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

മോക്ഷത്തെ മാത്രം പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്ന/ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന സങ്കൽപം തന്നെയാണ് ബന്ധനം.

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