तत्त्वज्ञानान्मुक्तिःLiberation by knowledge of the truth
Verse 121
वायुपर्णकणातोयव्रतिनो मोक्षभागिनः । सन्ति चेत् पन्नगा मुक्ताः पशुपक्षिजलेचराः ॥ १२१ ॥
vāyuparṇakaṇātōyavratinō mōkṣabhāginaḥ | santi cēt pannagā muktāḥ paśupakṣijalēcarāḥ || 121 ||
Translation
If those who vow to live on air, leaves, grains and water were sharers in liberation, then serpents would be free, and beasts, birds and creatures of the water.
Word by word
- vāyu
- air
- parṇa
- leaves
- kaṇā
- grains
- tōya
- water
- vratinō
- (vratinaḥ) those who vow
- mōkṣa
- in liberation
- bhāginaḥ
- sharers
- santi
- were
- cēt
- if
- pannagā
- (pannagāḥ) serpents
- muktāḥ
- free
- paśu
- beasts
- pakṣi
- birds
- jalēcarāḥ
- creatures of the water
Meaning
The same argument by reductio. Snakes were thought to live on air, cattle on leaves, birds on grains, and fish on water, so all of them are already keeping these vows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 120.