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

如灯至熄灭之时，燃尽而归于消融；如是，瑜伽行者焚尽一切业（karma），归于寂灭之消融，业流相续遂止。

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)