SB 11.18.22 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.22

అన్వీక్షేతాత్మనో బన్ధం మోక్షం చ జ్ఞాననిష్ఠయా । బన్ధ ఇన్ద్రియవిక్షేపో మోక్ష ఏషాం చ సంయమ: ॥ ౨౨ ॥

anvīkṣetātmano bandhaṁ

[anveekshetaatmano bandham]

mokṣaṁ ca jṣāna-niṣṭhayā

[moksham cha jshaana-nishthayaa]

bandha indriya-vikṣepo

[bandha indriya-vikshepo]

mokṣa eṣāṁ ca saṁyamaḥ

[moksha eshaam cha samyamah]

Word-for-word

anvīkṣeta — one should see by careful study ātmanaḥ — of the soul bandham — the bondage mokṣam — the liberation ca — also jṣāna — in knowledge niṣṭhayā — by steadiness bandhaḥ — bondage indriya — of the senses vikṣepaḥ — deviation to sense gratification mokṣaḥ — liberation eṣām — of these senses ca — and saṁyamaḥ — complete control.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

anvīkṣetātmano bandhaṁ

anvīkṣeta

one should see by careful study

ātmanaḥ

of the soul

bandham

the bondage

mokṣaṁ ca jṣāna-niṣṭhayā

mokṣam

the liberation

also

jṣāna

in knowledge

niṣṭhayā

by steadiness

bandha indriya-vikṣepo

bandhaḥ

bondage

indriya

of the senses

vikṣepaḥ

deviation to sense gratification

mokṣa eṣāṁ ca saṁyamaḥ

mokṣaḥ

liberation

eṣām

of these senses

and

saṁyamaḥ

complete control.

By steady knowledge a sage should clearly ascertain the nature of the soul’s bondage and liberation. Bondage occurs when the senses are deviated to sense gratification, and complete control of the senses constitutes liberation.

Purport

By carefully understanding one’s eternal nature, one will not again be bound up in the shackles of material energy, and by constant engagement in the service of the Absolute Truth, one is liberated. Then the flickering material senses can no longer drag one into the false consciousness of being a material enjoyer. Such steady sense control gives one relief from the harassment of material sense gratification.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

By steady knowledge, a sage should repeatedly ascertain the cause of the soul’s bondage and liberation. Bondage occurs when the senses are deviated to sense gratification, and complete control of the senses constitutes liberation. He should repeatedly consider (anvīkṣeta) the cause of the soul’s bondage and liberation.

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