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The Grand Finale for a jIvan mukata :) TB-67

ब्रह्मैवाहमस्मीत्यपरोक्षज्ञानेन निखिलकर्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्तः स्यात् |TB-67|

bramha Eva aham asmi iti aparoksha gnyAnEna nikhila karma bandha vinirmukta: syAt |TB-67|

iti aham asmi Eva bramha gnyAnEna aparoksha syAt vinirmukta: nikhila bandha karma

That is the trouble with a language like English which has a very orderly structure which is its beauty as well as its limitation simultaneously.. I just rearranged the easy sanskrit sentence in a way that will flow smoothly (in english.. ). Now to the meaning.



iti = In this manner

aham asmi = I am

Eva = ONLY that

bramha = bramhan

gnyAnEna = BY THAT KNOWLEDGE

aparoksha = WHICH IS DIRECTLY APPRECIATED

syAt = This jIvanmukta

vinirmukta: = TOTALLY FREED

nikhila = FROM ENTIRE

bandha = BONDAGE OF

karma = KARMA WHICH HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED OVER COUNTLESS PRIOR BIRTHS AND CURRENT BIRTH ALSO..

This is a tall order.. claimed by shruti.. it did not take a person one or two births to gain a sizable SK bag.. countless prior births of working and doing and gathering karma phalams? so a jIvan mukta becomes totally free by the directly appreciated and understood fact that I am not this or this is not Mine?

Here the key word is "aparoksha gnyAnam"

shruti introduces bramhan to me.. and I an interested in knowing that bramhan.. It makes me feel good that at least shruti calls me brmhan though not my wife nor children.

So now from the various desires I have had, the desire to know bramhan has risen in me.. Now I know that THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED BRAMHAN.. this is the first step.

Previously I have always said "I am XYZ" and these are "Mine".. from that station, I have moved towards shruti and a guru and have come to know that there is bramhan and shruti says "I am that bramhan"

See why it is still not owned up by me.. this is called paroksha gnyAnam or indirect knowledge.. Here the vEdAntic journey seriously begins.. the 4 fold qualifications appear in me.. So finally I move from "asti" to "asmi" bramhan!

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