मोक्षोपायाभिधानेयं संहिता सारसंमिता । त्रिंशद्द्वे च सहस्राणि ज्ञाता निर्वाणदायिनी ॥ ६ ॥
mōkṣōpāyābhidhānēyaṁ saṁhitā sārasaṁmitā | triṁśaddvē ca sahasrāṇi jñātā nirvāṇadāyinī || 6 ||
Translation
This collection is called the Means to Liberation. It is measured by its essence, known to have thirty-two thousand verses, and it grants nirvāṇa.
Word by word
- mōkṣa
- to liberation
- upāya
- the Means
- abhidhānā
- called
- iyaṁ
- this
- saṁhitā
- collection
- sāra
- by its essence
- saṁmitā
- measured
- triṁśad
- thirty
- dvē
- two
- ca
- and
- sahasrāṇi
- thousand
- jñātā
- known
- nirvāṇa
- nirvāṇa
- dāyinī
- which grants
Meaning
Here the work names itself: Mokṣopāya, the Means to Liberation. Both commentaries take the number as thirty-two thousand verses. Sāra-saṁmita, measured by its essence, says that its length is not padding: what is said is said because it is needed. And it does not only describe liberation. It is said to give it.