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VIVEKACŪDAMANI
son bound by the chords of desire is not fit for mukti though he may be learned in the six śāstras.
sa eva kalpate muktyai: That person alone has the capacity (qualification) for liberation.
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The baneful consequence of the absence of absolute detachment from sense-objects is declared here.
आपात - वैराग्यवतो मुमुक्षून् भवाब्धिपारं प्रति यातुमुद्यतान् ।
आशाग्रहो मज्जयतेऽन्तराले निगृह्य कण्ठे विनिवर्त्य वेगात् ।। ८१ ।।
āpātavairāgyavato mumukṣun
bhavabdhipāram prati yātum udyatān
āśāgraho majjayate'ntarāle
nigrhya kanthe vinivartya vegāt
The sea monster of desire catches hold of those who, what arises in the mind when one, being subject to the sufferings of life, condemns samsāra. That is, those whose vairāgya is neither total nor everlasting.
āpātavairāgyavataḥ: of those of superficial vairagya which is what arises in the mind when one is subject to the sufferings of life and so condemns samsara. That is, those whose vairagya is neither total nor everlasting.
The effort to attain the other shore of the ocean of samsāra stands for the effort to attain jñāna. In respect of such persons who, wishing to attain liberation, are anxious to attain jñāna, the great crocodile of desire effectively catches them by the throat in mid-ocean (of samsara), turns them forcibly back from their objective to get to the other shore of samsara.
majjayate: drowns them, i.e., involves them again in the process of performing karmas, as they are caught up in the ocean of samsăra.
He, however, who is completely detached from sense-objects, who is endowed with the qualities of sama, etc., goes to a sadguru. He approches him with due humility. He learns about the atman from Guru's lips and then is freed from samsara. This man whose vairagya is merely superficial is bereft of the firm virtues of sama Even if he tries for liberation, he is tormented by desire half
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