — vision; asaṅga — through detachment; śitayā — sharpened; chinna — cut to pieces; saṁśayaḥ — doubts; pratibuddhaḥ — awakened; iva — like; svapnāt — from a dream; nānātvāt — from the duality of variety of the material world; vinivartate — one turns away or renounces.
Translation
“Although the sky, or space, is the resting place of everything, the sky does not mix with anything, nor is it entangled. Similarly, the sun is not at all attached to the water in which it is reflected within innumerable reservoirs, and the mighty wind blowing everywhere is not affected by the innumerable aromas and atmospheres through which it passes. In the same way, a self-realized soul is completely detached from the material body and the material world around it. He is like a person who has awakened and arisen from a dream. With expert vision sharpened by detachment, the self-realized soul cuts all doubts to pieces through knowledge of the self and completely withdraws his consciousness from the expansion of material variety.”