प्रक्षीणवासना येह जीवतां जीवनस्थितिः । अमुक्तैरपरिज्ञाता सा जीवन्मुक्ततोच्यते ॥ ८ ॥
prakṣīṇavāsanā yēha jīvatāṁ jīvanasthitiḥ | amuktairaparijñātā sā jīvanmuktatōcyatē || 8 ||
Translation
The way of living of those who live here with tendencies wholly worn away, unknown to those who are not free, is called freedom while living.
Word by word
- prakṣīṇa
- wholly worn away
- vāsanā
- with tendencies
- yā
- which
- iha
- here
- jīvatāṁ
- of those who live
- jīvana
- of living
- sthitiḥ
- the way
- amuktair
- (amuktaiḥ) to those who are not free
- aparijñātā
- unknown
- sā
- it
- jīvanmuktatā
- freedom while living
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
Another commentary: when the tendencies are worn away, the life of beings that remains, which those not free do not know, is what is called freedom while living. The free person is not marked out by any outward sign; his state is unknown to the bound because it is not a visible way of acting but an absence within.