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अज्ञानमूलोऽयमनात्मबन्धो
नैसर्गिकोऽनादिरनन्त ईरितः ।
जन्माप्ययव्याधिजरादिदुःख -
प्रवाहतापं जनयत्यमुष्य ॥ १४८ ॥

ajñānamūlo’yamanātmabandho
naisargiko’nādirananta īritaḥ ;
janmāpyayavyādhijarādiduḥkha -
pravāhatāpaṃ janayatyamuṣya . 148 .

Anvaya

अयम्ayam
This
अनात्म–बन्धःanātma–bandhaḥ
bondage with the non–self
अज्ञान–मूलःajñāna–mūlaḥ
has nescience as its root
नैसर्गिकःnaisargikaḥ
naturally befallen
अनादिःanādiḥ
originless
अनन्तःanantaḥ
endless
ईरितःīritaḥ
it is called so
जनयतिjanayati
it causes
जन्म–अप्यय–व्याधि–जरादि–दुःख–प्रवाह–तापंjanma–apyaya–vyādhi–jarādi–duḥkha–pravāha–tāpaṃ
misery due to the stream of birth, death, disease, old age etc
अमुष्यamuṣya
to this person

Translation

This bondage (identification) with the non–self has nescience as its root and naturally befallen. It is said to be originless and endless. It causes misery due to the continuous stream of birth, death, disease, old age etc., to this person.

Annotation

1) anantaḥ – means that it does not disappear without the knowledge of the Self. 2) pravāha–tāpaṃ – has a textual variation as pravāha–pātaṃ, in which case it means ‘falling in the stream of birth, death, etc’ (Jagadguru).

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