सृष्टी जे कां चराचर । जीव दाटले अपार । परी ते अवघे चत्वार । बोलिजेती ॥ १॥

In this creation, moving and unmoving, countless souls are crowded together; yet all of them are said to fall into just four categories.

ऐक तयांचें लक्षण । चत्वार ते कोण कोण । बद्ध मुमुक्ष साधक जाण । चौथा सिद्ध ॥ २॥

Listen to their characteristics - who are these four? Know them as the bound, the seeker of liberation, the practitioner, and fourth, the accomplished one.

यां चौघांविरहित कांहीं । सचराचरीं पांचवा नाहीं । आतां असो हें सर्वही । विशद करूं ॥ ३॥

Besides these four, there is no fifth category in all this moving and unmoving creation; now let all of this be explained in full detail.

बद्ध म्हणिजे तो कोण । कैसें मुमुक्षाचें लक्षण । साधकसिद्धवोळखण । कैसी जाणावी ॥ ४॥

Who exactly is meant by the bound soul? What is the mark of the seeker of liberation? How is the practitioner and the accomplished one to be recognized?

श्रोतीं व्हावें सावध । प्रस्तुत ऐका बद्ध । मुमुक्ष साधक आणि सिद्ध । पुढें निरोपिले ॥ ५॥

Let the listeners be attentive; first hear about the bound soul, while the seeker, the practitioner, and the accomplished one will be described further on.

आतां बद्ध तो जाणिजे ऐसा । अंधारींचा अंध जैसा । चक्षुविण दाही दिशा । सुन्याकार ॥ ६॥

Now know what the bound soul is like - he is like a blind man in the dark, for whom, lacking sight, every direction appears an utter void.

भक्त ज्ञाते तापसी । योगी वीतरागी संन्यासी । पुढें देखतां दृष्टीसी । येणार नाहीं ॥ ७॥

Devotees, knowers, ascetics, yogis, dispassionate renunciants — even if all these stand right before him, they do not come within his sight.

न दिसे नेणे कर्माकर्म । न दिसे नेणे धर्माधर्म । न दिसे नेणे सुगम । परमार्थपंथ ॥ ८॥

He does not see or understand what is right action and what is not; he does not see or understand what is righteous and what is not; nor does he see or understand the easy path of spiritual life.

तयास न दिसे सच्छास्त्र । सत्संगति सत्पात्र । सन्मार्ग जो कां पवित्र । तो ही न दिसे ॥ ९॥

He does not see the true scriptures, does not see holy company, does not see a worthy person, and does not see the pure, righteous path either.

न कळे सारासार विचार । न कळे स्वधर्म आचार । न कळे कैसा परोपकार । दानपुण्य ॥ १०॥

He does not understand the discernment of essential from inessential, does not understand his own righteous conduct, and does not understand how to help others through charity and merit.

नाहीं पोटीं भूतदया । नाहीं सुचिष्मंत काया । नाहीं जनासि निववावया । वचन मृद ॥ ११॥

He has no compassion for other beings in his heart, his body is not kept pure and clean, and he has no gentle words to soothe people.

न कळे भक्ति न कळे ज्ञान । न कळे वैराग्य न कळे ध्यान । न कळे मोक्ष न कळे साधन । या नांव बद्ध ॥ १२॥

He understands neither devotion nor knowledge, neither dispassion nor meditation, neither liberation nor spiritual practice - this alone is called the bound soul.

न कळे देव निश्चयात्मक । न कळे संतांचा विवेक । न कळे मायेचें कौतुक । या नांव बद्ध ॥ १३॥

He does not grasp the certain nature of God, does not grasp the discernment of saints, does not grasp the wondrous play of maya - this alone is called the bound soul.

न कळे परमार्थाची खूण । न कळे अध्यात्मनिरूपण । न कळे आपणासि आपण । या नांव बद्ध ॥ १४॥

He does not grasp the sign of spiritual life, does not grasp spiritual teaching, and cannot recognize even himself - this alone is called the bound soul.

न कळे जीवाचें जन्ममूळ । न कळे साधनाचें फळ । न कळे तत्वतां केवळ । या नांव बद्ध ॥ १५॥

He does not understand the root cause of the soul's birth, does not understand the fruit of spiritual practice, understands nothing whatsoever in essence - this alone is called the bound soul.

न कळे कैसें तें बंधन । न कळे मुक्तीचें लक्षण । न कळे वस्तु विलक्षण । या नांव बद्ध ॥ १६॥

He does not understand what bondage truly is, does not understand the mark of liberation, does not understand that extraordinary Reality - this alone is called the bound soul.

