तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 119
मृच्छिलाधातुदार्वादिमूर्तावीश्वरबुद्धयः । क्लिश्यन्तस्तपसा ज्ञानं विना मोक्षं न यान्ति ते ॥ ११९ ॥
mṛcchilādhātudārvādimūrtāvīśvarabuddhayaḥ | kliśyantastapasā jñānaṁ vinā mōkṣaṁ na yānti tē || 119 ||
Translation
Those who take clay, stone, metal, wood and the like in an image for God wear themselves out by austerity; without knowledge they do not reach liberation.
Word by word
- mṛc
- (mṛt) clay
- chilā
- (śilā) stone
- dhātu
- metal
- dāru
- wood
- ādi
- (ādi) and the like
- mūrtau
- in an image
- īśvara
- (īśvara) God
- buddhayaḥ
- who take to be
- kliśyantas
- (kliśyantaḥ) wearing themselves out
- tapasā
- by austerity
- jñānaṁ
- knowledge
- vinā
- without
- mōkṣaṁ
- liberation
- na
- not
- yānti
- reach
- tē
- they
Meaning
The commentary gives the austerity as penances such as the kṛcchra and the cāndrāyaṇa. The point is the mistake of thinking God is confined to the material. It is said here by the same teacher who has just taught the installing of an image at length, and shows at what level he takes that teaching to hold.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Tapasā: by austerity such as the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances.