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na karmana

sanyasa sukta, kaivalya upanishad

In 1938, A.W.Chadwick (Sadhu Arunachala), with the help of some devotees, translated "Na Karmana" into English.

na karma̍ṇā na pra̱jayā̱ dhanē̍na̱ tyāgē̍naikē amr̥ta̱tvamā̍na̱śuḥ |
parē̍ṇa̱ nāka̱ṁ nihi̍ta̱ṁ guhā̍yāṁ bi̱bhrāja̍tē̱ yadyata̍yō vi̱śanti̍ || 14 ||

Tis not by means of action immortality is gained, Nor even yet by offspring,
nor possession of much gold, But by renunciation by some it is attained.

vē̱dā̱nta̱vi̱jñāna̱suni̍ścitā̱rthāḥ saṁnyā̍sayō̱gādyata̍yaḥ śuddha̱sattvā̎ḥ |
tē bra̍hmalō̱kē tu̱ parā̎ntakālē̱ parā̍mr̥tā̱ḥ pari̍mucyanti̱ sarvē || 15 ||

The Sages who their senses have all thoroughly controlled Attain that Sat than which
high heaven's Supremacy is less, Which ever doth within the Heart its radiance unfold.

da̱hra̱ṁ vi̱pā̱paṁ va̱ravē̎śmabhūta̱ yat pu̍ṇḍarī̱kaṁ pu̱rama̍dhyasa̱gͫstham |
ta̱trā̱pi̱ da̱hraṁ ga̱gana̍ṁ viśōka̱ṁ tasmi̍n yada̱ntastadupā̍sita̱vyam || 16 ||

The Adepts by renunciation and one-pointedness who have become pure in heart
and who have also known the certainty of the one Truth that Vedanta doth profess,
Attain Self-realization; when ignorance (Maya) and its cause have fled, they gain full liberty.

yō vēdādau sva̍raḥ prō̱ktō̱ vē̱dāntē̍ ca pra̱tiṣṭhi̍taḥ .
tasya̍ pra̱kr̥ti̍līna̱sya̱ ya̱ḥ para̍ḥ sa ma̱hēśva̍raḥ || 17 ||

That which has eternal shone, only as minute Akash,
That within the Lotus-Heart, of every sorrow free,
of the Immaculate Supreme, the seat molecular,
Within the body's inner core, should meditated be.
He verily is Lord Supreme. He is exalted far Above the Primal Word,
which is of Veda first and last; In which blends the Creative Cause,
thus merged in one.

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