योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 135
आत्मज्ञानमिदं देवि परं मोक्षैकसाधनम् । जानन्निहैव मुक्तः स्यात् सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः ॥ १३५ ॥
ātmajñānamidaṁ dēvi paraṁ mōkṣaikasādhanam | jānannihaiva muktaḥ syāt satyaṁ satyaṁ na saṁśayaḥ || 135 ||
Translation
This knowledge of the Ātman, O Devī, is the one supreme means to liberation. Knowing it one is free even here: true, true, there is no doubt.
Word by word
- ātma
- of the Ātman
- jñānam
- knowledge
- idaṁ
- this
- dēvi
- O Devī
- paraṁ
- supreme
- mōkṣa
- to liberation
- ēka
- (eka) the one
- sādhanam
- means
- jānan
- knowing
- iha
- (iha) here
- ēva
- (eva) even
- muktaḥ
- free
- syāt
- one is
- satyaṁ
- true
- na
- no
- saṁśayaḥ
- doubt
Meaning
"Ihaiva", even here, is the claim of liberation in life (jīvanmukti). It is not a state to wait for at death, and the repetition of "true" marks this as the centre of the passage.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 133.