Action, knowledge, and the destruction of karma

Transliterated by Thothica

dehendriyeṣu niyatāḥ karma guṇāḥ kurvate svabhogārtham | nāhaṃ kartā na mameti jānataḥ karma naiva badhnāti ||

anyaśarīreṇa kṛtaṃ karma bhaved yena deha utpannaḥ | tad avaśyaṃ bhoktavyaṃ bhogād eva kṣayo 'sya nirdiṣṭaḥ ||

prāgjñānotpatticitaṃ yat karma jñānaśikhiśikhālīḍham | bījam iva dahanadagdhaṃ janmasamarthaṃ na tad bhavati ||

jñānotpatter ūrdhvaṃ kriyamāṇaṃ karma yat tad api nāma | na śliṣyati kartāraṃ puṣkarapattraṃ yathā vāri ||

vāgdehamānasair iha karmacayaḥ kriyata iti buddhāḥ prāhuḥ | eko 'pi nāham eṣāṃ kartā tatkarmaṇāṃ nāsmi ||

karmaphalabījanāśāj janmavināśo na cātra saṃdehaḥ | buddhvaivam apagatatamāḥ savitevābhāti bhārūpaḥ ||

yadvad iṣīkātūlaṃ pavanoddhūtaṃ hi daśa diśo yāti | brahmaṇi tattvajñānāt tathaiva karmāṇi tattvavidaḥ ||

kṣīrād uddhṛtam ājyaṃ kṣiptaṃ yadvan na pūrvavat tasmin | prakṛtiguṇebhyas tadvat pṛthakkṛtaś cetano nātmā ||

guṇamayamāyāgahanaṃ nirdhūya yathā tamaḥ sahasrāṃśuḥ | bāhyābhyantaracārī saindhavaghanavad bhavet puruṣaḥ ||

yadvad deho 'vayavā mṛd eva tasya vikārajātāni | tadvat sthāvarajaṅgamam advaitaṃ dvaitavad bhāti ||

ekasmāt kṣetrajñād bahvyaḥ kṣetrajñajātayo jātāḥ | lohagatād iva dahanāt samantato viṣphuliṅgagaṇāḥ ||

te guṇasaṃgamadoṣād baddhā iva dhānyajātayaḥ svatuṣaiḥ | janma labhante tāvad yāvan na jñānavahninā dagdhāḥ ||

triguṇā caitanyātmani sarvagate 'vasthite 'khilādhāre | kurute sṛṣṭim avidyā sarvatra spṛśyate tayā nātmā ||

rajjvāṃ bhujaṃgahetuḥ prabhavavināśau yathā na staḥ | jagadutpattivināśau na ca kāraṇam asti tadvad iha ||

janmavināśanagamanāgamamalasambandhavarjito nityam | ākāśa iva ghaṭādiṣu sarvātmā sarvadopetaḥ ||

karmaśubhāśubhaphalasukhaduḥkhair yogo bhavaty upādhīnām | tatsaṃsargād bandhas taskarasaṃgād ataskaravad ||

dehaguṇakaraṇagocarasaṃgāt puruṣasya yāvad iha bhāvaḥ | tāvan māyāpāśaiḥ saṃsāre baddha iva bhāti ||

mātṛpitṛputrabāndhavadhanabhogavibhāgasaṃmūḍhāḥ | janmajarāmaraṇamaye cakra iva bhrāmyate jantuḥ ||