दिगम्बरो वापि च साम्बरो वा त्वगम्बरो वापि चिदम्बरस्थः । उन्मत्तवद्वापि च बालवद्वा पिशाचवद्वापि चरत्यवन्याम् ॥ ५४१ ॥
digambaro vāpi ca sāmbaro vā tvagambaro vāpi cidambarasthaḥ ; unmattavadvāpi ca bālavadvā piśācavadvāpi caratyavanyām . 541 .
Anvaya
आत्म–वेत्ताātma–vettā
The knower of Atman
आलम्ब्यālambya
holding on to
शरीरम् एतत्śarīram etat
this body
विमानम्vimānam
as the vehicle (medium)
भुनक्तिbhunakti
enjoys
अशेषान् विषयान्aśeṣān viṣayān
the host of sense objects
उपस्थितान्upasthitān
in front of him
पर–इच्छयाpara–icchayā
as desired by others
बालवत्bālavat
like a child
यःyaḥ
the person who
अव्यक्त–लिङ्गःavyakta–liṅgaḥ
beyond all identities of varṇa and āśrama
अननुषक्त–बाह्यःananuṣakta–bāhyaḥ
without attachment to external objects
Translation
The person stationed in the space–like consciousness may be naked, may wear clothes, may wear the bark of trees or may be moving in the world like an insane person, a child or a ghost.
Annotation
Staying in the space–like consciousness is to be aware of one’s own real nature. He goes beyond the dharma of varṇa and āśrama as told in the earlier verse. However, the verse should not be taken to mean that all realised persons should move like insane persons.