A¢p    k[vI°k[vaINàaBaE³a    PlBaEÂy¢p    ,
Sr£yIÔySr£y©Ix    p¢r¢ÅC°aE{¢p    svIg:    .   544   .  

A¢p

though

k[vI°k[vaINàaBaE³a

doing, yet inactive;though experiencing

PlBaEÂy¢p

fruits of past actions

Sr£yIÔySr£y©Ix

yet untouched by them

p¢r¢ÅC°aE{¢p

though possessed of a body, yet without identification with it

svIg:

though limited,yet omnipresent is He.

 

ASr£r|    sda    sÓt¢mm|    b#'¢vd|    Àv¢ct¯    ,
¢p#ya¢p#yE    n    Þp¦StÞtTWv    c    S¤BaS¤BE    ,   545   ,  

ASr£r|

who lives without the bodyidea

sda

always

sÓt¢mm|

this knower

b#'¢vd|

of Brahman

Àv¢ct¯

neither

¢p#yap#yE

pleasure nor pain

n   Þp¦StÞtTWv   c

ever touches

S¤BaS¤BE

nor good nor evil

 
543-44-45. With no wealth, yet content, helpless yet full of power, seeing equality everywhere, acting yet doing nothing, reaping the results of actions without enjoyment, living in but not identifying with the body, the knower of Brahman is unaffected by pleasure or  pain, good  or  evil.
 
 
ÞT¥la¢dsØbÓDvtaE{¢Bma¢nn:
s¤K|    c    Ѥ:K|    c    S¤BaS¤BE    c    ,
¢vÒvÞtbÓDÞy    sdaÏmnaE    m¤nE:
k[t:    S¤B|    va{ÔyS¤B|    Pl|    va    .   546   .  

ÞT¥la¢dsØbÓDvtaE{¢Bma¢nn:

affects only him who has connections with the grossbody etc.

s¤K|   c

pleasure

Ѥ:K|   c

or pain

S¤BaS¤BE  c

or good or evil

¢vÒvÞtbÓDÞy

shattered his bondage

sdaÏmnaE

who has identified himself with the Reality

m¤nE:

the sage

k[t:   S¤B|

how can good

va{ÔyS¤B|

or evil

Pl|   va

or their effects.

 
546. Having broken all connections with the body, and identified  with the  Self,    where  can there  be good, evil, or  other  results  for  him?  
 
tmsa    g#Þtvëanadg#ÞtaE{¢p    r¢vjInW:    ,
g#Þt    iÏy¤ÅytE    B#aÓÏya    /åOaÏva    vÞt¤lXNm¯    .   547   .
 

tmsa

by Rahu

g#Þtvëanadg#ÞtaE{¢p

which appears to be,but is not actually,swallowed

r¢vjInW:

the sun,by people

g#Þt

swallowed

iÏy¤ÅytE

is said to be

B#aÓÏya

on account of delution

 

/åOaÏva

not knowing

vÞt¤lXNm¯

the real nature of the sun.

 
547. The  ignorant  say  thedragon  has  swallowed  the Sun, when the earth's shadow eclipses it.  
t¹êEha¢dbÓDE×yaE    ¢vm¤³|    b#'¢väOmm¯    ,
pÜy¢Ót    dE¢hvÓm¥Fa:    Sr£raBasdSInat¯    .   548   .  

t¹êEha¢dbÓDE×yaE

similarly, of bondages of the body etc

¢vm¤³|

wholly rid

b#'¢väOmm¯

the perfect knower of Brahman

pÜy¢Ót

look upon

dE¢hvÓm¥Fa:

ignorant people

Sr£raBasdSInat¯

as possessed of the body, seeing but an appearance of it.

 
548. Likewise, the  fool mistakes the knower  of  Brahman  for  his body,    though  the latter  is  free  from  the  bondages of  the body.
 
A¢h¢nIl¯rqvyn£|    vay|    m¤?va    dEh|    t¤    ¢t¿¢t    ,
itÞttàaÚymanaE    y¢Ïk¢·t¯p#aNvay¤na    .   549   .  

A¢h¢nIl¯rqvyn£|

like the snake its slough

vay|

this

m¤?va

discarding

dEh|   t¤

the body

¢t¿¢t

he rests

itÞttàaÚymanaE

and the body is moved hither and thither

y¢Ïk¢·t¯p#aNvay¤na

by the force of the Prana, just as it listeth

549. He  remains  with  the  body like the skin  shed bby the snake, but moves due to the force of the Prana.
 
*aEtsa    n£ytE    daã    yTa    ¢nØnaE°tÞTlm¯    ,
dWvEn    n£ytE    dEhaE    yTakalaEpB¤¢³x¤:    .   550   .
 

*aEtsa

by the current

n£ytE

is borne

daã	as a piece of wood

yTa

so is

¢nØnaE°tÞTlm¯

to a high or a low ground

dWvEn

by the momentum of past actions

n£ytE

carried

dEhaE

the body

yTakalaEpB¤¢³x¤:

as these present themselves in due course

 
550. The body of  the  knower  of  Brahman  is  led  by  the  will  of  the  Lord to experience what comes his way, according to  his past  actions, as a log of wood is carried by the water currents in high or low places.