योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 136
न कर्मणा विमुक्तः स्यान्न सन्तत्या धनेन वा । आत्मनाऽऽत्मानमाज्ञाय मुक्तो भवति मानवः ॥ १३६ ॥
na karmaṇā vimuktaḥ syānna santatyā dhanēna vā | ātmanā’’tmānamājñāya muktō bhavati mānavaḥ || 136 ||
Translation
Not by action is one freed, not by offspring or by wealth. Knowing the Ātman by the Ātman, a person is free.
Word by word
- na
- not
- karmaṇā
- by action
- vimuktaḥ
- freed
- syān
- (syāt) is one
- santatyā
- by offspring
- dhanēna
- by wealth
- vā
- or
- ātmanā
- (ātmanā) by the Ātman
- ātmānam
- (ātmānam) the Ātman
- ājñāya
- (ājñāya) knowing
- muktō
- (muktaḥ) free
- bhavati
- is
- mānavaḥ
- a person
Meaning
The words echo the Upaniṣadic line "na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena" (Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad). The usual goods of a good life are set aside, and the knowing and the known are said to be one.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 133.