Sarvadarshanasangraha 1.1-14

1.1

nityajñānāśrayaṃ vande niḥśreyasanidhiṃ śivam/

I bow to Śiva, the abode of eternal knowledge, the treasure of the highest good,

[We have said in our preliminary invocation "salutation to Śiva, the abode of eternal knowledge, the storehouse of supreme felicity,"] but how can we attribute to the Divine Being the giving of supreme felicity, when such a notion has been utterly abolished by Cārvāka, the crest-gem of the atheistical school, the follower of the doctrine of Bṛhaspati? The efforts of Cārvāka are indeed hard to be eradicated, for the majority of living beings hold by the current refrain—

1.2

yenaiva jātaṃ mahyādi tenaivedaṃ sakartṛkam //1//

by whom alone the earth and the rest were produced, and through whom alone this [universe] possesses an author. //1

1.3

pāraṃ gataṃ sakaladarśanasāgarāṇām

Who has reached the other shore of the oceans of all philosophical systems,

1.4

ātmocitārthacaritārthitasarvalokam/

who has satisfied all people with aims fitting for the self,

1.5

śrīśārṅgapāṇitanayaṃ nikhilāgamajñaṃ

the son of venerable Śārṅgapāṇi, knower of all scriptures:

1.6

sarvajñaviṣṇugurum anvaham āśraye ’ham //2//

daily I resort to the omniscient master Viṣṇu. //2

1.7

śrīmatsāyaṇadugdhābdhikaustubhena mahaujasā/

By the venerable noble Mādhava, of great splendor,

1.8

kriyate mādhavāryeṇa sarvadarśanasaṃgrahaḥ //3//

the Kaustubha jewel [churned] from the milk-ocean of the illustrious Sāyaṇa, the Compendium of All the Philosophies is composed. //3

1.9

pūrveṣām atidustarāṇi sutarām āloḍya śāstrāṇy asau

Having thoroughly churned the treatises of the ancients, which are exceedingly difficult to cross,

1.10

śrīmatsāyaṇamādhavaḥ prabhur upanyāsyat satāṃ prītaye/

this lord, the illustrious Sāyaṇa-Mādhava, expounds them for the delight of the good.

1.11

dūrotsāritamatsareṇa manasā śṛṇvantu tat sajjanā

Let good people listen to it with a mind from which envy is cast far away:

1.12

mālyaṃ kasya vicitrapuṣparacitaṃ prītyai na saṃjāyate //4//

for whose delight does a garland made of varied flowers not serve? //4

1.13

cārvākadarśanam //1//

The Cārvāka philosophical system. //1

1.14

atha kathaṃ parameśvarasya niḥśreyasapradatvam abhidhīyate/ bṛhaspatimatānusāriṇā nāstikaśiromaṇinā cārvākeṇa tasya dūrotsāritatvāt/ durucchedaṃ hi cārvākasya ceṣṭitam/ prāyeṇa sarvaprāṇinas tāvat

Now, how can the supreme Lord be declared the granter of the highest good, since that has been utterly dismissed by Cārvāka, the crest-jewel of the heterodox, who follows the doctrine of Bṛhaspati? For the activity of Cārvāka is difficult to eradicate. For commonly, all living beings,