Verse 23

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा निर्वाणकाले तु दीपो दग्ध्वा लयं व्रजेत् । तथा सर्वाणि कर्माणि योगी दग्ध्वा लयं व्रजेत् ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यथा । निर्वाण-काले । तु । दीपः । दग्ध्वा । लयम् । व्रजेत् । तथा । सर्वाणि । कर्माणि । योगी । दग्ध्वा । लयम् । व्रजेत् ।

IAST Transliteration

yathā nirvāṇakāle tu dīpo dagdhvā layaṃ vrajet | tathā sarvāṇi karmāṇi yogī dagdhvā layaṃ vrajet ||23||

Translation

நிர்வாணக் காலத்தில் விளக்கு எரிந்து இறுதியில் லயமடைவதுபோல், யோகி எல்லாக் கர்மங்களையும் தகைத்து லயம் (கர்மத் தொடர்ச்சி நிவிருத்தி) அடைகிறான்।

Academic Translation

Just as, at the time of extinction, a lamp—having burned—goes to dissolution, so the yogin, having burned up all actions, goes to dissolution (i.e., cessation of karmic continuity).

Verse Context

• Karma-kṣaya and Moksha (burning of karma through knowledge/yoga)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: the ‘burning of karma’ is a preparatory/confirmatory motif for realization implied by mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘tat tvam asi’), where knowledge nullifies doership and thus karmic binding.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)