अवधूत गीता (भगवान दत्तात्रेय - सान्वय हिन्दी व्याख्या सहित)

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44. I am free in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end.
    I am never bound. This is my sure knowledge -
    that I am naturally spotless and pure.

45. The whole universe, beginning with the principle of cosmic
    intelligence, is not in the least manifest to me.
    All is indeed Brahman alone.
    How can there be any existence in cast or stage of life for me?

46. I know that all, in every way, is the one indivisible "I"
    which is self-sustained and full, while the five elements,
    beginning with ether, are empty.

47. The Self is neither eunuch, man, nor woman:
    it is neither idea nor imagination.
    How can you think the Self to be full of joy or joyless?

Full of joy - Here "joy" is used in the sense of relative joy
as perceived by the senses and the mind.

Joyless - Here the reference is to transcendental Joy.

48. The Self certainly does not become pure through the practice
    of six-limbed yoga.
    It certainly is not purified by the destruction of the mind.
    It certainly is not made pure by the instructions of the teacher.
    It is Itself the Truth.
    It is Itself the illumined One.

Six-limbed - consisting of six parts or steps, namely, posture,
control of the vital force, self- withdrawal, concentration,
meditation, and Samahdi.

49. There is no body made up of five elements;
    nor is there anyone who is disembodied.
    All is verily the Self alone.
    How can there be the three states and the fourth?

Five elements - See verses 3 and 25.

Anyone, etc. - When the pure Self is spoken of as disembodied,
the idea of body is associated with It, though negatively.

All such qualifications of the Self (or Soul) are denied in this as well
as in other verses.

Three states, etc. - the waking state, the dream state, and the deep
sleep state: the ordinary conditions of individuals when they are
ignorant of their true nature, which is usually called the fourth
or transcendental state.

To name the transcendental state as the fourth is itself an error,
as such a designation, which makes it a correlative of the other
three states, is inapplicable to the absolute Self.

50. I am not bound, I am not, indeed, liberated -
    I am not different from Brahman.

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The Avadhoota Gita