The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 256

p. 256

वा’ इत्यादि ।वैराग्यं दृष्टानुश्रविकविषयवितृष्णता ।अस्तेयः अचौर्यमात्मनो द्रव्यस्य वा ।आत्मचौर्यमुक्तम्—‘योऽन्यथा सन्तमात्मानम्’ इति ।ब्रह्मचर्यम् अष्टमैथुनत्यागः ।तथा चोक्तम्—‘स्मरणं कीर्तनं केलिर्वीक्षणं गुह्यभाषणम् ।संकल्पोऽध्यवसायश्च क्रियानिष्पत्तिरेव च ॥एतन्मैथुनमष्टाङ्गं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ।विपरीतं ब्रह्मचर्यमेतदेवाष्टलक्षणम्’ इति ।असंग्रहः अपरिग्रहः पुत्रदारक्षेत्रादीनाम् ।एतान्परिपालयेत् ॥

In plain words

Dispassion is the fading of all thirst for enjoyments, seen or heard of. Non-theft is abstaining from stealing, even of one's own or another's wealth; scripture speaks of 'self-theft' when a person mistakes who they truly are. Celibacy is the absolute dropping of the eightfold forms of intimacy—remembering, speaking of, playing with, gazing at, whispering to, resolving upon, deciding on, and executing union. Wise ones call these eight the constituents of intimacy; the exact reverse of this is true celibacy. Non-accumulation means letting go of grasping at children, spouses, lands, and the like. Guard these virtues well.

Close to the Sanskrit

Dispassion is freedom from thirst for seen and traditional objects. Non-stealing is non-theft of one's own property or another's. Self-theft is spoken of: 'who otherwise [regards] the self as existing', thus. Celibacy is the renunciation of the eightfold sexual union. And thus it is said: remembering, talking, dallying, looking, secret speaking, mental resolution, determination, and accomplishment of action indeed. Wise men proclaim this eightfold sexual union; the opposite is celibacy, this very eight-charactered [practice]. Non-accumulation is non-possession of sons, wives, fields, and so on. One should protect these.