5.25
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः ।
छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥
labhante brahmanirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ
chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues. brahmanirvāṇa (ब्रह्मनिर्वाण) is now something the seers obtain, and he says what has happened to them first.
The verse
The seers whose stains are worn away obtain the brahman-quenching, their double mind cut, their selves held, delighting in the welfare of all beings.
नेपालीमा
दाग घटेका, दुईतिरको मन काटिएका, आत्मा वशमा राखेका, सबै प्राणीको हितमा रमाउने ऋषिहरूले ब्रह्मको निर्वाण पाउँछन्।
Where it sits
5.24 gave the quenching to the yogin whose happiness is inside. This verse gives it to the seers, and it adds a direction the earlier verses did not: they are set on the welfare of all beings. The same sight of 5.18 has a fruit here. It turns outward as care, and they still obtain the quenching.
Split: लभन्ते + ब्रह्म-निर्वाणम् + ऋषयः + क्षीण-कल्मषाः + छिन्न-द्वैधाः + यत-आत्मानः + सर्व-भूत-हिते + रताः
labhante + brahma-nirvāṇam + ṛṣayaḥ + kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ + chinna-dvaidhāḥ + yata-ātmānaḥ + sarva-bhūta-hite + ratāḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| लभन्ते | labhante | present, 3rd plural of labh (लभ्) | they obtain. |
| ब्रह्म-निर्वाणम् | brahma-nirvāṇam | accusative singular | the brahman-quenching. |
| ऋषयः | ṛṣayaḥ | nominative plural of ṛṣi (ऋषि) | the seers. |
| क्षीण-कल्मषाः | kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ | nominative plural, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | those whose stains are worn away. |
| छिन्न-द्वैधाः | chinna-dvaidhāḥ | nominative plural, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | those whose double mind is cut. dvaidha (द्वैध) is the state of being two. |
| यत-आत्मानः | yata-ātmānaḥ | nominative plural, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | those whose selves are held. |
| सर्व-भूत-हिते | sarva-bhūta-hite | locative singular | in the welfare of all beings. |
| रताः | ratāḥ | nominative plural | delighting. Set on. |
The phrases
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम् ऋषयः labhante brahmanirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ is the main clause. The seers obtain the brahman-quenching. kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ (क्षीणकल्मषाः) describes them: stains worn away.
chinnadvaidhāḥ yatātmānaḥ (छिन्नद्वैधाः यतात्मानः) continues the description. Their double mind is cut, their selves are held. sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ (सर्वभूतहिते रताः) is the last of it. They delight in the welfare of all beings. The locative hite (हिते) is where ratāḥ (रताः) rests.
ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम् ऋषयः brahmanirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ is recited brahmanirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ (ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः). छिन्नद्वैधाः before yata (यत) loses its visarga: chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ (छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः).
Sanskrit in this line
chinnadvaidhāḥ (छिन्नद्वैधाः) is nominative plural, agreeing with ṛṣayaḥ (ऋषयः). Before the voiced y (य्) of yata (यत) the visarga drops, and the recited word is chinnadvaidhā (छिन्नद्वैधा). The plural is still there. Put chinnadvaidhāḥ (छिन्नद्वैधाः) back in the split, with the seers.
Say it back
Say what the seers obtain, and the locative they delight in. If sarvabhūtahite (सर्वभूतहिते) drops out, the verse has become a private quenching. Stay here.