आसाद्यते महाज्ञानबोधः संसारशान्तिदः । न भूयो जायते येन योनियन्त्रप्रपीडनम् ॥ ४६ ॥
āsādyatē mahājñānabōdhaḥ saṁsāraśāntidaḥ | na bhūyō jāyatē yēna yōniyantraprapīḍanam || 46 ||
Translation
the great awakening of knowledge that gives peace from saṁsāra is reached, by which the crushing in the machine of the womb never comes again.
Word by word
- āsādyatē
- is reached
- mahā
- the great
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- bōdhaḥ
- awakening
- saṁsāra
- from saṁsāra
- śānti
- peace
- daḥ
- that gives
- na
- not
- bhūyō
- (bhūyaḥ) again
- jāyatē
- comes
- yēna
- by which
- yōni
- of the womb
- yantra
- in the machine
- prapīḍanam
- the crushing
Meaning
The end of the sentence. The commentary: once it is gained, one does not again suffer the pains of dwelling in a mother's womb and of being born. The image of the womb as a press is the tradition's picture of rebirth as suffering.