निर्दुःखोऽतीतदेहेषु कृतभावोऽनुमीयते । चर्या नोऽशास्त्रसंवेद्या स्यादनिष्टं तथा सति ॥
nirduḥkho'tītadeheṣu kṛtabhāvo'numīyate | caryā no'śāstrasaṃvedyā syādaniṣṭaṃ tathā sati ||
[Opponent:] ...it is inferred that he had done [this meditation] in past bodies, and so is free from suffering. And our practice is not something unknown to scripture; if it were, an undesirable consequence would follow.
[विरोधी:] ...तो अनुमान होता है कि उसने पिछले जन्मों में [यह ध्यान] कर लिया था, इसलिए वह दुःखमुक्त है। और हमारी साधना शास्त्र से अज्ञात नहीं है; अन्यथा अनिष्ट परिणाम होगा।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The opponent explains away quick awakenings as the fruit of earlier effort, to keep practice at the centre.
विरोधी जल्दी हुए बोध को पहले के प्रयत्न का फल बताकर साधना को केन्द्र में रखता है।
An opponent who holds that hearing 'Thou art That' is not enough and that repeated meditation (prasaṃkhyāna) on it is required completes the argument: anyone freed by hearing alone must have meditated in earlier lives, and the practice itself is taught by scripture.