| 3. Its form is
not perceived as such here neither its end nor its origin nor its existence.
Having cut asunder this firmrooted Asvatha with the strong sword of dispassion.
Then That Goal should be sought for whither having gone none return again.
I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha whence streamed forth the Ancient
Current. such: as described above. Its form as such is perceived by nobody
here: for it is very much like a dream, a mirage a gandharvanagara (an imaginary
city in the sky) produced by a jugglers art ; indeed, it appears and disappears.
It has therefore no finality, no end ;. Neither bas it a beginning: nobody
knows. It has proceeded from this point. Its existencei.e its nature between
the origin and The endis perceived by nobody. Dispassion: freedom from attachment
to children, to wealth, and to the world. Strong: strengthened by a resolute
bent of mind towards the Supreme Self and sharpened again and again on the
whetstone of the practice of true discrimination. Cut asunder: uprooted
the Tree of samsara with its seed.Then the aspirant should seek for and
know the abode of Vishnu beyond that Tree. Those who have reached this Goal
never return to samsara.How is that Goal to be sought after so it is sought
after thus: I seek refuge in Him, the Primeval Purusha, who is spoken of
as the Goal ; ie He is to be sought for by way of seeking refuge in Him.
Who is this Purusha? It is that Purusha from whom the emanation of the Tree
of the illusory Samsara streamed forth, just as illusory sights (maya )
issue from out of a juggler. |
