प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 20
सकामाश्चैव निष्कामा द्विविधा भुवि मानवाः । अकामानां पदं मोक्षः कामिनां फलमुच्यते ॥ २० ॥
sakāmāścaiva niṣkāmā dvividhā bhuvi mānavāḥ | akāmānāṁ padaṁ mōkṣaḥ kāmināṁ phalamucyatē || 20 ||
Translation
There are two kinds of men on earth, those with desires and those without. For those without desire the goal is liberation; for those with desire, what is told is the fruit.
Word by word
- sakāmāḥ
- (sakāmāḥ) those with desires
- ca
- and
- ēva
- indeed
- niṣkāmāḥ
- (niṣkāmāḥ) those without
- dvividhāḥ
- (dvividhāḥ) of two kinds
- bhuvi
- on earth
- mānavāḥ
- (mānavāḥ) men
- akāmānāṁ
- of the desireless
- padaṁ
- the goal
- mōkṣaḥ
- (mokṣaḥ) liberation
- kāmināṁ
- of the desirous
- phalam
- the fruit
- ucyatē
- is told
Meaning
This distinction governs the whole chapter. Everything that follows about heavens and long ages in the worlds of the gods is the fruit promised to those who act with a desire; for the one who acts without desire the same rite leads to liberation (verse 41).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 19.