1

The state of Nirvana is of two kinds,

the pure and the impure.

That which is free of subtle

potentiating tendencies (vasanas) is the pure.

That which is qualified by such latent tendencies is the impure.

2

The pure Nirvana is also of two kinds,

the ultra-pure and the pure.

The impure state is further categorized as

the pure-impure, and the impure-impure.

3

The ultra-pure state is again subject to three grades:

the elect, the more elect, and the most elect.

The pure exists in the (simple) knower of the Absolute.

4

The pure-impure state

(though qualified by the subtle tendencies)

is free of rajas and tamas.

The impure-impure is subject to rajas and tamas.

The first is the state of one

whose goal is ultimate liberation.

The second is the state of those

who seek the various psychic powers.

5

A knower of the Absolute, firmly established in the Absolute,

having burnt up everything in the fire of wisdom,

aiming at the good of the world,

performs actions according to what is considered right.

6

The elect knower of the Absolute is one

who is firmly established in the Absolute

and who renounces all willful action.

He wanders in the world, continuing

the course of bodily life.

7

The more elect is one who knows

when prompted by others, but by himself does not know.

He always enjoys absorption in the Absolute.

8

The most elect is one who

by himself knows not,

and even when prompted by others knows not.

He is empty of all mental modulations,

and is the Absolute alone.

9

There is certainly nothing of this world

to be accepted or rejected.

As for the Self, it is self-luminous.

With this understood, one should withdraw.

Thereafter the agitations of the mind

do not repeat themselves.

10

The Absolute alone, One-without-a-second, is the Real.

There is nothing other.

In this there is no doubt.

Understanding this, the well-instructed one

withdraws from all duality.

He does not return again.

AUM TAT SAT