येयं तु जीवन्मुक्तानां वासना सा न वासना । शुद्धसत्त्वाभिधानं तत् सत्तासामान्यमुच्यते ॥ ५ ॥
yēyaṁ tu jīvanmuktānāṁ vāsanā sā na vāsanā | śuddhasattvābhidhānaṁ tat sattāsāmānyamucyatē || 5 ||
Translation
But this tendency of those free while living is no tendency; it is called pure sattva, it is called bare being.
Word by word
- yā
- which
- iyaṁ
- this
- tu
- but
- jīvanmuktānāṁ
- of those free while living
- vāsanā
- tendency
- sā
- it
- na
- no
- śuddha
- pure
- sattva
- sattva
- abhidhānaṁ
- called
- tat
- it
- sattā
- being
- sāmānyam
- bare
- ucyatē
- it is called
Meaning
The commentary: the tendency of the free while living is not a tendency; "pure tendency" is only a name for the being of the ground that is the end of all tendencies' sublation, as "burnt cloth" is only a name for ash. It is bare being, running through all tendencies, that is spoken of as pure tendency. The free person still acts, eats and speaks, and so seems to have tendencies; but what moves them is not a seed of becoming.