| p·anam¢p | when all the five |
| kaESanampvadE | sheaths have been eliminated |
| ¢vBaÏyy| | the Self of man appears |
| S¤Ñ¯D: | pure |
| ¢nÏyanÓdWkrs: | of the essence of everlasting and unalloyed bliss |
| p#Ïyg#¥p: | indwelling |
| pr: | supreme |
| Þvy|ÇyaE¢t: | and self-effulgent. |
| AaÏmanaÏm¢vvEk: | should descriminate between the Self and the nonSelf |
| ktIÛy: | by that alone |
| bÓDm¤³yE | to remove his bondage |
| ¢vѤxa | the wise man |
| tEnWvanÓd£ | and becomes happy |
| Bv¢t | comes |
| Þv| | he |
| ¢våOay | to know |
| s¢ÅcdanÓdm¯ | his own Self as ExistenceKnowledge |
| m¤¸a¢dx£ka¢mv | a stalk of grass from its enveloping sheath |
| èÜyvgaIt¯ | who discriminates between all senseobjects |
| p#Ïy·maÏmanmsÄñm¢@ym¯ | and the indwelling,unattached and inactive Self |
| ¢v¢vÅy | as one separates |
| tæO | in It |
| p#¢vlaÔy | and merging |
| svI|| | everything |
| tdaÏmna | in a state of identity |
| ¢t¾¢t | remains |
| y: s: m¤³: | He indeed is free. |
| dEhaE{ym°BvnaE{°myÞt¤ | this body of ours is the |
| kaES: | product of |
| c A°En | food |
| j£v¢t | and comprises and lives on food |
| ¢vnÜy¢t | and dies |
| t¢¹h£n: | without it |
| ÏvkqcmIma|sâ¢Dra¢ÞTp¤r£xra¢S: | it is a mass of skin, flesh, blood, bones and filth |
| nay| | this alone |
| Þvy| | self-existent Atman |
| B¢vt¤mhI¢t | can never be |
| ¢nÏyS¤Ñ¯D: | the eternally pure |
| p¥vI|| | prior to |
| jnEr¢Dm¦tEr¢p | inception or posterior to dissolution |
| naym¢Þt | it does not exist |
| jatXN: | but lasts only |
| XNg¤NaE{¢nytÞvBav: | for a short( intervening) period |
| nWkaE | and it is changeful by nature |
| jfà | slow |
| GzvÏp¢rèÜyman: | is seen like a jar |
| ÞvaÏma | one's own self |
| kT| | how can it |
| Bv¢t | be |
| Bav¢vkarvEäOa | the Witness of changes in all things? |
| pa¢Npada¢dmaÓdEh: naÏma | the body,consisting of arms, legs, etc., |
| ÛyÄñE{¢p | when particular limbs are gone |
| j£vnat¯ | for one continues to live |
| täOÅC³ErnaSaÅc | and the different functions of the organism |
| n ¢nyØyaE | also remains intact. |
| ¢nyamk: | is the Ruler of all |
| dEhtѯDmItÏkmItdvÞTa¢dsa¢XN: | from the body, its characteristics, its activities, its states,etc., |
| st ev | of which |
| Þvt: | is different |
| ¢sÑG| | as the abiding Reality |
| t¹WlXÎymaÏmn: | That the Atman, is selfevident. |
| SÚyra¢SmaIs¢lçO: | being a pack of bones, covered with flesh |
| mlp¥Na©I{¢tkÜml: | full of filth and highly impure |
| kT| | how can |
| BvEdy| | the body |
| vEäOa | be the selfexistent Atman, the Knower |
| ÞvymEt¢¹lXN: | which is ever distinct from it ? |
| ÏvHqma|smEdaE{¢ÞTp¤r£xraSa | who identifies himself with a mass of skin, flesh, fat, bones and filth |
| vh|m¢t| | knows his own Self |
| m¥Fjn: | It is the foolish man |
| kraE¢t | does |
| ¢vlXN| | as distinct |
| vE¢äO | realizes |
| ¢vcarS£laE | while the man of discrimination |
| ¢njÞvãp| | the only Reality |
| prmaTIB¥tm¯ | that there is, from the body. |
| dEhaE{h¢mÏyEv | thinks he is the body |
| jfÞy | the stupid man |
| b¤¢Ñ¯D: | buddhi |
| dEhE c | with the mixture of body |
| j£vE | and soul |
| ¢vѤxÞÏvh|D£: | the booklearned man identifies himself |
| ¢vvEk¢våOanvtaE | possessed of realization due to discrimination |
| mhaÏmnaE | the sage |
| b#'ah¢mÏyEv | and thinks, " I am Brahman" |
| m¢t: | buddhi |
| sdaÏm¢n | the eternal Atman as his Self. |