Section 1 20

Prarabhda of Jnani

Summary (in English)

This section delves into the concept of prārabdha karma, which pertains to the karmic consequences that unfold in the present life. The verses explain that although an individual may attain self-realization and perceive themselves as Brahman, the effects of prārabdha karma persist until fully experienced. The journey of a Jñāni (enlightened one) involves navigating these karmic results without attachment, akin to the sky remaining unaffected by the clouds. It emphasizes that upon the dissolution of ignorance through knowledge, the self, which is eternal and untainted, transcends these cycles even though the body continues its journey until prārabdha karma is exhausted. The concept suggests that the reality of the body and the world operates at a delusory level for the wise and that liberation lies beyond these ephemeral associations. Enlightenment negates the significance of prārabdha karma, equating its relevance to that of dream experiences once awake.

सारांश

यह खंड प्रारब्ध कर्म के अवधारणा पर विचार करता है, जो वर्तमान जीवन में प्रकट होने वाले कर्म के परिणामों से संबंधित है। श्लोक समझाते हैं कि यद्यपि कोई व्यक्ति स्वयं को ब्रह्म के रूप में पहचान लेता है, प्रारब्ध कर्म के प्रभाव तब तक बने रहते हैं जब तक कि वे पूर्णतः अनुभव नहीं हो जाते। एक ज्ञानवान की यात्रा इन कर्मिक परिणामों के बीच अनासक्त रहते हुए चलती है, जैसे की आसमान बादलों से अप्रभावित रहता है। यह इस बात पर जोर देता है कि ज्ञान के माध्यम से अज्ञानता के समाप्त होने पर, स्वंय, जो शाश्वत और निरंतर है, इन चक्रों से ऊपर उठ जाता है, यद्यपि शरीर तब तक अपनी यात्रा करता है जब तक प्रारब्ध कर्म समाप्त नहीं हो जाता। अवधारणा यह कहती है कि शरीर और संसार का वास्तविकता का स्तर विवेकियों के लिए मायाशून्य होता है और मुक्ति मिथ्या सांयोगों के परे में निहित होती है। ज्ञान के माध्यम से कमजोर उपादि, प्रारब्ध कर्म की प्रासंगिकता को समाप्त करता है, जैसे की स्वप्न से जागने के बाद उसकी अप्रासंगिकता।

Important Concepts (महत्वपूर्ण अवधारणाएँ)

• prārabdha karma (प्रारब्ध कर्म)
• nididhyāsana (निदिध्यासन)
• ātman (आत्मा)
• brahman (ब्रह्मन्)
• jñāna (ज्ञान)
• ahantā (अहंता)
• mamatā (ममता)
• upādhi (उपाधि)

Topics

• The nature and effects of prārabdha karma.
• Difference between self-realization and physical existence.
• The significance of knowledge in transforming karma.
• Attachment and detachment in spiritual journey.

Categories (वर्गीकरण)

• Definitions of prārabdha karma.
• Transition from ignorance to knowledge.
• Realization of self and its eternal aspect.
• Teaching a method of detachment from body-identification.

S-V-O Tuples or Propositions as Text

Subject-Verb-Object (S-V-O) Tuples

Subject	Verb	Object
Enlightened individual	experiences	prārabdha karma effects
Ignorance	is dissolved	by knowledge
Self-realized person	transcends	karmic cycles
Body	continues	its journey
Knowledge	nullifies	accumulated karmas
Sage	abides	in the Self
Scriptures	clarify	karma fulfillment
Wise	remain unaffected	by illusory world

Slokas & Translations

Sloka 445

निदिध्यासनशीलस्य बाह्यप्रत्यय ईक्ष्यते ।
ब्रवीति श्रुतिरेतस्य प्रारब्धं फलदर्शनात् ॥ ४४५ ॥

Translation: For one who is engaged in meditation, external awareness is noted. The scripture declares that this is due to prārabdha karma, as evidenced by the visible results.

Sloka 446

सुखाद्यनुभवो यावत्तावत्प्रारब्धमिष्यते ।
फलोदयः क्रियापूर्वो निष्क्रियो न हि कुत्रचित् ॥ ४४६ ॥

Translation: As long as the experience of pleasure and such exists, prārabdha karma is accepted; the fruition of deeds is never without action anywhere.

Sloka 447

अहं ब्रह्मेति विज्ञानात्कल्पकोटिशतार्जितम् ।
सञ्चितं विलयं याति प्रबोधात्स्वप्नकर्मवत् ॥ ४४७ ॥

Translation: Upon realization of "I am Brahman," the karmas accumulated over countless aeons dissolve, just as actions in a dream dissolve upon awakening.

Sloka 448

यत्कृतं स्वप्नवेलायां पुण्यं वा पापमुल्बणम् ।
सुप्तोत्थितस्य किं तत्स्यात्स्वर्गाय नरकाय वा ॥ ४४८ ॥

Translation: What is done during the dream state, whether good or grievous sin, how does it matter to one who has awakened, for heaven or hell?

Sloka 449

स्वमसङ्गमुदासीनं परिज्ञाय नभो यथा।
न श्लिष्यति च यत्किंचित्कदाचिद्भाविकर्मभिः ॥ ४४९ ॥

Translation: Just as the sky remains unattached and indifferent, never clinging to anything through future actions.

Sloka 450

न नभो घटयोगेन सुरागन्धेन लिप्यते ।
तथात्मोपाधियोगेन तद्धर्मैर्नैव लिप्यते ॥ ४५ ॥

Translation: Just as the sky is not tainted by association with a pot or fragrance, similarly, the soul is not tainted by its association with material adjuncts and their qualities.

