योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 131
जन्मयौवनवार्धक्यं देहस्यैव न चाऽऽत्मनः । पश्यन्तोऽपि न पश्यन्ति मायाप्रावृतबुद्धयः ॥ १३१ ॥
janmayauvanavārdhakyaṁ dēhasyaiva na cā’’tmanaḥ | paśyantō’pi na paśyanti māyāprāvṛtabuddhayaḥ || 131 ||
Translation
Birth, youth and old age belong to the body and not to the Ātman. Seeing, those whose understanding is veiled by māyā do not see.
Word by word
- janma
- birth
- yauvana
- youth
- vārdhakyaṁ
- old age
- dēhasya
- of the body
- ēva
- (eva) only
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- ātmanaḥ
- (ātmanaḥ) of the Ātman
- paśyantō
- (paśyantaḥ) seeing
- api
- though
- paśyanti
- they see
- māyā
- by māyā
- prāvṛta
- veiled
- buddhayaḥ
- whose understanding
Meaning
The commentary asks: to whom then do birth and the rest belong? To the body. The last words are the point: the fact is in front of everyone, every day, and they look at it without seeing.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
To whom then do birth and the rest belong? To that he says "janma" and the rest.