Verses on Sāṃkhya 47
Jayamaṅgalā 47
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- Sanskrit
47.1
ahaṅkāralakṣaṇamāha-
abhimāno 'haṅkāraḥ, tasmāddvividhaḥ pravarttate sargaḥ /
ekādaśaśca gaṇastanmātrapañcakaścaiva //
He states the defining characteristic of the ego-maker:
Conceit is the ego-maker; from it proceeds a twofold creation:
the group of eleven, and the five subtle elements. //
47.2
'abhimānaḥ'; ityādi / abhimatirabhimānaḥ / rūpādiṣu viṣayeṣvabhimāno rūpavānaham, mamaite viṣayāḥ, ityahyaṅkāralakṣaṇam //
[With the words] 'conceit', etc.: conceit is pride. Conceit with respect to sense objects such as form—'I have form', 'these sense objects are mine'—this is the definition of the ego-maker.
47.3
tasmādabhimānalakṣaṇādahaṅkārāt 'dvividhaḥ pravarttate sargaḥ'; iti / sṛjyata iti sargaḥ //
From that ego-maker whose definition is conceit, 'proceeds a twofold creation.' Creation is that which is created.
47.4
tameva dvividhaṃ darśayitumāha- 'ekādaśakaśca gaṇaḥ'; iti / ekādaśa parimāṇamasyetyekādaśaḥ śrotrādirgaṇaḥ //
To show that very twofold nature, he says: 'and the group of eleven.' The group of eleven, namely the group consisting of the ear and the rest, is that whose measure is eleven.
47.5
'tanmātrāpañcakaṃ ca'; iti / tanmātraśabdādisvarūpamātra ityarthaḥ / tanmātrāṇi śabdasparśarūparasagandhāḥ / mātrāgrahaṇaṃ bhūtasaṃśleṣanivṛttyartham / bhūteṣvapi śabdādisambhavāt // 24 //
[With the words] 'and the five subtle elements': 'subtle element' means merely the intrinsic nature of sound and the rest. The subtle elements are sound, touch, form, taste, and smell. The inclusion of the word 'merely' (mātra) is to exclude the mixture with gross elements, since sound and the rest are present even in the gross elements. // 24
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