Niralamba Upanishad 27 — Verse 27
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
केवलमोक्षापेक्षासङ्कल्पो बन्धः ॥२७॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
केवल-मोक्ष-अपेक्षा-सङ्कल्पः । बन्धः ॥२७॥
IAST Transliteration
kevala-mokṣāpekṣā-saṅkalpo bandhaḥ ॥27॥
Translation
শুধু মোক্ষের প্রত্যাশা/আকাঙ্ক্ষা-নির্ভর সংকল্পই বন্ধন।
Academic Translation
Bondage is the volitional construction (saṅkalpa) that consists solely in the expectation/desire for liberation (mokṣa).
Verse Context
Mokṣa as ever-attained (nitya-mukta) vs. desire-based seeking; subtle bandha through mokṣa-icchāMahavakya: Directly supports Mahāvākya immediacy: ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ / ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ are not future attainments but present identity; desire-for-mokṣa is transcended in aparokṣa-jñāna (immediate knowledge).AtharvaChandas: Prose
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