Word meanings
- labhante
- achieve
- brahma-nirvāṇam
- liberation from material existence
- ṛṣayaḥ
- holy persons
- kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ
- whose sins have been purged
- chinna
- annihilated
- dvaidhāḥ
- doubts
- yata-ātmānaḥ
- whose minds are disciplined
- sarva-bhūta
- for all living entities
- hite
- in welfare work
- ratāḥ
- rejoice
Translations
The sages obtain absolute freedom or Moksha when their sins have been destroyed, their dualities have been torn asunder, they are self-controlled, and they are intent on the welfare of all beings.
Sages whose sins have been washed away, whose sense of separateness has dissipated, who have subdued themselves, and seek only the welfare of all, come to the Eternal Spirit.
The seers whose sins have been attenuated, who are free from doubt, whose senses are under control, who are engaged in doing good to all beings, attain absorption in Brahman.
जिनका शरीर मन-बुद्धि-इन्द्रियोंसहित वशमें है, जो सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके हितमें रत हैं, जिनके सम्पूर्ण संशय मिट गये हैं, जिनके सम्पूर्ण कल्मष (दोष) नष्ट हो गये हैं, वे विवेकी साधक निर्वाण ब्रह्मको प्राप्त होते हैं।Commentary
Sins are destroyed by the performance of Agnihotra (a daily obligatoyr ritual) and other Yajnas (vide notes on verse III. 13) without expectation of their fruits and by other selfless services. The duties vanish by constant meditation on the nondual Brahman. He never hurts others in thought, word and deed, and he is devoted to the welfare of all beings as he feels that all beings are but his own Self. (Cf.XII.4)