तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 111
कुर्वाणः सततं कर्म कृत्वा कष्टशतान्यपि । तावन्न लभते मोक्षं यावत् ज्ञानं न विन्दति ॥ १११ ॥
kurvāṇaḥ satataṁ karma kṛtvā kaṣṭaśatānyapi | tāvanna labhatē mōkṣaṁ yāvat jñānaṁ na vindati || 111 ||
Translation
Though he acts without ceasing and undergoes a hundred hardships, he does not gain liberation so long as he has not gained knowledge.
Word by word
- kurvāṇaḥ
- acting
- satataṁ
- without ceasing
- karma
- action
- kṛtvā
- having done
- kaṣṭa
- hardships
- śatāni
- a hundred
- api
- even
- tāvan
- (tāvat) so long
- na
- not
- labhatē
- he gains
- mōkṣaṁ
- liberation
- yāvat
- as long as
- jñānaṁ
- knowledge
- vindati
- he gains
Meaning
"Na vindati" the commentary explains as "does not gain". The verse sets the condition out without softening it: effort of any size is beside the point until knowledge has come.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Na vindati: does not gain.