Verse 7

Skanda

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवं बद्धस्तथा जीवः कर्मनाशे सदाशिवः । पाशबद्धस्तथा जीवः पाशमुक्तः सदाशिवः ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एवम् । बद्धः । तथा । जीवः । कर्म-नाशे । सदाशिवः । पाश-बद्धः । तथा । जीवः । पाश-मुक्तः । सदाशिवः ।

IAST Transliteration

evaṁ baddhas tathā jīvaḥ karmanāśe sadāśivaḥ | pāśabaddhas tathā jīvaḥ pāśamuktaḥ sadāśivaḥ ||7||

Translation

ဤသို့ပင် ဇီဝ (တစ်ဦးချင်းအတ္တ) သည် ချည်နှောင်ခြင်း၌ ရှိ၏။ ကမ္မ ပျက်စီးသွားသောအခါ စဒါရှီဝ ဖြစ်၏။ ထို့အတူ ဇီဝ သည် ပာရှ (ချည်နှောင်မှု) ဖြင့် ချည်နှောင်ခံရ၏။ ပာရှမှ လွတ်မြောက်လျှင် စဒါရှီဝ ဖြစ်၏။

Academic Translation

Thus, the individual self (jīva) is bound; upon the destruction of karma, (it is) Sadāśiva. Likewise, the jīva is bound by the fetter (pāśa); freed from the fetter, (it is) Sadāśiva.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation) through karma-kshaya and pāśa-mokṣa; identity of jīva with Śiva (non-dual realization)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of «अहं ब्रह्मास्मि» (Aham Brahmāsmi) and «तत् त्वम् असि» (Tat Tvam Asi): the bound jīva, when ignorance/karma-bondage is removed, is none other than the Absolute (here named Sadāśiva).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)