Verses on Sāṃkhya 89.2

89.2

'vairāgyāt" ityādi / yo viṣayādidarśanādvirakto yamaniyamaparisthito na jñānaṃ paryeṣate, tasya mṛtasya vairāgyādaṣṭāsyu prakṛtiṣu pradhānāditanmātraparyantāsu layaḥ, sthūlaśarīreṇa viṣayopabhoganimittena yogaḥ / tallīnaścātmānaṃ muktamiva manyate na tu muktam, sargakāle punaḥ saṃsaraṇāt / yadā tu jñānaṃ paryeṣyate tadā mucyata eva / tathā coktam-
jñānādatha virāgācca tathā kṛtsnasya saṃkṣayāt /
ityevaṃ jāyate mokṣo mukta ātmastha ucyate // iti //

On "From dispassion..." and so forth: for one who is detached through observing sense objects and the like, established in restraints and observances, but does not seek knowledge, upon dying there is dissolution into the eightfold nature ending with the subtle elements beginning with primordial matter on account of dispassion; [there is no] connection with a gross body for the sake of experiential enjoyment of sense objects. And dissolved in that, he considers himself as if liberated, but he is not liberated, because of revolving again in the cycle of rebirth at the time of creation. But when knowledge is sought, then indeed he is liberated. And so it is said: / "From knowledge, and then from dispassion, and likewise from the destruction of everything— / in this manner liberation is born; the liberated one is said to abide in the Self."