महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-14, verse-127
अयमात्मा सदा मुक्तो निर्लिप्तः सर्ववस्तुषु ।
किं तस्य बन्धनं कस्मान्मुक्तिमिच्चन्ति दुर्धियः ॥१२७॥
किं तस्य बन्धनं कस्मान्मुक्तिमिच्चन्ति दुर्धियः ॥१२७॥
127. ayamātmā sadā mukto nirliptaḥ sarvavastuṣu ,
kiṁ tasya bandhanaṁ kasmānmuktimiccanti durdhiyaḥ.
kiṁ tasya bandhanaṁ kasmānmuktimiccanti durdhiyaḥ.
127.
ayam ātmā sadā muktaḥ nirliptaḥ sarva-vastuṣu kim
tasya bandhanam kasmāt muktim icchanti dur-dhiyaḥ
tasya bandhanam kasmāt muktim icchanti dur-dhiyaḥ
127.
ayam ātmā sadā muktaḥ nirliptaḥ sarva-vastuṣu tasya
bandhanam kim kasmāt dur-dhiyaḥ muktim icchanti
bandhanam kim kasmāt dur-dhiyaḥ muktim icchanti
127. This self is ever free and untainted in all objects. What bondage is there for it, and why do foolish people desire liberation?
Words meanings summery:
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- अयम् (ayam) - this
- आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, ātman
- सदा (sadā) - always, ever
- मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - free, liberated
- निर्लिप्तः (nirliptaḥ) - untainted, unattached, unstained
- सर्व-वस्तुषु (sarva-vastuṣu) - in all objects, in all things
- किम् (kim) - what?
- तस्य (tasya) - of the self (of that, of it)
- बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, binding
- कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what?, why?
- मुक्तिम् (muktim) - liberation, release
- इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish
- दुर्-धियः (dur-dhiyaḥ) - foolish people, of evil intellect
Words meanings and morphology
अयम् (ayam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this
आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, ātman
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, essence
सदा (sadā) - always, ever
(indeclinable)
मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - free, liberated
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta
mukta - liberated, free
Past Passive Participle
from root muc
Root: muc (class 6)
निर्लिप्तः (nirliptaḥ) - untainted, unattached, unstained
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nirlipta
nirlipta - untainted, unattached
Past Passive Participle
nis + lipta
Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+lipta)
- nis – out, without
indeclinable - lipta – smeared, stained, attached
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root lip
Root: lip (class 6)
सर्व-वस्तुषु (sarva-vastuṣu) - in all objects, in all things
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of sarvavastu
sarvavastu - all objects
sarva + vastu
Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+vastu)
- sarva – all, every
pronoun (masculine) - vastu – thing, object
noun (neuter)
किम् (kim) - what?
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - what, which
तस्य (tasya) - of the self (of that, of it)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, binding
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bandhana
bandhana - binding, bondage
from root bandh
Root: bandh (class 9)
कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what?, why?
(pronoun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - what, which
मुक्तिम् (muktim) - liberation, release
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of mukti
mukti - liberation, release
from root muc
Root: muc (class 6)
इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ
Root: iṣ (class 6)
दुर्-धियः (dur-dhiyaḥ) - foolish people, of evil intellect
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of durdhī
durdhī - foolish, dull-witted
dus + dhī
Compound type : bahuvrihi (dus+dhī)
- dus – bad, evil, difficult
indeclinable - dhī – intellect, mind, thought
noun (feminine)
from root dhī
Root: dhī (class 4)