तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 117
बालक्रीड़नवत् सर्वं रूपनामादिकल्पनम् । विहाय ब्रह्मनिष्ठो यः स मुक्तो नाऽत्र संशयः ॥ ११७ ॥
bālakrīḍanavat sarvaṁ rūpanāmādikalpanam | vihāya brahmaniṣṭhō yaḥ sa muktō nā’tra saṁśayaḥ || 117 ||
Translation
Leaving behind all imagining of form, name and the like, like a child's play, he who stands firm in Brahman is liberated. There is no doubt of it.
Word by word
- bāla
- of a child
- krīḍana
- the play
- vat
- like
- sarvaṁ
- all
- rūpa
- of form
- nāma
- name
- ādi
- (ādi) and the like
- kalpanam
- imagining
- vihāya
- leaving
- brahma
- in Brahman
- niṣṭhō
- (niṣṭhaḥ) who stands firm
- yaḥ
- who
- sa
- he
- muktō
- (muktaḥ) liberated
- na
- no
- atra
- (atra) here
- saṁśayaḥ
- doubt
Meaning
Names and forms were called illusory in verse 113; here they are called a child's game, innocent enough but not what a grown person takes seriously. The word is lighter, and it is also more final.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 116.