Verse 27

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

केवलमोक्षापेक्षासङ्कल्पो बन्धः ॥२७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

केवल-मोक्ष-अपेक्षा-सङ्कल्पः । बन्धः ॥२७॥

IAST Transliteration

kevala-mokṣāpekṣā-saṅkalpo bandhaḥ ॥27॥

Translation

Bindung ist der saṅkalpa, die willentliche Konstruktion, die einzig aus der Erwartung und dem Begehren nach Befreiung (mokṣa) besteht.

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-icchā
• Mahavakya: 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).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose