जीवन्मुक्तत्वमस्मिंस्तु श्रुते समनुभूयते । स्वयमेव यथा पीते नीरोगत्वं वरौषधे ॥ १५ ॥
jīvanmuktatvamasmiṁstu śrutē samanubhūyatē | svayamēva yathā pītē nīrōgatvaṁ varauṣadhē || 15 ||
Translation
But when this is heard, freedom while living is felt of itself, as freedom from sickness when a fine medicine has been drunk.
Word by word
- jīvanmuktatvam
- freedom while living
- asmiṁs
- (asmin) this
- tu
- but
- śrutē
- when heard
- samanubhūyatē
- is felt
- svayam
- of itself
- ēva
- indeed
- yathā
- as
- pītē
- has been drunk
- nīrōgatvaṁ
- freedom from sickness
- vara
- a fine
- auṣadhē
- when medicine
Meaning
Why this book above others? The commentary raises the question and answers with the image: as health comes of itself when a good medicine is taken, freedom while living is experienced when this is heard. One does not have to understand the chemistry of a medicine for it to work; one has to take it.