रागद्वेषभयादीनामनुरूपं चरन्नपि । योऽन्तर्व्योमवदच्छस्थः स जीवन्मुक्त उच्यते ॥ ८ ॥
rāgadvēṣabhayādīnāmanurūpaṁ carannapi | yō’ntarvyōmavadacchasthaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyatē || 8 ||
Translation
He who, though he acts in keeping with passion, aversion, fear and the rest, stays within clear as space: he is called freed while living.
Word by word
- rāga
- passion
- dvēṣa
- aversion
- bhaya
- fear
- ādīnām
- and the rest
- anurūpaṁ
- in keeping with
- caran
- he acts
- api
- though
- yō
- he who
- antar
- within
- vyōma
- space
- vad
- as
- accha
- clear
- sthaḥ
- stays
- sa
- he
- jīvan
- while living
- mukta
- freed
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
This mark guards against a misreading of the others. The freed one is not someone who never shows anger or fear; he may act as these call for, "like an actor", the commentary says, playing each part fittingly. Within he is like space, which holds every cloud and is stained by none, abiding in the Self that nothing covers. What marks him is not the absence of the movements but their failure to reach him.