अपुनर्जन्मकरणी जीवन्मुक्तेषु देहिषु । वासना विद्यते शुद्धा देहे चक्र इव भ्रमः ॥ १४ ॥
apunarjanmakaraṇī jīvanmuktēṣu dēhiṣu | vāsanā vidyatē śuddhā dēhē cakra iva bhramaḥ || 14 ||
Translation
In embodied beings who are liberated while living, a pure vāsanā that causes no further birth remains in the body, like the spinning of a wheel.
Word by word
- apunar
- (apunaḥ) no further
- janma
- birth
- karaṇī
- that causes
- jīvanmuktēṣu
- who are liberated while living
- dēhiṣu
- in embodied beings
- vāsanā
- vāsanā
- vidyatē
- remains
- śuddhā
- pure
- dēhē
- in the body
- cakra
- (cakre) of a wheel
- iva
- like
- bhramaḥ
- the spinning
Meaning
A potter's wheel goes on turning for a while after the potter has stopped pushing it. So the body of the liberated goes on living after the cause of bondage has been removed. The vāsanā that keeps it going is a spent impression; its presence is known only from the fact that the body lives on.