Gaudapada's   Karika   on   the  Mandukya  Upanishad
ALATASANTI   PRAKARANA(contd).  
AjminÔmSvß<   à-at<   -vit   Svym!   ,
sk«iÖ-atae   ýevE;   xmaˆR   xatuSv-avt>  .  81 .
 

Aj|

birthless

A¢nd#|

sleepless*

AÞvp"|

dreamless* (*pure consciousness)

p#Bat|

luminous

Bv¢t

becomes

Þvym¯

self

sk]t¯

once and for all

¢vBat:

ever-effulgent

¢h

indeed

ev

only

ex

this

DmI:

self

Dat¤ÞvBavt:

by its very nature

 
4.81   The   Self   is   without   the   transient   attributes   of   birth, sleep   and   dream,   and   has   its   own   nature   of   being   ever-luminous.
   
suomaiìyte   inTy<   Ê>o<   iviìyte     sda     ,
ySy   kSy   c   xmRSy   ¢he[   -gvansaE   .   82   .
 

s¤Km¯

easily

Aa¢v#ytE

is covered

¢nÏy|

ever

Ѥ:K|

with difficulty

¢v¢v#ytE

uncovered

sda

always

yÞy

whose

kÞy	of which one

c

and

DmIÞy

of the attribute

g#hEN

by taking to

Bgvan¯

Lord

AsaW

that

 
4.82   Once   you   yield   to   a   like,   it   will   hide   the   Self   from you   for   a   long   time,   and   it   will   take   hard   effort   to realise   it   again.  
AiSt   naSTyiSt   naStIit   naiSt   naStIit   va   pun>     ,
cliSwrae-ya-avErav&[aeTyev   bailz>                 .  83   .
 

A¢Þt

exists

n

not

A¢Þt

exists

A¢Þt

exists

n

not

A¢Þt

exists

i¢t

thus

n

not

A¢Þt

exist

n

not

A¢Þt

exist

i¢t

thus

va

or

p¤n:

again

cl:	changeable

¢ÞTr:

constant

uBy	of either kind

ABavW:

by non-existence

Aav¦NaE¢t

covers up

ev

surely

ba¢lS:

unenlightened

 
4.83   The   Self   is   hidden   from   the unenlightened   who   vacillates between   conflicting   beliefs   that   it   exists,   does   not exist,   or   both   exists   and   does   not   exist,   it   moves,
it   is   immobile,   both   etc.  
kaeq(ítö   @taStu   ¢hEyaRsa<   sda==v&t>         ,
-gvanai-rSp&òae   yen   †ò>   s   svR†kœ     .  84 .
 

kaEzY:

schools

ct*:

four

eta:

these

t¤

indeed

g#hW:

through the acceptance

yasa|

of which

sda

always

Aav¦t:

covered

Bgvan¯

the Lord

Aa¢B:

by these

AÞp¦¾:

untouched

yEn

by whom

¾:	has been realized

s:

he

svIk	omniscient

 
4.84   The   Self   remains   hidden   for   the followers   of   these   four   schools,   obsessed   with   their   own   views. The   Lord   is   untouched by   these   and   whoever   realises   Him   becomes   omniscient.
 
àaPy   svR}ta<   k«Tõa<   äaü{y<   pdmÖym!       ,
AnapÚaidmXyaNt<   ikmt>   prmIhte       .    85   .
 

p#aÔy

having attained

svIåOta|

omniscience

k]Ïs"a|

in its fullness

b#a'Îy|

enlightenment

pdm¯

state of

A¹ym¯

non-dual

Anap°     Aa¢d      mÒy     AÓt|

has no beginning,middle and end

¢km¯

what

At:

this

prm¯

further

iIhtE

desires

   
4.85   What   more   can   an   enlightened   one   want after   he   has   acquired    omniscience   and   attained   to   the   state of   Brahmanhood   and   transcended
the   states   of   birth,   existence   and   death   ?  
ivàa[a<   ivnyae   ýe;   zm>   àak«t   %Cyte  ,
dm>àk«itdaNtTvadev<   ivÖa|!zm<   ìjet!   .   86   .
 

