*/ Prativiṣayādhyavasāyo, dṛṣṭam trividhaṁ anumānam ākhyātam | ta liṅgalingipūrvakam, āptaśrutir āptavacanam tu |5.| Dṛṣṭam : perception; Prati - viṣāyādhyavasāyaḥ : is the ascertainment of each respective object (by the senses); anumānam : Inference; trividhaṁ - ākhyātam: is declared to be of three kinds; tat : that (i.e. inference) liṅga-liṅgi-pūrvakam : is preceded by a knowledge of the mark and of

*/ Saūkṣmyāt tadanupalabdhir, nābhāvāt kāryatas tadupalabdheḥ | mahadādi tat ca kāryam, prakṛtivirūpaṃ sarūpaṃ ca |8.| Tatanupalabdhiḥ : Its non-perception; saukṣmyāt : is because of its subtlety; na abhāvāt : not because of its non-existence; kāryataḥ : through its effects; tat upalabdheḥ : as it is apprehended; tat ca kāryam : and its effect is; Mahat ādi : and the rest;

*/ Prītyaprītivishādātmakāḥ prakāshapravṛttirniyamārthāḥ | anyoanyābhibhavāśraya, jananamithunavrittayash ca guṇāḥ |12| Guṇāḥ : The attributes; prīti – aprīti – viṣāda - ātmakāḥ : are of the nature of pleasure, pain and delusion; prakāśa – pravṛtti – niya - mārthāḥ : they serve the purpose of illumination, endeavour and restraint; anyonya – abhibhava – āśraya – janana - mithuna vṛttayaḥ ca : and

*/ Saṃghātaparārthatvāt, triguṇādiviparyayād adhishṭhānāt | puruṣo asti bhoktribhāvāt, kaivalyārtha pravrittesh ca |17| Saṅghāta : (because) all composite products; parārthatvāt : are for the sake another’s use; triguṅādi - viparyayāt: because of the absence of three gunas and other properties; adhiṣṭhānāt : because there must be some controlling agency; bhoktṛbhāvāt : because there must be an experiencer; ca : and; pravṛtteḥ

*/ Abhimāno ahaṃkāras, tasmād dvividhaḥ pravartate sargaḥ | ekādashakash ca gaṇas, tanmātra pañcakañ caiva |24| Ahaṁkāraḥ abhimānaḥ : I-Principle is self-assertion; Tasmāt : from that; pravartate : proceeds; dvividhaḥ sargaḥ eva : a two-fold evolution only; ekādaśakaḥ gaṇaḥ : the set of eleven; ca, and; Tanmātra pañcakaḥ : the pentad of Primary elements; ca : and. Ahaṁkāra is self-assertion; from

*/ Sāntaḥkaraṇā buddhiḥ, sarvaṃ viṣayam avagāhate yasmāt | tasmāt tividhaṃ karaṇaṃ, dvāri dvārāṇi sheshāṇi. |35| Yasmāt : Because; Buddhiḥ : the Will or Intelligence; śāṅtaḥ - karaṇāḥ : together with other internal organs; sarvaṁ viṣayaṁ avagāhate : comprehends all objects; tasmāt : therefore; trividhaṁ : these three-fold; Karaṇaṁ dvāri : organs or instruments are the warders; śeṣāṇi : (and) the

*/ Pañca viparyayabhedā, bhavanty aśaktish ca karaṇavaikalyāt | ashṭāviṃshatibhedā, tushṭir navadhāshṭadhā siddhiḥ |47| Pañca : Five; viparyaya bhedāḥ bhavaṅti : (are) the divisions of ignorance; Karaṇa vaikalyāt ca : and from the impairment of the organs; aśaktiḥ ca : and incapacity; aṣṭāvimśati bhedhāḥ : has twenty eight divisions, tuṣṭiḥ : contentment; navadhā : has nine divisions; siddhiḥ,aṣṭadhā : success is

*/ Ity eṣa prakṛtikṛtau, mahadādiviṣayabhūtaparyantaḥ | pratipuruṣavimokshārthaṃ, svārtha iva parārtham ārambhaḥ |56| Ityeṣaḥ : This evolution; mahadādi – viśeṣa – bhūta - paryaṅtaḥ : beginning with Mahat down to the very specific elements; prakṛti kṛtaḥ : is brought about by (the modifications of) Prakṛti. Āraṁbhaḥ : This creation is; Prati – puruṣa - vimokṣārthaṁ : for the emancipation of each

*/ Samyagjñānādhigamād, dharmādīnām akāraṇaprāptau tiṣṭhati saṃskāravaśāc, cakrabhramivad dhritaśarīraḥ |67| Samyak jñāna adhigamāt : By the attainment of Perfect wisdom; dharmādīnāṁ : Virtue and the rest; akāraṇa prāptau : lose their power of causal efficacy; Tiṣṭhati : (yet the Spirit) remains for a while; dhṛta śarīraḥ : invested with a body; saṁskāra vaśāt : due to the momentum of past impulses;