प्रवृत्तिः पुरुषस्येह मोक्षोपायविचारणे । यदा भवत्याशु तदा मोक्षभागी स उच्यते ॥ ३६ ॥
pravṛttiḥ puruṣasyēha mōkṣōpāyavicāraṇē | yadā bhavatyāśu tadā mōkṣabhāgī sa ucyatē || 36 ||
Translation
When a person's mind soon turns here to inquiring into the means of liberation, then he is called one who has a share in liberation.
Word by word
- pravṛttiḥ
- turns
- puruṣasya
- a person's
- iha
- here
- mōkṣa
- of liberation
- upāya
- into the means
- vicāraṇē
- to inquiring
- yadā
- when
- bhavati
- there is
- āśu
- soon
- tadā
- then
- mōkṣabhāgī
- one who has a share in liberation
- sa
- he
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
The commentary raises the question why all do not set out, and cites a verse: so long as there is no direct grace of the Lord, one finds no true teacher and no true scripture. So the very beginning of the search is itself a sign. It says that the fruit, having a share in liberation, may be inferred from the turning of the mind towards it. A reader may take heart from this. Someone whose mind has turned to such questions has already received something, and is not at the start.