जीवन्मुक्ताश्चरन्तीह यथा हरिहरादयः । यथा ब्रह्मर्षयश्चाऽन्ये तथा विहर राघव ॥ २२ ॥
jīvanmuktāścarantīha yathā hariharādayaḥ | yathā brahmarṣayaścā’nyē tathā vihara rāghava || 22 ||
Translation
and as those liberated while living go about here, as Hari, Hara and the others do, and as the Brahmin seers and others do, so live, Rāghava.
Word by word
- jīvanmuktāś
- (jīvanmuktāḥ) those liberated while living
- caranti
- go about
- iha
- here
- yathā
- as
- hari
- Hari
- hara
- Hara
- ādayaḥ
- and the others
- brahmarṣayaś
- (brahmarṣayaḥ) the Brahmin seers
- ca
- and
- anyē
- others
- tathā
- so
- vihara
- live
- rāghava
- Rāghava
Meaning
Jīvanmukta, liberated while living, is the central ideal of this work. The verse makes a large claim for it by including the gods in the list. Hari and Hara are presented as doing what any free person does. The verb at the end, vihara, is the one for moving at ease, and it recalls viharāmi of 2.12.22. Nothing is said about leaving the world. Rāma is told to know himself, and then to live.