लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः ।छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥
labhante brahmanirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ |chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ ||
- लभन्ते · labhante
- they attain
- ऋषयः · ṛṣayaḥ
- seers
- क्षीणकल्मषाः · kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ
- with impurities worn away
- छिन्नद्वैधाः · chinnadvaidhāḥ
- with doubts cut away
- यतात्मानः · yatātmānaḥ
- self-controlled
- सर्वभूतहिते · sarvabhūtahite
- in the welfare of all beings
- रताः · ratāḥ
- delighting
“The seers whose impurities are worn away, whose dualities are cut through, self-controlled, delighting in the welfare of all beings — they attain extinction in Brahman.”
— Original plain-language translation
Liberation is inseparable from benevolence toward all creatures. Purity, doubtlessness, and discipline flower as universal goodwill. The solitary sage and the friend of beings are one figure here.
— Reader's notes (original)