Sadhana Pada
Sentence 18
prakasha kriya sthiti shilam bhutendriya atmakam bhoga apavarga artham drishyam ||18||
प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम् ॥१८॥
prakāśa-kriyā-sthiti-śīlaṁ bhūtendriya-ātmakaṁ bhoga-apavarga-arthaṁ dṛśyam ||18||
Objects and situations in the physical world can be characterized by purity (sattva), unrest (rajas), or inertia (tamas); they are physical or etheric and result in short term pleasure or long term redemption ||18||
prakasha (प्रकाश, prakāśa) = illumination; purity; light; sattva
kriya (क्रिया, kriyā) = action; activity; rajas
sthiti (स्थिति, sthiti) = stability; steadiness; tamas
shila (शील, śīla) = characteristics
bhuta (भूत, bhūta) = five elements; physical
indriya (इन्द्रिय, indriya) = sense organ; organs of perception; sense; etheric
atmakam (आत्मकं, ātmakaṁ) = such that
bhoga (भोग, bhoga) = pleasure; enjoyment
apavarga (अपवर्ग, apavarga) = liberation; fulfillment; redemption
artham (अर्थं, arthaṁ) = purpose; sense; goal
drishyam (दृश्यम्, dṛśyam) = that which is seen; perceptible; objects
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