तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 114
विहाय नामरूपाणि नित्ये ब्रह्मणि निश्चले । परिनिश्चिततत्त्वो यः स मुक्तः कर्मबन्धनात् ॥ ११४ ॥
vihāya nāmarūpāṇi nityē brahmaṇi niścalē | pariniścitatattvō yaḥ sa muktaḥ karmabandhanāt || 114 ||
Translation
Leaving names and forms, he who has settled the truth in the eternal, unmoving Brahman is free from the bond of action.
Word by word
- vihāya
- leaving
- nāma
- names
- rūpāṇi
- and forms
- nityē
- in the eternal
- brahmaṇi
- in Brahman
- niścalē
- unmoving
- pariniścita
- settled
- tattvō
- (tattvaḥ) the truth
- yaḥ
- who
- sa
- he
- muktaḥ
- free
- karma
- of action
- bandhanāt
- from the bond
Meaning
The commentary glosses the words: "nitya" imperishable, "niścala" that which never gives up its nature, and "pariniścita-tattva" one who has fully determined how things are. What is left behind is names and forms, not the world itself.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Vihāya" and the rest. Nitye: in the imperishable. Niścale: in that which never gives up its former nature. Pariniścitatattvaḥ: he by whom the truth, things as they are (yāthārthya), has been fully determined (verses 114 and 115).