तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 116
आत्मा साक्षी विभुः पूर्णः सत्योऽद्वैतः परात्परः । देहस्थोऽपि न देहस्थो ज्ञात्वैवं मुक्तिभाग् भवेत् ॥ ११६ ॥
ātmā sākṣī vibhuḥ pūrṇaḥ satyō’dvaitaḥ parātparaḥ | dēhasthō’pi na dēhasthō jñātvaivaṁ muktibhāg bhavēt || 116 ||
Translation
The Ātman is witness, all-pervading, whole, real, without a second, beyond the highest; though in the body it is not in the body. Knowing this one has a share in liberation.
Word by word
- ātmā
- the Ātman
- sākṣī
- witness
- vibhuḥ
- all-pervading
- pūrṇaḥ
- whole
- satyō
- (satyaḥ) real
- advaitaḥ
- (advaitaḥ) without a second
- parāt
- than the highest
- paraḥ
- beyond
- dēhasthō
- (dehasthaḥ) in the body
- api
- though
- na
- not
- jñātvā
- knowing
- ēvaṁ
- (evam) this
- mukti
- in liberation
- bhāg
- (bhāk) a sharer
- bhavēt
- one becomes
Meaning
The commentary glosses each name: the witness sees good and evil; all-pervading; whole means of undivided form; and "advaita" means free of the three kinds of difference, from what is of its own kind, from what is of another kind, and within itself. These three are the classic analysis of non-duality.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ātmā" and the rest. Sākṣī: the seer of good and evil. Vibhuḥ: all-pervading. Pūrṇaḥ: whose form is undivided. Advaitaḥ: free of the three kinds of difference, from what is of its own kind, from what is of another kind, and within itself (verses 116 to 118).