देहो गुरुर्मम विरक्तिविवेकहेतु- र्बिभ्रत् स्म सत्त्वनिधनं सततार्त्युदर्कम् । तत्त्वान्यनेन विमृशामि यथा तथापि पारक्यमित्यवसितो विचराम्यसङ्ग: ॥ २५ ॥
deho gurur mama virakti-viveka-hetur bibhrat sma sattva-nidhanaṁ satatārty-udarkam tattvāny anena vimṛśāmi yathā tathāpi pārakyam ity avasito vicarāmy asaṅgaḥ
- dehaḥ
- the body
- guruḥ
- spiritual master
- mama
- my
- virakti
- of detachment
- viveka
- and intelligence which facilitates
- hetuḥ
- the cause
- bibhrat
- maintaining
- sma
- certainly
- sattva
- existence
- nidhanam
- destruction
- satata
- always
- ārti
- suffering
- udarkam
- future result
- tattvāni
- the truths of this world
- anena
- with this body
- vimṛśāmi
- I contemplate
- yathā
- even though
- tathā api
- nevertheless
- pārakyam
- belonging to others
- iti
- thus
- avasitaḥ
- being convinced
- vicarāmi
- I wander about
- asaṅgaḥ
- without attachment
The material body is also my spiritual master because it teaches me detachment. Being subject to creation and destruction, it always comes to a painful end. Thus, although using my body to acquire knowledge, I always remember that it will ultimately be consumed by others, and remaining detached, I move about this world.