तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 120
आहारसंयमक्लिष्टा यथेष्टाहारतुन्दिलाः । ब्रह्मज्ञानविहीनाश्चेन्निष्कृतिं ते व्रजन्ति किम् ॥ १२० ॥
āhārasaṁyamakliṣṭā yathēṣṭāhāratundilāḥ | brahmajñānavihīnāścēnniṣkṛtiṁ tē vrajanti kim || 120 ||
Translation
Those worn thin by restraint in food, and those grown stout on all the food they wish: if they are without the knowledge of Brahman, can they gain deliverance?
Word by word
- āhāra
- food
- saṁyama
- by restraint
- kliṣṭā
- (kliṣṭāḥ) worn thin
- yathā
- as
- iṣṭa
- (iṣṭa) wished
- tundilāḥ
- grown stout
- brahma
- of Brahman
- jñāna
- the knowledge
- vihīnāś
- (vihīnāḥ) without
- cēn
- (cet) if
- niṣkṛtiṁ
- deliverance
- tē
- they
- vrajanti
- gain
- kim
- can
Meaning
The commentary gives "niṣkṛti" as deliverance. The two extremes of the body are set beside each other, and it is not the diet that makes the difference.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Niṣkṛtim: deliverance. Vrajanti: they reach (verses 120 and 121).