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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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