महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-14, chapter-46, verse-55
निर्मुक्तः सर्वसङ्गेभ्यो वायुराकाशगो यथा ।
क्षीणकोशो निरातङ्कः प्राप्नोति परमं पदम् ॥५५॥
क्षीणकोशो निरातङ्कः प्राप्नोति परमं पदम् ॥५५॥
55. nirmuktaḥ sarvasaṅgebhyo vāyurākāśago yathā ,
kṣīṇakośo nirātaṅkaḥ prāpnoti paramaṁ padam.
kṣīṇakośo nirātaṅkaḥ prāpnoti paramaṁ padam.
55.
nirmuktaḥ sarvasaṅgebhyaḥ vāyuḥ ākāśagaḥ yathā
kṣīṇakośaḥ nirātaṅkaḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ padam
kṣīṇakośaḥ nirātaṅkaḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ padam
55.
yathā vāyuḥ ākāśagaḥ [asti],
[tathā yaḥ] sarvasaṅgebhyaḥ nirmuktaḥ,
kṣīṇakośaḥ,
nirātaṅkaḥ [saḥ] paramaṃ padam prāpnoti.
[tathā yaḥ] sarvasaṅgebhyaḥ nirmuktaḥ,
kṣīṇakośaḥ,
nirātaṅkaḥ [saḥ] paramaṃ padam prāpnoti.
55.
Just as the wind moves freely in the sky, so too one who is completely freed from all attachments, whose ego-sense (kośa) is diminished, and who is free from fear, attains the supreme state.
Words meanings summery:
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- निर्मुक्तः (nirmuktaḥ) - liberated, freed, released
- सर्वसङ्गेभ्यः (sarvasaṅgebhyaḥ) - from all attachments, from all ties/connections
- वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, life-breath
- आकाशगः (ākāśagaḥ) - moving in the sky, residing in space
- यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like
- क्षीणकोशः (kṣīṇakośaḥ) - one whose ego-sense (kośa) is diminished (one whose sheath/ego is diminished/destroyed)
- निरातङ्कः (nirātaṅkaḥ) - fearless, free from distress, untroubled
- प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains
- परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent
- पदम् (padam) - the supreme spiritual state (state, abode, position, step, foot)
Words meanings and morphology
निर्मुक्तः (nirmuktaḥ) - liberated, freed, released
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nirmukta
nirmukta - liberated, freed, released
Past Passive Participle
From prefix 'nir' + root 'muc' (to release, free) + -kta suffix
Prefix: nir
Root: muc (class 6)
सर्वसङ्गेभ्यः (sarvasaṅgebhyaḥ) - from all attachments, from all ties/connections
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, plural of sarvasaṅga
sarvasaṅga - all attachments, all connections, all relations
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+saṅga)
- sarva – all, every, whole
adjective (masculine) - saṅga – attachment, contact, association, union
noun (masculine)
From root 'sañj' (to cling, attach)
Root: sañj (class 1)
वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, life-breath
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu
vāyu - wind, air, life-breath, a deity of wind
आकाशगः (ākāśagaḥ) - moving in the sky, residing in space
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśaga
ākāśaga - moving in the sky, residing in space
Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+ga)
- ākāśa – sky, space, ether
noun (masculine) - ga – going, moving, residing
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun/adjective from root 'gam'
From root 'gam' (to go, move)
Root: gam (class 1)
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like
(indeclinable)
क्षीणकोशः (kṣīṇakośaḥ) - one whose ego-sense (kośa) is diminished (one whose sheath/ego is diminished/destroyed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇakośa
kṣīṇakośa - having diminished or destroyed sheaths (of the self), one whose treasury is depleted
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+kośa)
- kṣīṇa – diminished, destroyed, wasted
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root 'kṣi' (to waste away, diminish)
Root: kṣi (class 5) - kośa – sheath, ego, treasury, bud, dictionary
noun (masculine)
निरातङ्कः (nirātaṅkaḥ) - fearless, free from distress, untroubled
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nirātaṅka
nirātaṅka - fearless, free from distress, untroubled
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nir+ātaṅka)
- nir – without, free from
indeclinable - ātaṅka – fear, terror, distress, anxiety
noun (masculine)
प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prāp
From prefix 'pra' + root 'āp' (to obtain, reach)
Prefix: pra
Root: āp (class 5)
परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of parama
parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, most distant
पदम् (padam) - the supreme spiritual state (state, abode, position, step, foot)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pada
pada - step, foot, mark, sign, state, condition, abode, word