¢vp#aNa|

of those revelling in the Scriptures

¢vny:

humility

¢h

indeed

ex:

this is

Sm:	mental tranquillity

p#ak]t:

natural

uÅytE

said to be

dm:	self-restraint

p#k]¢tdaÓtÏvat¯

because of natural poise

ev|

thus

¢v¹an¯

having known

Sm|	tranquillity

v#jEt¯

one should attain

 
4.86   The   state   of   Self-control   and   self-restraint   becomes the   natural   state   of   the   one   revelling   in   the  sacred   lore,   who   has   realised   that such   self-control   is   the   very   essence   of   Brahman.
   
svStu   saeplM-<   c   Öy<   laEikkim:yte    ,
AvStu   saeplM-<   c   zuÏ<   laEikkim:yte  .  87  .
 

svÞt¤

with object

saEplØB|

perception

c

and

¹y|

these two

laW¢kk|

worldly (waking state)

iÝytE

is said to be

AvÞt¤

without object

saEplØB|

their perception

c

and

S¤¼|

pure

laW¢kk|

worldly(dreaming state)

iÝytE

it is said to be

 
4.87   Objects   and   their   perception   constitute  the   waking   state.   Mere   perception   in   the   absence of   objects   is   said   to   be   the   dream   state.
   
AvSTvnuplM-<   c   laekaeÄrimit   Sm&tm!                ,
}an<   }ey<   c   iv}ey<   sda   buÏE>   àkIitRtm!       .    88    .
 

AvÞt¤

without objects

An¤plØB|

absence of perception

c

and

laEkaEäOr|

supra-mundane

i¢t

thus

Þm¦tm¯

it is said

åOan|

perception

åOEy|

objects

c

and

¢våOEy|

to be known through specialized knowledge

sda

always

b¤¼W:

by the enlightened

p#k£¢tItm¯

proclaimed

 
4.88   Beyond   the   empirical   experience   of   objects   of perception   in   the   waking,   dream   and   deep   sleep   states   is what   the   scholars   describe   as   the   state   of   Turiya,   when  he   has   the   knowledge   of   the   Self   alone.
 
}ane   c   iÇivxe   }eye   ³me[   ividte   Svym!         ,
svR}ta   ih   svRÇ   -vtIh   mhaixy>    .   89   .
 

åOanE

having attained worldly knowledge

c

and

¢æO¢vDE

of three states (waking, dreaming and sleeping)

åOEyE

to be known

@mEN	in an orderly fashion

¢v¢dtE

when known

Þvym¯

on its own accord

svIåOta

omniscience

¢h

indeed

svIæO

about all matters

Bv¢t

occurs

ih	in this world (in one's lifetime)

mha¢Dy:

persons of wide intellect

 
4.89   Possessed   gradually   of   these   stages   of   experience of   the   three   states,you   attain   to   an   all-encompassing cosmic   knowledge   even   within   the   present   lifetime.  
hey}eyaPypaKyain   iv}eyaNy¢ya[t>     ,
te;amNyÇ   iv}eyaÊplM-iô;u   Sm&t>    .   90   .
 

hEy	to be abjured

åOEy	to be known

AaÔy	to be reached

paÀya¢n

to be kept under check

¢våOEya¢n

to be acquired with due care

Ag#yaNt:

in the first place

tExam¯

their

AÓyæO

elsewhere

¢våOEyat¯

other than the Self

uplØB:

a belief of existence

¢æOx¤           hEy    åOEy   paÀya¢n

in the above three ( )

Þm¦t:

it is said

 
4.90   Freeing   yourself   from   the   hold   of   the   experiences of   the   three   states   of   waking,   dream   and   deep   sleep, you   should   study   the   scriptures,   observe   silence   and
exercise   control   over   emotions,   and   concentrate   on   the attainment   of   Self-knowledge   to   the   exclusion   of   all   else.
 
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