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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.21.74

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 21 · Verse 74

Verse 74

अद्यप्रभृति बुद्धाऽसि विमुक्ताऽसि विवेकिनी । वासनातानवं बीजं पतितं तव चेतसि ॥ ७४ ॥

adyaprabhṛti buddhā’si vimuktā’si vivēkinī | vāsanātānavaṁ bījaṁ patitaṁ tava cētasi || 74 ||

Translation

From today you are awake, you are free, discerning; the seed that thins the latent tendencies has fallen into your mind.

Word by word

adya
today
prabhṛti
from
buddhā
awake
asi
you are
vimuktā
free
vivēkinī
discerning
vāsanā
the latent tendencies
tānavaṁ
that thins
bījaṁ
the seed
patitaṁ
has fallen
tava
your
cētasi
into mind

Meaning

The commentary: when knowledge sublates the impressions of duality, what remains is the thinning of impressions, the impression of the truth alone: that is the seed of freedom, and it has now fallen into your mind; so from today, discerning, be awake and free. The goddess does not say the work is finished: a seed has been sown.