महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-14, verse-115
न मुक्तिर्जपनाद्धोमादुपवासशतैरपि ।
ब्रह्मैवाऽहमिति ज्ञात्वा मुक्तो भवति देहभृत् ॥११५॥
ब्रह्मैवाऽहमिति ज्ञात्वा मुक्तो भवति देहभृत् ॥११५॥
115. na muktirjapanāddhomādupavāsaśatairapi ,
brahmaivā'hamiti jñātvā mukto bhavati dehabhṛt.
brahmaivā'hamiti jñātvā mukto bhavati dehabhṛt.
115.
na muktiḥ japanāt homāt upavāsaśataiḥ api brahma
eva aham iti jñātvā muktaḥ bhavati dehabhṛt
eva aham iti jñātvā muktaḥ bhavati dehabhṛt
115.
dehabhṛt japanāt homāt upavāsaśataiḥ api muktiḥ na (bhavati),
brahma eva aham iti jñātvā muktaḥ bhavati
brahma eva aham iti jñātvā muktaḥ bhavati
115. Liberation does not come from mantra recitation, fire rituals, or even hundreds of fasts. Knowing that I am indeed the absolute, the embodied being becomes liberated.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not
- मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation, release
- जपनात् (japanāt) - from mantra recitation, from japa
- होमात् (homāt) - from the fire ritual, from homa
- उपवासशतैः (upavāsaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of fasts
- अपि (api) - even, also
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - brahman, the absolute
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
- अहम् (aham) - I
- इति (iti) - thus
- ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, realizing
- मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, freed
- भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is
- देहभृत् (dehabhṛt) - embodied being, living being
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation, release
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mukti
mukti - liberation, release, emancipation
from root muc
Root: muc (class 6)
जपनात् (japanāt) - from mantra recitation, from japa
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of japa
japa - whispering prayers, mantra recitation, japa
from root jap
Root: jap (class 1)
होमात् (homāt) - from the fire ritual, from homa
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of homa
homa - oblation, fire ritual, homa
from root hu
Root: hu (class 3)
उपवासशतैः (upavāsaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of fasts
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of upavāsaśata
upavāsaśata - hundred fasts
tatpuruṣa compound of upavāsa and śata
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upavāsa+śata)
- upavāsa – fasting
noun (masculine)
upa + vas
Prefix: upa
Root: vas (class 2) - śata – hundred
noun (neuter)
अपि (api) - even, also
(indeclinable)
ब्रह्म (brahma) - brahman, the absolute
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - brahman, the absolute, the supreme reality
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
(indeclinable)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we
इति (iti) - thus
(indeclinable)
ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, realizing
(indeclinable)
absolutive / gerund
from root jñā
Root: jñā (class 9)
मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, freed
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta
mukta - liberated, freed
Past Passive Participle
from root muc
Root: muc (class 6)
भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
present indicative active
from root bhū class 1
Root: bhū (class 1)
देहभृत् (dehabhṛt) - embodied being, living being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dehabhṛt
dehabhṛt - bearer of a body, embodied being
upapada tatpuruṣa compound of deha and bhṛt
Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (deha+bhṛt)
- deha – body
noun (masculine)
Root: dih (class 2) - bhṛt – bearing, carrying
adjective (masculine)
agent noun
from root bhṛ
Root: bhṛ (class 3)