mahAvAkyaratnAvaliH- Translation No. 37

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*Translation of mahAvAkyas- No.37- Sentences relating to jIvanmukti. *

 

138. maunavAn nirahambhAvo nirmAno muktamatsaraH,

 

yaH karoti gatodvegaH sa jIvanmukta ucyate ---

 

He who maintains silence, is free from ego, free from pride, does not envy

any one, performs actions without any mental agitation, such a person is

called a jIvanmukta.

 

139. sarvecchAH sakalAH SankAH sarvehAH sarvaniScayAH,

 

dhiyA yena parityaktAH sa jIvanmukta ucyate---

 

He who has mentally renounced all desires, all doubts, all actions, and all

resolutions, is called a jIvanmukta.

 

140. janmasthitivinASeshu sodayAstamayeshu ca,

 

samameva mano yasya sa jIvanmukta ucyate ---

 

He whose mind is the same in regard to the origination, continuation,

destruction, rise, and decline (of any objec) is called a jIvanmukta. (He is

totally indifferent to all happenings in the world).

 

141. sarvAdhishThAna cinmAtre nirvikalpe cidAtmani,

 

yo jIvati gatasnehaH sa jIvanmukta ucyate---

 

He who lives without attachment, established in the Self that is pure

consciousness, the substratum of all, in which there are no distinctions, is

called a jIvanmukta.

 

142. kriyAnASAt bhavet cintAnASo asmAd vAsanAkshayaH ,

 

vAsanAprakshayo mokshaH sa jIvanmukta ucyate---

 

By the destruction (giving up) of action, there results the destruction of

agitating thoughts, by their destruction the vAsanAs are destroyed.

Elimination of vAsanAs is liberation. He who has attained this state is

called a jIvanmukta.

 

S.N.Sastri