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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.14.35

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 14 · Verse 35

Verse 35

एवं पूर्णेन मनसा महात्मानो महाशयाः । जीवन्मुक्ता जगत्यस्मिन् विहरन्तीह योगिनः ॥ ३५ ॥

ēvaṁ pūrṇēna manasā mahātmānō mahāśayāḥ | jīvanmuktā jagatyasmin viharantīha yōginaḥ || 35 ||

Translation

So, with a full mind, the great-souled ones of noble heart, freed while living, move about here in this world as yogīs.

Word by word

ēvaṁ
so
pūrṇēna
with a full
manasā
mind
mahātmānō
(mahātmānaḥ) the great-souled
mahāśayāḥ
of noble heart
jīvanmuktā
(jīvanmuktāḥ) freed while living
jagati
world
asmin
in this
viharanti
move about
iha
here
yōginaḥ
as yogīs

Meaning

The commentary specifies that this is in this very body, and that their yoga is the oneness of the individual and Brahman known in experience. Jīvanmukti is not deferred to a later life or a heaven. The verse sums up the description that began at verse 29, and gives its key: a full mind. Nothing it meets can add to it or take away.