तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 115
न मुक्तिर्जपनाद्धोमादुपवासशतैरपि । ब्रह्मैवाऽहमिति ज्ञात्वा मुक्तो भवति देहभृत् ॥ ११५ ॥
na muktirjapanāddhōmādupavāsaśatairapi | brahmaivā’hamiti jñātvā muktō bhavati dēhabhṛt || 115 ||
Translation
Not from japa or homa, not even from a hundred fasts, comes liberation. Knowing "I am Brahman", the embodied one is liberated.
Word by word
- na
- not
- muktir
- (muktiḥ) liberation
- japanād
- (japanāt) from japa
- hōmād
- (homāt) from homa
- upavāsa
- (upavāsa) fasts
- śatair
- (śataiḥ) by hundreds
- api
- even
- brahma
- Brahman
- ēva
- (eva) indeed
- aham
- (aham) I
- iti
- thus
- jñātvā
- knowing
- muktō
- (muktaḥ) liberated
- bhavati
- is
- dēhabhṛt
- the embodied one
Meaning
Having set out rites of japa and homa for chapter upon chapter, Śiva now denies that they are what frees. "Brahmaivāham" is the same insight as the great saying of the Upaniṣad, "ahaṁ brahmāsmi".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 114.