Chapter 7 · Verse 29

Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment

जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये। ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम्

jarā-maraṇa-mokṣhāya mām āśhritya yatanti ye te brahma tadviduḥ kṛitsnam adhyātmaṁ karma chākhilam

Word Meanings

jarā — from old age; maraṇa — and death; mokṣhāya — for liberation; mām — me; āśhritya — take shelter in; yatanti — strive; ye — who; te — they; brahma — Brahman; tat — that; viduḥ — know; kṛitsnam — everything; adhyātmam — the individual self; karma — karmic action; cha — and; akhilam — entire

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Translation

Those who strive for liberation from old age and death by taking refuge in Me come to know Brahman in full, the nature of the self, and the entirety of action.

Commentary

जरामरणमोक्षाय for liberation from old age and death? माम् Me? आश्रित्य having taken refuge in? यतन्ति strive? ये who? ते they? ब्रह्म Brahman? तत् that? विदुः know? कृत्स्नम् the whole? अध्यात्मम् knowledge of the Self? कर्म action? च and? अखिलम् whole.Commentary They attain to the full knowledge of the Self or perfect knowledge of Brahman. They attain to the Bhuma or the Highest or the Unconditioned. All their doubts are totally destroyed. They fully realise now? All is Vaasudeva. All indeed is Brahman. There is no such thing as diversity.They are not rorn here and have thus conered old age and death. They are liberated here and now.