कर्मक्षयान्मुक्तिःLiberation by the wearing away of action
Verse 109
यावन्न क्षीयते कर्म शुभं वाऽशुभमेव वा । तावन्न जायते मोक्षो नृणां कल्पशतैरपि ॥ १०९ ॥
yāvanna kṣīyatē karma śubhaṁ vā’śubhamēva vā | tāvanna jāyatē mōkṣō nṛṇāṁ kalpaśatairapi || 109 ||
Translation
As long as action, good or bad, is not worn away, liberation does not arise for people, even in a hundred ages.
Word by word
- yāvan
- (yāvat) as long as
- na
- not
- kṣīyatē
- is worn away
- karma
- action
- śubhaṁ
- good
- vā
- or
- aśubham
- (aśubham) bad
- ēva
- indeed
- tāvan
- (tāvat) so long
- jāyatē
- arises
- mōkṣō
- (mokṣaḥ) liberation
- nṛṇāṁ
- for people
- kalpa
- ages
- śatair
- (śataiḥ) in hundreds
- api
- even
Meaning
This verse and the next carry the teaching that good action binds too, and the heading of the passage gives the point as "liberation through the wearing away of action". A kalpa is a day of Brahmā, so "a hundred kalpas" means no length of time will do it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 108.