उषित्वा सुचिरं कालं धीरास्ते यावदीप्सितम् । ते तमन्ते परित्यज्य यान्ति केवलतां तताम् ॥ ३६ ॥
uṣitvā suciraṁ kālaṁ dhīrāstē yāvadīpsitam | tē tamantē parityajya yānti kēvalatāṁ tatām || 36 ||
Translation
Having lived here as long as they wish, those steadfast ones lay it down at the end and go to the boundless state of aloneness.
Word by word
- uṣitvā
- having lived
- suciraṁ
- long
- kālaṁ
- a time
- dhīrās
- (dhīrāḥ) steadfast
- tē
- those
- yāvad
- as long as
- īpsitam
- they wish
- tam
- it
- antē
- at the end
- parityajya
- laying down
- yānti
- go
- kēvalatāṁ
- to the state of aloneness
- tatām
- boundless
Meaning
Both commentaries take 'it' as the adjuncts, the body, the senses and the rest. Freedom in life is followed by freedom without a body, videhakaivalya. Nothing new is gained at death. What was already known in life no longer has a body through which it appears. Yāvad īpsitam, as long as they wish, speaks of a life not ended by restless craving and not prolonged by fear.