उत्पद्यते यो जगति स एव किल वर्द्धते । स एव मोक्षमाप्नोति स्वर्गं वा नरकं च वा ॥ ७ ॥
utpadyatē yō jagati sa ēva kila varddhatē | sa ēva mōkṣamāpnōti svargaṁ vā narakaṁ ca vā || 7 ||
Translation
He who is born in the world is the one who grows; he alone reaches liberation, or heaven, or hell.
Word by word
- utpadyatē
- is born
- yō
- (yaḥ) he who
- jagati
- in the world
- sa
- (saḥ) he
- ēva
- alone
- kila
- indeed
- varddhatē
- grows
- mōkṣam
- liberation
- āpnōti
- reaches
- svargaṁ
- heaven
- vā
- or
- narakaṁ
- hell
- ca
- and
Meaning
The commentary takes verses 7 and 8 together, against the objection that birth, growth, death, heaven and hell seem to belong to the Self, so that removing the seen would not remove them. They belong to what is born. Arising, growing and perishing are not qualities of the Self; they seem to be its own only because its nature is not known. The one who is born, grows, goes to heaven or hell and is even said to be bound and freed is the jīva, the appearance, not the Self.