योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 126
न पापं नैव सुकृतं न स्वर्गो न पुनर्भवः । नापि ध्येयो न वा ध्याता सर्वं ब्रह्मेति जानतः ॥ १२६ ॥
na pāpaṁ naiva sukṛtaṁ na svargō na punarbhavaḥ | nāpi dhyēyō na vā dhyātā sarvaṁ brahmēti jānataḥ || 126 ||
Translation
For the one who knows that all is Brahman there is no sin and no merit, no heaven and no return to birth, no object of meditation and no one who meditates.
Word by word
- na
- no
- pāpaṁ
- sin
- ēva
- (eva) indeed
- sukṛtaṁ
- merit
- svargō
- (svargaḥ) heaven
- punarbhavaḥ
- return to birth
- api
- (api) also
- dhyēyō
- (dhyeyaḥ) object of meditation
- vā
- or
- dhyātā
- one who meditates
- sarvaṁ
- all
- brahma
- Brahman
- iti
- (iti) that
- jānataḥ
- for one who knows
Meaning
The commentary glosses "punarbhava" as arising again. Taken in sequence the denials remove reward, then rebirth, and at last the division between the one who meditates and the one meditated on.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Na punarbhavaḥ: no arising again.