Verse 16

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मेरुशृङ्गतटोल्लासि गङ्गाजलस्योपमा ।

दृष्टा यस्मिन्मुने मुक्ताहारस्योल्लसशालिता ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मेरु-शृङ्ग-तट-उल्लासि । गङ्गा-जलस्य-उपमा ।

दृष्टा । यस्मिन् । मुने । मुक्त-आहारस्य । उल्लस-शालिता ॥१६॥

IAST Transliteration

meruśṛṅga-taṭollāsi gaṅgājalasyopamā |

dṛṣṭā yasmin mune muktāhārasyollasaśālitā ||16||

Translation

如同须弥山峰之坡光辉闪耀，可比恒河圣水之清明；当此境界在牟尼身上被见到时，便显现出“解脱之食”者的灿然殊胜——其饮食已受节制而得净化。

Academic Translation

Like the shining slope of Meru’s peak, comparable to the water of the Gaṅgā—when that (state/vision) is seen in a sage, there is the radiant excellence of one whose food is liberated (i.e., restrained/purified).

Verse Context

• Vairāgya (dispassion) and śuddhi (purification) as supports to mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the mind for mahāvākya-jñāna (e.g., ‘aham brahmāsmi’) through purity and restraint; not itself a mahāvākya statement.
• Yajur
• Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasaneyī) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)