Shloka 14
Dharma of the Renunciant: Alms Discipline, Meditation, and Expiations
जीवनं सर्वभूतानां यत्र लोकः प्रलीयते । आनंदं ब्रह्मणः सूक्ष्मं यत्पश्यंति मुमुक्षवः
jīvanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ yatra lokaḥ pralīyate | ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sūkṣmaṃ yatpaśyaṃti mumukṣavaḥ
وہی تمام جانداروں کی جان ہے، جس میں یہ عالم فنا ہو کر لَے ہو جاتا ہے؛ وہ برہمن کی لطیف آنند ہے جسے طالبِ نجات دیکھتے ہیں۔
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Concept: Brahman is the life (jīvana) of all beings; the world dissolves into That, and the liberated-seeker beholds subtle Brahman-bliss.
Application: Practice daily recollection that the ‘life’ behind all experiences is the Lord within; reduce clinging by contemplating impermanence (loka-pralaya) and anchoring attention in quiet, devotional awareness.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["silence","soft tanpura drone","distant temple bell","gentle conch shell (very faint)"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: यत्पश्यंति → यत् + पश्यन्ति (त् + प = त्प).
FAQs
It teaches that the world ultimately dissolves into a higher reality—the foundational principle that is the very life of all beings—implying an underlying Absolute into which phenomena are absorbed.
It refers to Brahman’s ānanda as not a sensory pleasure but a refined, inwardly realized bliss—subtle because it is beyond ordinary perception and known through spiritual insight.
Mumukṣavaḥ are seekers intent on liberation (moksha). The verse’s lesson is that liberation-oriented seekers aim to directly realize the Brahman-reality that underlies life and into which the world dissolves.