Tattvabodha 5.6

Tattvabodha - Verse 5.6

Sanskrit

मदीयं शरीरं मदीयाः प्राणाः मदीयं मनश्च मदीया बुद्धिर्मदीयं अज्ञानमिति स्वेनैव ज्ञायते तद्यथा मदीयत्वेन ज्ञातं कटककुण्डल गृहादिकं स्वस्माद्भिन्नं तथा पञ्चकोशादिकं स्वस्माद्भिन्नम् मदीयत्वेन ज्ञातमात्मा न भवति ॥

Translation

One knows through oneself: “My body, my vital airs, my mind, my intellect, my ignorance.” Just as objects known as “mine,” like bracelets, earrings, or houses, are different from oneself, so too the five sheaths are different from oneself. That which is known as “mine” is not the Atman.

Word-for-Word

madīyaṃ śarīraṃ (my body), madīyāḥ prāṇāḥ (my vital airs), madīyaṃ manaḥ-ca (and my mind), madīyā buddhiḥ (my intellect), madīyaṃ ajñānam (my ignorance) iti svena-eva jñāyate (is thus known by oneself alone); tad-yathā (just as), madīyatvena jñātaṃ (known as “mine”), kaṭaka-kuṇḍala-gṛha-ādikaṃ (bracelets, earrings, house, etc.) svasmāt-bhinnaṃ (are different from oneself), tathā (so too) pañca-kośa-ādikaṃ (the five sheaths, etc.) svasmāt-bhinnam (are different from oneself). madīyatvena jñātam (that which is known as “mine”) ātmā na bhavati (is not the Atman).

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