न कळे शास्त्रार्थ बोलिला । न कळे निजस्वार्थ आपुला । न कळे संकल्पें बांधला । या नांव बद्ध ॥ १७॥

He does not understand the meaning declared by the scriptures, does not understand his own true good, and does not realize he is bound by his own mental constructs - this alone is called the bound soul.

जयासि नाहीं आत्मज्ञान । हें मुख्य बद्धाचें लक्षण । तीर्थ व्रत दान पुण्य । कांहींच नाहीं ॥ १८॥

One who lacks Self-knowledge - this is the chief mark of the bound soul; he has neither pilgrimage, nor vow, nor charity, nor merit to his name.

दया नाहीं करुणा नाहीं । आर्जव नाहीं मित्रि नाहीं । शांति नाहीं क्ष्मा नाहीं । या नांव बद्ध ॥ १९॥

He has no compassion, no mercy, no sincerity, no friendliness, no peace, no forgiveness - this alone is called the bound soul.

जें ज्ञानविशिं उणें । तेथें कैचीं ज्ञानाचीं लक्षणें । बहुसाल कुलक्षणें । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २०॥

One utterly lacking in knowledge - where would the marks of knowledge come from in him? He is instead full of ill traits - this alone is called the bound soul.

नाना प्रकारीचे दोष- । करितां, वाटे परम संतोष । बाष्कळपणाचा हव्यास । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २१॥

In committing all manner of faults he feels immense delight; he has only a craving for foolish frivolity - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु काम बहु क्रोध । बहु गर्व बहु मद । बहु द्वंद बहु खेद । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २२॥

He is full of lust, full of anger, full of pride, full of arrogance, full of inner conflict, full of grief - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु दर्प बहु दंभ । बहु विषये बहु लोभ । बहु कर्कश बहु अशुभ । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २३॥

He is full of haughtiness, full of hypocrisy, full of sensuality, full of greed, full of harshness, full of ill omen - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु ग्रामणी बहु मत्सर । बहु असूया तिरस्कार । बहु पापी बहु विकार । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २४॥

He is full of self-important leadership, full of envy, full of jealousy and contempt, full of sin and vice - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु अभिमान बहु ताठा । बहु अहंकार बहु फांटा । बहु कुकर्माचा सांठा । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २५॥

He is full of pride, full of arrogance, full of egotism, full of divisiveness, with a vast store of evil deeds - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु कापट्य वादवेवाद । बहु कुतर्क भेदाभेद । बहु क्रूइर कृपामंद । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २६॥

He is full of deceit, full of argument, full of twisted reasoning, full of discrimination, full of cruelty and lacking in compassion - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु निंदा बहु द्वेष । बहु अधर्म बहु अभिळाष । बहु प्रकारीचे दोष । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २७॥

He is full of slander, full of hatred, full of unrighteousness, full of craving, full of every kind of fault - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु भ्रष्ट अनाचार । बहु नष्ट येकंकार । बहु आनित्य अविचार । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २८॥

He is utterly corrupt and lawless, utterly ruined and stubbornly self-willed, utterly immoral and thoughtless - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु निष्ठुर बहु घातकी । बहु हत्यारा बहु पातकी । तपीळ कुविद्या अनेकी । या नांव बद्ध ॥ २९॥

He is utterly hard-hearted, utterly treacherous, utterly violent, utterly sinful, quick-tempered and skilled in many base arts - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु दुराशा बहु स्वार्थी । बहु कळह बहु अनर्थी । बहु डा‍ईक दुर्मती । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३०॥

He is full of wrongful craving, full of selfishness, full of quarrelsomeness, full of ruinous conduct, full of malicious, ill intent - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु कल्पना बहु कामना । बहु तृष्णा बहु वासना । बहु ममता बहु भावना । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३१॥

He is full of idle fancy, full of desire, full of craving, full of lust, full of attachment, full of unchecked sentiment - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु विकल्पी बहु विषादी । बहु मूर्ख बहु समंधी । बहु प्रपंची बहु उपाधी । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३२॥

He is utterly full of doubt, utterly despondent, utterly foolish, entangled in many troubles, utterly worldly and burdened with many attachments - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु वाचाळ बहु पाषंडी । बहु दुर्जन बहु थोतांडी । बहु पैशून्य बहु खोडी । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३३॥

He is utterly loose-tongued, utterly heretical, utterly wicked, utterly given to sham, full of malicious tale-bearing and mischief - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु अभाव बहु भ्रम । बहु भ्रांति बहु तम । बहु विक्षेप बहु विराम । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३४॥

He is full of disbelief, full of illusion, full of confusion, full of darkness, full of distraction, full of idle inertia - this alone is called the bound soul.

