ये शुद्धवासना भूयो न जन्माऽनर्थभाजनम् । ज्ञातज्ञेयास्त उच्यन्ते जीवन्मुक्ता महाधियः ॥ १५ ॥
yē śuddhavāsanā bhūyō na janmā’narthabhājanam | jñātajñēyāsta ucyantē jīvanmuktā mahādhiyaḥ || 15 ||
Translation
Those whose vāsanā is pure, who are no longer the vessels of the misfortune of birth and have known what is to be known: they, the great-minded, are called liberated while living.
Word by word
- yē
- those who
- śuddha
- pure
- vāsanā
- (vāsanāḥ) whose vāsanā is
- bhūyō
- (bhūyaḥ) again
- na
- not
- janma
- of birth
- anartha
- the misfortune
- bhājanam
- the vessels
- jñāta
- have known
- jñēyās
- (jñeyāḥ) what is to be known
- ta
- (te) they
- ucyantē
- are called
- jīvanmuktā
- (jīvanmuktāḥ) liberated while living
- mahādhiyaḥ
- the great-minded
Meaning
This is the definition the sarga has been building to. The liberated while living have known Brahman, the one thing to be known; their bodies are carried on by a vāsanā whose power to cause birth has been burnt away. The commentary adds that their actions bear no fruit to be enjoyed later; the karma that made the present body is used up by living it out, and nothing new is stored.