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| साधनपाद,-Sādhana-Pāda, (S.-0, Ch.-2, V.-18) |
प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियाअत्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम् ॥१८॥ |
prakāśa-kriyā-sthiti-śīlaṁ bhūtendriya-ātmakaṁ bhoga-apavarga-arthaṁ dr̥śyam ॥18॥ |
| prakasha = illumination, light kriya = of activity sthiti = steadiness, inertia, stasis shilam = having the nature of (illumination, activity, steadiness) bhuta = the elements (earth, water, fire, air, space) indriya = powers of action and sensation, instruments, mental sense organs atmakam = consisting of (elements and senses) bhoga = experience, enjoyment apavarga = liberation, freedom, emancipation artham = for the sake of, purpose of, object of drishyam = the seen, the knowable |
Objects and situations in the physical world can be characterized by purity (sattva), unrest (rajas), or inertia (tamas); they are physical or etheric and result in short term pleasure or long term redemption ||18|| |
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