योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 134
घटस्थं यादृशं व्योम घटे भग्नेऽपि तादृशम् । नष्टे देहे तथैवात्मा समरूपो विराजते ॥ १३४ ॥
ghaṭasthaṁ yādṛśaṁ vyōma ghaṭē bhagnē’pi tādṛśam | naṣṭē dēhē tathaivātmā samarūpō virājatē || 134 ||
Translation
The space in a jar is the same when the jar is broken. So when the body perishes, the Ātman shines on, the same.
Word by word
- ghaṭa
- in a jar
- sthaṁ
- standing
- yādṛśaṁ
- such as
- vyōma
- space
- ghaṭē
- the jar
- bhagnē
- when broken
- api
- even
- tādṛśam
- such
- naṣṭē
- when perished
- dēhē
- the body
- tathā
- so
- ēva
- (eva) indeed
- ātmā
- (ātmā) the Ātman
- sama
- the same
- rūpō
- (rūpaḥ) in form
- virājatē
- shines
Meaning
The third of three images, and the one that deals with death. Nothing of space is lost when the jar breaks, and the text says the same of the Ātman at the end of the body.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 133.