इममालोकमासाद्य मोक्षोपायमयं जनः । अन्धतामेति न पुनः कश्चिन्मोहतमस्यपि ॥ १९ ॥
imamālōkamāsādya mōkṣōpāyamayaṁ janaḥ | andhatāmēti na punaḥ kaścinmōhatamasyapi || 19 ||
Translation
Once a person has come upon this light, made of the means to liberation, none falls blind again, even in the darkness of delusion.
Word by word
- imam
- this
- ālōkam
- light
- āsādya
- having come upon
- mōkṣa
- to liberation
- upāya
- the means
- mayaṁ
- made of
- janaḥ
- a person
- andhatām
- blind
- ēti
- falls
- na
- not
- punaḥ
- again
- kaścin
- (kaścit) any
- mōha
- of delusion
- tamasi
- in the darkness
- api
- even
Meaning
After the blind worm, an image of light. The word is punar, again. The verse says that a certain kind of knowledge cannot be lost, for one can hardly unsee what has really been seen. Moha-tamasi api, even in the dark of delusion: the darkness may go on, and difficulty may go on. What does not return is the blindness.