शान्तसंसारकलनः कलावानपि निष्कलः । यः सचित्तोऽपि निश्चित्तः स जीवन्मुक्त उच्यते ॥ १२ ॥
śāntasaṁsārakalanaḥ kalāvānapi niṣkalaḥ | yaḥ sacittō’pi niścittaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyatē || 12 ||
Translation
He in whom the reckoning of saṁsāra is stilled, who is without parts though he has parts, who is without mind though he has a mind: he is called freed while living.
Word by word
- śānta
- is stilled
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- kalanaḥ
- in whom the reckoning
- kalāvān
- he has parts
- api
- though
- niṣkalaḥ
- without parts
- yaḥ
- who
- sacittō
- he has a mind
- niścittaḥ
- without mind
- sa
- he
- jīvan
- while living
- mukta
- freed
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
The commentary: his belief in the reality of saṁsāra has ended; in others' eyes he has a body and limbs, yet he is without parts; he is conscious, yet without a mind. "Reckoning" (kalana) is the mind's way of constructing and counting things; when it is stilled, a body and a mind are still there to be seen, but nothing in him takes them as himself. Seen from outside he is a man among men; from within there is no one assembled out of parts.