Muni's PlayTattvabodha - Verse 11
Sanskrit
एवं च वेदान्तवाक्यैः सद्गुरूपदेशेन च सर्वेष्वपि भूतेषु येषां ब्रह्मबुद्धिरुत्पन्ना ते जीवन्मुक्ताः इत्यर्थः । ननु जीवन्मुक्तः कः ? यथा देहोऽहं पुरुषोऽहं ब्राह्मणोऽहं शूद्रोऽहमस्मीति दृढनिश्चयस्तथा नाहं ब्राह्मणः न शूद्रः न पुरुषः किन्तु असंगः सच्चिदानन्द स्वरूपः प्रकाशरूपः सर्वान्तर्यामी चिदाकाशरूपोऽस्मीति दृढनिश्चय रूपोऽपरोक्षज्ञानवान् जीवन्मुक्तः ॥
Translation
Thus, those who—through the Vedic statements and the teachings of a true Guru—have gained the vision of Brahman in all beings are “Liberated while living” (Jivanmuktas). Who is a Jivanmukta? Just as a common person has the firm conviction “I am the body, I am a man, I am a Brahmin/Shudra,” the Jivanmukta has the firm conviction “I am not a Brahmin, nor a Shudra, nor a man; I am unattached, of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, the nature of Light, the indweller of all, and the formless space of consciousness (Chidakasha).” Such a person of direct realization is a Jivanmukta.
Word-for-Word
evaṃ ca (and thus); vedānta-vākyaiḥ (by the statements of Vedanta) sadguru-upadeśena ca (and by the teaching of a true Guru); sarveṣu-api bhūteṣu (in all beings); yeṣāṃ brahma-buddhiḥ-utpannā (those in whom the knowledge/vision of Brahman has arisen); te jīvanmuktāḥ (they are liberated while alive). nanu jīvanmuktaḥ kaḥ? (who is a Jivanmukta?); yathā (just as); dehaḥ-ahaṃ (I am the body), puruṣaḥ-ahaṃ (I am a man), brāhmaṇaḥ-ahaṃ (I am a Brahmin) iti dṛḍha-niścayaḥ (thus is the firm conviction); tathā (so also); na-ahaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ na śūdraḥ na puruṣaḥ (I am not a Brahmin, nor a Shudra, nor a man); kintu (but); asaṅgaḥ (unattached), sac-cid-ānanda-svarūpaḥ (nature of Sat-Chit-Ananda), prakāśa-rūpaḥ (nature of Light), sarva-antaryāmī (indweller of all), cid-ākāśa-rūpaḥ-asmi (I am of the form of the space of consciousness); iti dṛḍha-niścaya-rūpaḥ (thus of the nature of firm conviction); aparokṣa-jñānavān (the possessor of direct knowledge); jīvanmuktaḥ (is a Jivanmukta).
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