योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 130
न बाल्यमस्ति वृद्धत्वं नात्मनो यौवनं जनुः । सदैकरूपश्चिन्मात्रो विकारपरिवर्जितः ॥ १३० ॥
na bālyamasti vṛddhatvaṁ nātmanō yauvanaṁ januḥ | sadaikarūpaścinmātrō vikāraparivarjitaḥ || 130 ||
Translation
The Ātman has no childhood, no old age, no youth and no birth. It is ever of one form, pure consciousness, free of change.
Word by word
- na
- no
- bālyam
- childhood
- asti
- has
- vṛddhatvaṁ
- old age
- ātmanō
- (ātmanaḥ) of the Ātman
- yauvanaṁ
- youth
- januḥ
- birth
- sadā
- ever
- ēka
- (eka) one
- rūpaś
- (rūpaḥ) of form
- cin
- (cit) consciousness
- mātrō
- (mātraḥ) pure
- vikāra
- change
- parivarjitaḥ
- free of
Meaning
The commentary glosses "januḥ" as birth, and says the second half of the verse gives the reason for the first. What is one and changeless cannot pass through stages.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Januḥ: birth. With the half-verse beginning "sadaikarūpaḥ" he gives the reason why the Ātman has no childhood and the rest.