18th Sutra Chapter 2

The phrase that ends this sutra offers an answer to a question that has intrigued humanity from time immemorial:

What is the purpose of life?

The experienced is composed of elements and sense organs, is of the nature of illumination, action and inertia, whose purpose is to provide both experiences and emancipation to the Purusha, our soul.

Bondage and freedom are in buddhi,

and that the Purush, our soul is merely a witness.

The Purusa does not live; it is life itself.

It does not exist; it is existence itself.

The Soul does not know; it is knowledge itself.

Ultimately, Buddhi has to deconstruct itself.

Therefore our Shastras state:

“No one is actually bound,

nor is anyone liberated from saṁsāra.

Only prakṛti in its myriad forms transmigrates, is bound and then freed”.

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प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम्

prakashakriyasthitishilam bhootendriyatmakan bhogapavargarthan drishyam

* prakasha - illumination

* kriya - action

* sthiti - inertia

* shilam - having the nature of (illumination, action, inertia)

* bhoota - the elements

* endriya - sense organs

* atmakam - consisting of (elements and senses)

* bhoga - experience

* apavarga - liberation, emancipation

* artham - purpose

* drishyam - the seen .

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प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम्॥२.१८॥

प्रकाश , क्रिया , स्थिति , शीलम् , भूतेन्द्रिय , आत्मकम् , भोग , अपवर्ग , अर्थम् , दृश्यम् ॥

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• प्रकाश - प्रकाश

• क्रिया - क्रिया (और)

• स्थिति - स्थिति (जिसका)

• शीलम् - स्वभाव (है), 

• भूतेन्द्रिय - भूत और इन्द्रियाँ (जिसका)

• आत्मकम् - स्वरूप (हैं, पुरुष के लिए)

• भोग - भोग (और)

• अपवर्ग - मुक्ति ही (जिसका)

• अर्थम् - प्रयोजन (है, वह)

• दृश्यम् - दृश्य (है) ।

 

प्रकाश क्रिया और स्थिति जिसका स्वभाव है, भूत और इन्द्रियाँ जिसका स्वरूप हैं, पुरुष के लिए भोग और मुक्ति ही जिसका प्रयोजन है, वह दृश्य है ।