योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 127
अयमात्मा सदा मुक्तो निर्लिप्तः सर्ववस्तुषु । किं तस्य बन्धनं कस्मान्मुक्तिमिच्छन्ति दुर्धियः ॥ १२७ ॥
ayamātmā sadā muktō nirliptaḥ sarvavastuṣu | kiṁ tasya bandhanaṁ kasmānmuktimicchanti durdhiyaḥ || 127 ||
Translation
This Ātman is ever free, unattached among all things. What bond could it have? From what do the dull-minded wish to be freed?
Word by word
- ayam
- this
- ātmā
- Ātman
- sadā
- ever
- muktō
- (muktaḥ) free
- nirliptaḥ
- unattached
- sarva
- all
- vastuṣu
- among things
- kiṁ
- what
- tasya
- its
- bandhanaṁ
- bond
- kasmān
- (kasmāt) from what
- muktim
- freedom
- icchanti
- (icchanti) wish for
- durdhiyaḥ
- the dull-minded
Meaning
The commentary gives "nirlipta" as unattached. The last question is a paradox. Since nothing has ever bound the Ātman, seeking its freedom is a confusion about what one is.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Nirliptaḥ: unattached.