भूमौ मूलफलाशित्वं स्वाध्यायस्तप एव च 49.
Living on roots and fruits on the earth, self-study, and austerity.
तपस्तप्यति योऽरण्ये यजेद्देवाञ्जुहोति च 49.
He who practices austerity in the forest, worships the gods, and makes offerings.
तपसा कर्शितोऽत्यर्थं यस्तु ध्यानपरो भवेत् 49.
One who is greatly emaciated by austerity becomes devoted to meditation.
योगाभ्यासरतो नित्यमारुरुक्षुर्जितेन्द्रियः 49.
Constantly engaged in yoga practice, aspiring to ascend, having mastered the senses.
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यान्नित्यतृप्तो महामुनिः 49.
He whose delight is only in the self, always content, the great sage.
भैक्ष्यं श्रुतं च मौनित्वं तपो ध्यानं विशेषतः 49.
Begging, learning, silence, austerity, and especially meditation.
ज्ञानसन्यासिनः केचिद्वेदसन्यासिनोऽपरे 49.
Some are renouncers of knowledge, others are renouncers of the Vedas.
योगी च त्रिविधो ज्ञेयो भौतिकः क्षत्त्र एवं च 49.
The yogi is known to be of three kinds: material, Kshatriya, and likewise.
प्रथमा भावना पूर्वे मोक्षे त्वक्ष(दुष्क) रभावना 49.
The first contemplation is for the former (i.e., previous) liberation; but for the present, contemplation is difficult.
धर्मात्संजायते मोक्षो ह्यर्थात्कामोऽभिजायते 49.
Liberation arises from righteousness, and desire is born from wealth.
ज्ञानं पूर्वं निवृत्तं स्यात्प्रवृत्तं चाग्निदेवकृत् 49.
Knowledge is first withdrawn, and then set in motion by the deity of fire.
आर्जवं चान्सूया च तीर्थानुसरणं तथा 49.
Straightforwardness, absence of envy, and likewise, following sacred places.
देवताभ्यर्चनं पूजा ब्राह्मणानां विशेषतः 49.
Worship of deities, and especially the honoring of Brahmins.
एते आश्रमिका धर्माश्चतुर्वर्ण्यं ब्रवीम्यतः 49.
These are the duties of those in the stages of life; now I declare the fourfold class.
स्थानमैन्द्रं क्षत्त्रियाणां संग्रामेष्वपलायिनाम् 49.
The station of Indra is for Kshatriyas who do not flee in battle.
गान्धर्वं शूद्रजातीनां परिचारे च वर्त्तताम् 49.
The Gandharva realm is for those born as Shudras, and for those engaged in service.
स्मृतं तेषां तु यत्स्थानं तदेव वन (गुरु) वासिनाम् 49.
The place remembered for them is the same as that of forest-dwellers (or preceptors).
यतीनां यतचित्तानां न्यासिनामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् 49.
For ascetics with controlled minds, for renunciates with upward-flowing energy.
योगिनाममृतस्थानं व्योमाख्यं परमाक्षरम् 49.
For yogis, the immortal place is the supreme syllable called 'space.'
मुक्तिरष्टाङ्गविज्ञानात्संक्षेपात्तद्वदे श्रृणु 49.
Liberation comes from knowledge of the eightfold limbs; hear this in brief.
सत्यं भूतहितं वाक्यमस्तेयं स्वाग्रहं परम् 49.
Truth, speech for the welfare of beings, non-stealing, and supreme self-restraint.
नियमाः पञ्च सत्याद्या बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं द्विधा 49.
The five observances, beginning with truth, are of two kinds: external and internal.
स्वाध्यायः स्यान्मन्त्रजापः प्रणिधानं हरेर्यजिः 49.
Self-study, recitation of mantras, and devotion to Hari as sacrifice.
मन्त्रध्यान तो गर्भो विपरीतो ह्यगर्भकः 49.
Meditation on the mantra is the 'womb'; the opposite is called 'without womb.'
कुम्भको निश्चलत्वाच्च रेचनाद्रेचकस्त्रिधा 49.
Kumbhaka is due to steadiness; from exhalation comes the threefold recaka.
षट्त्रिंशन्मात्रिकः श्रेष्ठः प्रत्याहारश्च रोधनम् 49.
The best withdrawal is of thirty-six measures; pratyahara is also restraint.
अहं ब्रह्मेत्यवस्थानं समाधिर्ब्रह्मणः स्थितिः 49.
The state of 'I am Brahman' is absorption; it is the abiding of Brahman.
ब्रह्म विज्ञानमानन्दः स तत्त्वमसि केवलम् 49.
Brahman is knowledge, bliss; that alone is the true essence—you are that.
अहम्मनोबुद्धिमहदहङ्कारादिवर्जितम् 49.
It is devoid of ego, mind, intellect, the great principle, and all such distinctions.
नित्यं शुद्धं बुद्धमुक्तं सत्यमानन्दमद्वयम् इति ध्यायन्विमुच्येत् ब्राह्मणो भवबन्धनात् ।। 49.
Eternally pure, awakened, liberated, true, blissful, and non-dual—meditating thus, a brāhmaṇa is freed from the bondage of existence.