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[ Pratyākhyānāṣṭakaṁ ]
dravyato bhāvataścaiva pratyākhyānaṁ dvidhā matam. apekṣādikstaṁ hyādyamato’nyaccaramam matam.
Repudiation ( Pratyākhyāna ) is described as twofold - spiritual and material. That observed with worldly aspirations etc. is the former one and the different from that is the latter one.
apekṣā cāvidhiscaivāpariņāmastathaiva ca. pratyākhyānasya vighnāstu vīryābhāvastathāparaḥ.
Worldly aspirations, violations of proper method of taking vows, absence of the resolvant’s belief etc. and that of virility are the obstacles of the spiritual repudiation.
labdhyādyapekṣayā hyetadbhavyānāmapi kvacit. śrūyate na tatkiñcidityapeksā'tra ninditā.
Sometimes repudiation by those non-liberatable ones, aiming at worldly attainments, is heard, but that is not a real repudiation because aspiration in any form is discarded herein.
yathaivāvidhinā loke na vidyāgrahanādi yat. viparyayaphalatvena tathedamapi bhāvyatām.
As in common practice, incantations, etc. obtained without proper rituals because of bestowing adverse
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