Sloka 451

ज्ञानोदयात्पुरारब्धं कर्मज्ञानान्न नश्यति ।
अदत्वा स्वफलं लक्ष्यमुद्दिश्योत्सृष्टबाणवत् ॥ ४५१ ॥

Translation: The karma that has already begun does not get destroyed by knowledge until it yields its results, like an arrow released aiming at its target.

Sloka 452

व्याघ्रबुद्ध्या विनिर्मुक्तो बाणः पश्चात्तु गोमतौ ।
न तिष्ठति छिनत्येव लक्ष्यं वेगेन निर्भरम् ॥ ४५२ ॥

Translation: A released arrow, like a tiger, swiftly and forcefully cuts through the target without stopping once it is released.

Sloka 453

प्राब्धं बलवत्तरं खलु विदां भोगेन तस्य क्षयः
सम्यग्ज्ञानहुताशनेन विलयः प्राक्षंचितागामिनाम् ।
ब्रह्मात्मैक्यमवेक्ष्य तन्मायातया ये सर्वदा संस्थिताः
तेषां तत्त्रितयं नहि क्वचिदपि ब्रह्मैव ते निर्गुणम् ॥ ४५३ ॥

Translation: The wise, by experiencing, exhaust the strong prarabdha karma; the accumulated and future karmas dissolve in the fire of true knowledge. For those who constantly abide in the unity of Brahman and Atman, these three karmas do not exist; they are indeed Brahman without qualities.

Sloka 454

उपाधितादात्म्यविहीनकेवल 
ब्रह्मात्मनैवात्मनि तिष्ठतो मुनेः ।
प्रारब्धसद्भावकथा न युक्ता
स्वप्नार्थसंबन्धकथेव जाग्रतः ॥ ४५४ ॥

Translation: For the sage who abides in the Self, devoid of association with any imposed identities, the idea of prārabdha (destiny) is as irrelevant as dream objects to a wakeful person.

Sloka 455

न हि प्रबुद्धः प्रतिभासदेहे
देहोपयोगिन्यपि च प्रपञ्चे । 
करोत्यहन्तां ममतानिदन्तां
किन्तु स्वयं तिष्ठति जागरेण ॥ ४५५ ॥

Translation: The awakened soul does not identify with the illusory body or the phenomenal world, and stands firmly in awareness without ego or attachment.

Sloka 456

न तस्य मिथ्यार्थसमर्थनेच्छा
न संग्रहस्तज्जगतोऽपि दृष्टः ।
तत्रानुवृत्तिर्यदि चेन्मृषार्थे
न निद्रया मुक्त इतीष्यते ध्रुवम् ॥ ४५६ ॥

Translation: He has no desire to support false meanings; no attachment to the world is seen. If involved thus in falsehood, surely he is not free from sleep.

Sloka 457

तद्वत्परे ब्रह्मणि वर्तमानः
सदात्मना तिष्ठति नान्यदीक्षते ।
स्मृतिर्यथा स्वप्नविलोकितार्थे
तथा विदः प्राशनमोचनादौ ॥ ४५७ ॥

Translation: Just as one recalls a dream upon waking, so does the wise remain focused on the Supreme Brahman, without seeing anything else, even during worldly activities.

Sloka 458

कर्मणा निर्मितो देहः प्रारब्धं तस्य कल्प्यताम्।
नानादेरात्मनो युक्तं नैवात्मा कर्मनिर्मितः ॥ ४५८ ॥

Translation: The body is formed by karma and its destiny should be considered accordingly. The self, beginningless, is not formed by karma.

Sloka 459

अजो नित्यः शाश्वत इति ब्रूते श्रुतिरमोघवाक् ।
तदात्मना तिष्ठतोऽस्य कुतः प्रारब्धकल्पना ॥ ४५९ ॥

Translation: The infallible words of the Śruti declare the self to be unborn, eternal, and everlasting; thus, for the one established in that self, where is the concept of prārabdha (karma)?

Sloka 460

प्रारब्धं सिध्यति तदा यदा देहात्मना स्थितिः ।
देहात्मभावो नैवेष्टः प्रारब्धं त्यज्यतामतः ॥ ४६० ॥

Translation: Destiny is fulfilled when there is identification with the body; since the body-identified state is not desired, give up destiny (i.e., shedding attachment thereto).

Sloka 461

शरीरस्यापि प्रारब्धकल्पना भ्रान्तिरेव हि ।
अध्यस्तस्य कुतः सत्त्वमसत्यस्य कुतो जनिः
अजातस्य कुतो नाशः प्रारब्धमसतः कुतः ॥ ४६१ ॥

Translation: Even the notion of predestined actions for the body is a delusion. How can there be existence for what is superimposed, birth for the unreal, destruction for the unborn, and predestined karma for the non-existent?

Sloka 462

ज्ञानेनाज्ञानकार्यस्य समूलस्य लयो यदि ।
तिष्ठत्ययं कथं देह इति शङ्कावतो जडान् ॥ ४६२ ॥

Translation: If ignorance along with its roots is dissolved by knowledge, how does this body persist, a question raised by the ignorant.

Sloka 463

समाधातुं बाह्यदृष्ट्या प्रारब्धं वदति श्रुतिः ।
न तु देहादिसत्यत्वबोधनाय विपश्चिताम् ॥ ४६३ ॥

Translation: The scriptures speak of karma being fulfilled in an external sense, not to establish the reality of the body or others for the wise.