पुनर्जन्माङ्कुरं त्यक्त्वा स्थिता संभृष्टबीजवत् । देहार्थं ध्रियते ज्ञातज्ञेया शुद्धेति चोच्यते ॥ १३ ॥
punarjanmāṅkuraṁ tyaktvā sthitā saṁbhṛṣṭabījavat | dēhārthaṁ dhriyatē jñātajñēyā śuddhēti cōcyatē || 13 ||
Translation
The one that has dropped the sprout of rebirth and remains like a roasted seed, held only for the body's sake by one who has known what is to be known, is called pure.
Word by word
- punar
- (punaḥ) re-
- janma
- birth
- aṅkuraṁ
- the sprout of
- tyaktvā
- having dropped
- sthitā
- remains
- saṁbhṛṣṭa
- roasted
- bījavat
- like a seed
- dēha
- the body's
- arthaṁ
- for the sake
- dhriyatē
- is held
- jñāta
- who has known
- jñēyā
- what is to be known
- śuddhā
- pure
- iti
- thus
- ca
- and
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
Future births lie hidden in vāsanā as the sprout lies hidden in a seed, waiting for time, water and soil. Knowledge of the truth burns the field of ignorance, and the sprout can no longer come up. What is left is like a roasted seed: it still has the shape of a seed but cannot grow. Bound only by the karma that has already begun to bear fruit (prārabdha), it serves no purpose but to keep the body going until that karma is spent.