Chapter 13 · Trayodaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Thirteenth Chapter)
Verse 18
सोऽपि वैश्यस्ततो ज्ञानं वव्रे निर्विण्णमानसः। ममेत्यहमिति प्राज्ञः सङ्गविच्युतिकारकम् ॥ १८ ॥
sō’pi vaiśyastatō jñānaṁ vavrē nirviṇṇamānasaḥ | mamētyahamiti prājñaḥ saṅgavicyutikārakam || 18 ||
Translation
He, the merchant, then chose knowledge, with a distressed mind, wise, causing liberation from attachment to ‘mine’ and ‘I’.
Word by word
- saḥ
- he
- api
- also
- vaiśyaḥ
- the merchant
- tataḥ
- then
- jñānaṁ
- knowledge
- vavre
- chose
- nirviṇṇamānasaḥ
- with a distressed mind
- mama
- mine
- iti
- thus
- ahaṁ
- I
- prājñaḥ
- wise
- saṅgavicyutikārakam
- causing liberation from attachment
Meaning
The merchant Samādhi, distressed by worldly attachments, requests spiritual knowledge from the Goddess, seeking wisdom to transcend the egoistic notions of ‘mine’ and ‘I’, reflecting his aspiration for liberation.