Shloka
यस्य स्थिता भवेत्प्रज्ञा यस्यानन्दो निरन्तरः ।प्रपञ्चो विस्मृतप्रायः स जीवन्मुक्त इष्यते ॥ ४२९ ॥
yasya sthitā bhavetprajñā yasyānando nirantaraḥ ;prapañco vismṛtaprāyaḥ sa jīvanmukta iṣyate . 429 .
Anvaya
- यस्यyasya
- the one for whom
- प्रज्ञाprajñā
- wisdom
- स्थिता भवेत्sthitā bhavet
- remains steady
- आनन्दः निरन्तरःānandaḥ nirantaraḥ
- there is uninterrupted bliss
- प्रपञ्चःprapañcaḥ
- the universe
- विस्मृत–प्रायःvismṛta–prāyaḥ
- is as good as forgotten
- सःsaḥ
- he
- जीवन्–मुक्तः इष्यतेjīvan–muktaḥ iṣyate
- merits to be called the person who is liberated while being alive
Translation
The person in whom wisdom (as described above) remains steady, the one who stays in uninterrupted bliss and the one for whom the world is as good as forgotten, such a person merits to be called a person who is liberated while being alive.
Annotation
1) This verse is an elaboration of verse 427 above. The nature of the jīvan–muktaḥ is described in this. The adjectives that ‘he stays in uninterrupted bliss’ and ‘the world is as good as forgotten’ are defining adjectives but not distinguishing adjectives. To explain: in the expression ‘blue lotus’, the adjective ‘blue’ distinguishes the lotus from white or yellow lotuses. It is a distinguishing adjective. In the expression ‘the bright moon’ the adjective ‘bright’ defines the nature of the moon because there is no other moon to distinguish it from. This is a defining adjective. Thus the above verse the adjectives that ‘he stays in uninterrupted bliss’ and ‘the world is forgotten’ do not distinguish this jīvan–muktaḥ from another jīvan–muktaḥ who is not in bliss or who has not forgotten the world. The adjectives show the nature of the jīvan–muktaḥ. 2) Such liberated person may, however, enlighten a competent student by imparting the knowledge of Brahman. It does not affect his position as a realised person (Jagadguru).