तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 112
ज्ञानं तत्त्वविचारेण निष्कामेणापि कर्मणा । जायते क्षीणतमसां विदुषां निर्मलात्मनाम् ॥ ११२ ॥
jñānaṁ tattvavicārēṇa niṣkāmēṇāpi karmaṇā | jāyatē kṣīṇatamasāṁ viduṣāṁ nirmalātmanām || 112 ||
Translation
Knowledge arises for the wise, whose darkness has wasted away and whose inner being is pure, by inquiry into the truth, and also by action without desire.
Word by word
- jñānaṁ
- knowledge
- tattva
- into the truth
- vicārēṇa
- by inquiry
- niṣkāmēṇa
- without desire
- api
- also
- karmaṇā
- by action
- jāyatē
- arises
- kṣīṇa
- wasted away
- tamasāṁ
- whose darkness
- viduṣāṁ
- for the wise
- nirmala
- pure
- ātmanām
- (ātmanām) whose inner being
Meaning
The commentary asks: how then does knowledge, the one means to liberation, arise? Inquiry into Brahman is the direct way, and action done without desire is also named, because it wears down the darkness of ignorance and clears the mind (antaḥkaraṇa). So action is not thrown out; it is given a new purpose.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
How then does knowledge, the one means to liberation, arise? To that he says "jñānam" and the rest. Tattvavicāreṇa: by inquiry into Brahman. Kṣīṇatamasām: of those whose darkness, which is ignorance, has wasted away. Nirmalātmanām: of those whose inner instrument (antaḥkaraṇa, the mind) is pure (verses 112 and 113).