बहु कृपण बहु खंदस्ती । बहु आदखणा बहु मस्ती । बहु असत्क्रिया व्यस्ती । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३५॥

He is utterly stingy, utterly quarrelsome, utterly obstinate, utterly conceited, utterly preoccupied with wrongful deeds - this alone is called the bound soul.

परमार्थविषईं अज्ञान । प्रपंचाचें उदंड ज्ञान । नेणे स्वयें समाधान । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३६॥

He is ignorant in spiritual matters yet has vast worldly knowledge; he himself does not know what true contentment even means - this alone is called the bound soul.

परमार्थाचा अनादर । प्रपंचाचा अत्यादर । संसारभार जोजार । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३७॥

He shows disrespect for spiritual life, excessive regard for worldly life, and keeps carrying the burden of household affairs - this alone is called the bound soul.

सत्संगाची नाहीं गोडी । संतनिंदेची आवडी । देहेबुद्धीची घातली बेडी । या नाव बद्ध ॥ ३८॥

He has no taste for holy company, but delights instead in slandering saints; he has shackled himself with the fetter of body-consciousness - this alone is called the bound soul.

हातीं द्रव्याची जपमाळ । कांताध्यान सर्वकाळ । सत्संगाचा दुष्काळ । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ३९॥

In his hand is a rosary made of wealth alone, his mind constantly meditates on his wife, and holy company is perpetually scarce for him - this alone is called the bound soul.

नेत्रीं द्रव्य दारा पाहावी । श्रवणीं द्रव्य दारा ऐकावी । चिंतनीं द्रव्य दारा चिंतावी । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ४०॥

With his eyes he looks only at wealth and wife, with his ears he listens only about wealth and wife, in his mind he contemplates only wealth and wife - this alone is called the bound soul.

काया वाचा आणि मन । चित्त वित्त जीव प्राण । द्रव्यदारेचें करी भजन । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ४१॥

Body, speech, and mind, heart, wealth, life and breath - all of it he devotes entirely to the worship of wealth and wife - this alone is called the bound soul.

इंद्रियें करून निश्चळ । चंचळ हो‍ऊं नेदी पळ । द्रव्यदारेसि लावी सकळ । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ४२॥

Keeping his senses fixed and unwavering, never letting them stray for even a moment, he channels them all only toward wealth and wife - this alone is called the bound soul.

द्रव्य दारा तेंचि तीर्थ । द्रव्य दारा तोचि परमार्थ । द्रव्य दारा सकळ स्वार्थ । म्हणे तो बद्ध ॥ ४३॥

Wealth and wife are his pilgrimage, wealth and wife are his spiritual life, wealth and wife are the whole of his self-interest - one who thinks so is the bound soul.

वेर्थं जा‍ऊं नेदी काळ । संसारचिंता सर्वकाळ । कथा वार्ता तेचि सकळ । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ४४॥

He never lets time pass idly, yet spends it entirely worrying over worldly affairs, and all his talk and conversation revolve only around that - this alone is called the bound soul.

नाना चिंता नाना उद्वेग । नाना दुःखाचे संसर्ग । करी परमार्थाचा त्याग । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ४५॥

Amid countless worries, countless anxieties, and constant association with sorrow, he abandons spiritual life altogether - this alone is called the bound soul.

घटिका पळ निमिष्यभरी । दुश्चीत नव्हतां अंतरीं । सर्वकाळ ध्यान करी । द्रव्यदाराप्रपंचाचें ॥ ४६॥

Not for even a single instant does his mind wander from this - he is constantly meditating only on wealth, wife, and worldly life.

तीर्थ यात्रा दान पुण्य । भक्ति कथा निरूपण । मंत्र पूजा जप ध्यान । सर्वही द्रव्य दारा ॥ ४७॥

Pilgrimage, charity and merit, devotion, discourse, mantra, worship, chanting and meditation - all of these, for him, revolve only around wealth and wife.

जागृति स्वप्न रात्रि दिवस । ऐसा लागला विषयेध्यास । नाहीं क्षणाचा अवकाश । या नांव बद्ध ॥ ४८॥

Waking or dreaming, night or day, he remains obsessed only with sense pleasures, without a moment's respite - this alone is called the bound soul.

ऐसें बद्धाचें लक्षण । मुमुक्षपणीं पालटे जाण । ऐक तेही वोळखण । पुढिलीये समासीं ॥ ४९॥

Such is the mark of the bound soul; know that this changes in the state of the seeker of liberation - listen to that identification too in the next samas.