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प्रारब्धकर्मपरिकल्पितवासनाभिः
संसारिवच्चरति भुक्तिषु मुक्तदेहः ।
सिद्धः स्वयं वसति साक्षिवदत्र तूष्णीं
चक्रस्य मूलमिव कल्पविकल्पशून्यः ॥ ५५२ ॥

prārabdhakarmaparikalpitavāsanābhiḥ
saṃsārivaccarati bhuktiṣu muktadehaḥ ;
siddhaḥ svayaṃ vasati sākṣivadatra tūṣṇīṃ
cakrasya mūlamiva kalpavikalpaśūnyaḥ . 552 .

Anvaya

यथाyathā
Just as
दारुdāru
a log
स्रोतसा नीयतेsrotasā nīyate
gets drifted by the river
निम्न–उन्नत–स्थलम्nimna–unnata–sthalam
to low and high places (in uneven places)
देहःdehaḥ
the body (of the realised person)
दैवेन नीयतेdaivena nīyate
is conducted by the prārabdha–karma
यथा–काल–उपभुक्तिषुyathā–kāla–upabhuktiṣu
in several bodily needs

Translation

Driven by the impressions of the prārabdha–karma, the realised person moves in the world like any ordinary person in all bodily experiences. He himself stays merely like a witness to all bodily actions, devoid of any differentiation, like the base of the potter’s wheel.

Annotation

It may be recalled that the accumulated karma of previous births (sañcita–karma) gets destroyed in the case of a realised person. Actions done after realisation do not bear fruit. However, the karma causative for the present life remains, offering various experiences.

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