Texts 8-12] Nature, the Eniover, and Consciousness
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indriyārtheṣu vairāgyam anahaṅkāra eva ca janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi- duḥkḥa-doṣānudarśanam
asak tir anabhişvangaḥ putra-dāra-gṛhādiṣu nityaṁ ca sama-cittatvam istānistopapattisu
mayi cānanya-yogena  
 bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī  
 vivikta-deśa-sevitvam  
 aratir jana-saṁsadi
adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśanam etaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ yad ato ’nyathā
amānitvam —humility;  adambhitvam —pridelessness;  ahimsā —nonviolence;  kṣāntiḥ —tolerance;  ārjavam —simplicity;  ācārya-upāsanam —approaching a bona fide spiritual master;  śaucam —cleanliness;  sthairyam —steadfastness;  ātma-vinigrahaḥ —control;  indriya-artheṣu —in the matter of the senses;  vairāgyam —renunciation;  anahaṅkāraḥ —being without false egoism;  eva —certainly;  ca —also;  janma —birth;  mṛtyu —death;  jarā —old age;  vyādhi —disease;  duḥkha —distress;  doṣa —fault;  anudarśanam —observing;  asaktiḥ —without attachment;  anabhiṣvaṅgaḥ —without association;  putra —son;  dāra —wife;  grha-ādiṣu —home, etc.;  nityam —eternal;  ca —also;  sama-cittatvam —equilibrium;  iṣṭa —desirable;  aniṣṭaḥ —undesirable;  upapattiṣu —having obtained;  mayi —unto Me;  ca —also;  ananya-yogena —by devotional service;  bhaktiḥ —devotion;  avyabhicāriṇī —constant, unalloyed;  vivikta —solitary;  deśa —place;  sevitvam —aspiring;  aratiḥ —without attachment;  jana —people in general;  samsadi —mass;  adhyātma —pertaining to the self;  jñāna —knowledge;  nityatvam —eternity;  tattva-jñāna —knowledge of the truth;  artha —the object;  darśanam —philosophy;  etat —all this;  jñānam —knowledge;  iti —thus;  proktam —declared;  ajñānam —ignorance;  yat —that which;  ataḥ —from t
TRANSLATION
Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness and self-control;