श्रीराम उवाच । विदेहमुक्तास्त्रैलोक्यं सम्पद्यन्ते यदा तदा । मन्ये ते सर्गतामेव गता वेद्यविदां वर ॥ २७ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | vidēhamuktāstrailōkyaṁ sampadyantē yadā tadā | manyē tē sargatāmēva gatā vēdyavidāṁ vara || 27 ||
Translation
Rāma said: When those freed without a body become the three worlds, then, best of the knowers of what is to be known, I think they have only gone into creation again.
Word by word
- vidēha
- without a body
- muktās
- (muktāḥ) those freed
- trailōkyaṁ
- the three worlds
- sampadyantē
- become
- yadā
- when
- tadā
- then
- manyē
- I think
- tē
- they
- sargatām
- into creation
- ēva
- only
- gatā
- have gone
- vēdya
- of what is to be known
- vidāṁ
- of the knowers
- vara
- best
Meaning
A sharp objection. If the bodiless freed one is the sun, the gods, the mountains, the poison (vv. 16-23), then he has become the world again: freedom ends in saṁsāra. The commentary: Rāma doubts, because the scriptures say Brahman is the Self of all; if reaching Brahman is becoming all, why is it not reaching saṁsāra?