Mahābhārata

Vasishtha said: Listen to this unmanifest and unawakened method of the qualities. This holds the qualities, creates and withdraws them. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O Lord of men, they are always playing here, manifesting themselves in many ways. Having made themselves many, they see those very things. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Thus, the one who is becoming manifest does not become manifest. And because of the manifestation of the unmanifest, they also say that the one who is becoming manifest is manifest. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

But he does not understand the unmanifest, whether it is endowed with qualities or without qualities. Sometimes, indeed, they say this about the unawakened one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

If it is understood that this is the unmanifest twenty-five, The one who understands becomes the self of attachment, so says the scripture. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

By this they say the Unmanifest is not awakened, the Unmanifest is not moved. And by the manifestation of the Unmanifest, they say it is being awakened. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The twenty-fifth great being, he too does not understand. The twenty-sixth Buddha, the stainless, immeasurable, eternal one, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He always knows the twenty-fifth and the twenty-fourth, The visible and the invisible, both of great splendor. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O son, the unmanifest is not known as Brahman alone. He does not see the twenty-five or the twenty-four alone. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

When one, being conscious, thinks of the self as different from another, then one is deluded by nature, with the unmanifest as the eye. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And when he understands the highest wisdom, pure and spotless, Then, O best of kings, he will attain Buddhahood. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then he abandons the unmanifest, which has the nature of creation and destruction, The attributeless one knows the unmanifest, which is endowed with attributes and devoid of consciousness. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, by seeing the Unmanifest, he becomes one with Dharma alone. Having united with the sole one, he becomes liberated and attains the Self. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This is the truth, they say, the deathless, the immortal, because it is the support of truth, but not, O you who are to be honored, like truth. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He is not a knower of truth, my son, he is a knower of untruth. He is intelligent. He quickly releases the truth, the characteristic of the Buddha. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The wise one, who is the twenty-sixth, is grasped as immortal and deathless. He undoubtedly attains equality with the sole power. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The one who is awakened by the twenty-six (principles) is also unawakened. This is said to be the diversity, as shown by the Sāṃkhya scripture. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

When the twenty-five-fold (universe) is united with the conscious (Self), it is one, when it is not perceived by the intellect. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O king of Mithila, the one who is awake becomes equal to the one who is not awake. This one who is attached becomes one who is not attached. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having attained the self free from attachment, they know the unborn twenty-sixth. When this is realized, the all-pervading one abandons the unmanifest. By the awakening of ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

For this is the unawakened, the awakening, and the awakened, O sinless one, as described by you, according to the teaching of the scriptures. The diversity and ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Just as the difference between a mosquito and a banyan tree is perceived, so is the difference between these two. Just as the difference between a fish and water is perceived, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Thus should be understood the difference and non-difference between these two. This is said to be the liberation, the knowledge of the unmanifest. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This is the twenty-fifth, which is present in the bodies. They say that this should be liberated from the unmanifest. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This is the only way to be liberated, not otherwise, is the conclusion. When he has attained the other, he becomes the other's dharma. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He who is pure in his conduct, and wise, shall be united with the Buddha who is pure. He who is liberated in his conduct, and liberated, shall be united with the best of ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And by the one who has the nature of injunction, the self becomes the injunction. And by the one who is liberated, liberation would be so here, having come together. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He becomes one of pure deeds, pure, of immeasurable splendor, and of a pure soul, having met with one of a pure soul. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The Self alone, having united with the Self alone, and the independent with the independent, attains independence. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

I have told you this much, O great king, as it is, as it really is. Accepting the gift without avarice, one attains the eternal, pure, primordial Brahman. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This is not to be given to a man who is devoted to the Vedas. It should be given to one who is devoted to the Vedas. To one who desires to know, it is the ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This should not be given to one who is not truthful, to a deceitful one, to a coward, to one of crooked intellect, to one who is devoted to the torment of others through knowledge ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

To one who is full of faith, to one who is full of virtues, to one who is always free from censuring others, To one who has pure yoga, to the wise, to ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

To one of secluded conduct, to one who loves the law, to one who is free from disputes, to one who has heard much, To one who knows and is not impatient, to one ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He who gives this to one who is deficient in these qualities, will not attain the highest good. This is said to be the supreme Brahman, pure. He who gives to one who is not ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

If I were to give this earth filled with jewels, I would not give it to one who is not disciplined. O king, this is certainly to be given to one who has conquered the senses ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

"O Karāla, let there be no fear for you at all. This supreme Brahman has been heard by you today. As it has been said, the supreme, the pure, the sorrow ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having seen the birth and death that are unfathomable, O king, that are free from disease, free from fear, and auspicious, Having known this to be the truth of knowledge, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This has been obtained by you from the eternal Hiranyagarbha, O king, when he was speaking. Having propitiated him with great effort, the eternal Brahman, as it is today ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And as you asked me, O king, so have I told you this. And thus, O king, I have attained the great knowledge of the ancient knowers of liberation, from Brahma. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Bhishma said: This is said to be the supreme Brahman from which one does not return again. The twenty-fifth, O great king, from the vision of the supreme sages. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having attained the highest knowledge, he again attains rebirth. Not understanding the truth, he is not liberated, though he may be enlightened and immortal. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This is the most beneficial of all knowledge. I have told you the truth about it, my son. Having heard it, O king, from the celestial sage, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This was obtained by the great sage Vasishtha from Hiranyagarbha, and by Narada from the lion among sages, Vasishtha. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This eternal Brahman has been known to me from Nārada. O lord of the Kurus, do not grieve after hearing this supreme state. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He who knows the imperishable and the perishable has no fear. But he who does not know this, O king, has fear. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And because of ignorance, the deluded soul, again and again, is afflicted, After death, he experiences thousands of births, ending in death. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He attains the world of the gods, the animal world, and the human world. If he is purified by time from that ocean of ignorance, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The ocean of ignorance is terrible, unmanifest, and said to be unfathomable. O descendant of Bharata, day after day, beings sink into it. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Since you have risen from the unfathomable, the unmanifest, the eternal, therefore you are free from dust and darkness, O king. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.