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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.127

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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 127

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.