The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 225

p. 225

यो वा अकथयमानस्य तूष्णीं भूतस्य सर्वोपसंहारं कृत्वा पूर्णानन्दात्मना अवस्थितस्य आत्मानं नानुसञ्चरेत् न तापयेत् ब्रह्मस्वं नोपहन्याद्वा ब्रह्मनिष्ठासाधनभूतं चेलाजिनकुशपुस्तकादिकं नोपहन्याद्वा ।तथा चोक्तम्—‘रभसादिकं नास्य योगिनः स्वं प्रचक्षते ।कुशवत्कलचैलं ब्रह्मस्वं योगिनो विदुः’ इति ।अन्यदपि ब्रह्मस्वं ब्राह्मणस्वं नोपहन्याद्वा तदन्नं तस्यान्नं संमतं सतां भोज्यत्वेन ॥

In plain words

Or one who, having withdrawn from all external things and resting in silence, established in the essence of pure bliss, neither pursues worldly desires nor inflicts pain upon the self. One who harms neither sacred belongings nor the simple aids to spiritual practice such as garments, deerskin, kuśa grass, and books. As it has been said: 'Force and the like are never declared to be the property of this yogī; those who know the path recognize rags, bark, and grass as the true wealth of the seeker.' One must never violate sacred property or the belongings of a brāhmaṇa, and such food is regarded by the wise as truly fit to be shared.

Close to the Sanskrit

Or who, having withdrawn from all things and remaining silent, established in the nature of complete bliss, should not pursue the self, should not afflict it, should not injure sacred property, nor injure items serving as aids to absorption in Brahman such as cloth, deerskin, kuśa grass, and books. And thus it has been said: 'Violence and the like are not declared to be the property of this yogī; yogīs know kuśa grass, bark, and rags to be sacred property.' Also, one should not injure other sacred property or brāhmaṇa property; that food is considered by the virtuous as fit to be eaten.