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VIVEKACŪDAMANI
brahmātmanoḥ śodhitayor ekabhāvāvagāhini i nirvikalpā ca cinmātrā vrttiḥ prajñeti kathyate 11 sā sarvadā bhaved yasya sa jīvanmukta isyate 11
The mental modification which comprehends the identity of Brahman and the ātman after analysing them is called prajñā. He who possesses this type of prajñā always is said to be a jivanmukta.
Sthitaprajña means, sthitā satatam vartamānā prajñā yasya sah: he whose prajnā is rooted (in Brahman) always.
The meaning of prajñā is given. brahmātmanoḥ śodhitayoh ekabhāvāvagāhinī vrttiḥ prajñeti kathyate: By th in the context of the explanation of the mahāvākya, Brahman is the Paramātman; the atman is the inner (pratyak) ātman. Brahman is indicated by the word 'Tat'; the ātman by the word 'tvam'. When they are shorn of their upādhis, they have an identical reference. The modification of the mind as such infinite cit, unchanging and not related to the mithyā-objects and brought about by hearing (the words of the guru), thinking and firm reflection on them, śravana, manana and nididhyāsana, is said to be prajñā.
să sarvadā bhaved yasya: if it subsists always. Such a one is called a jīvanmukta. For, it is the idea of a thing in what is not that thing (atasmin tadbuddhih) which is the cause of bondage. When one is for ever in the experience of such infinite consciousness, there is not any trace of bondage at all.
429 यस्य स्थिता भवेत् प्रज्ञा यस्यानन्दो निरन्तरः।
प्रपञ्चो विस्मृतप्रायः स जीवन्मुक्त इष्यते ॥४२९॥ yasya sthitā bhavet prajñā yasyānando nirantaraḥ, prapañco vismştaprāyaḥ sa jīvanmukta isyate 11
He is said to be a jīvanmukta whose prajñā is firmly established, whose bliss is continuous, and to whom the world is as a thing forgotten.
This is the explanation of the two expressions in the sloka 427 which is in the form of a sūtra, namely, yassadānandamaśnute and brahmanyeva vilinātmā. Here everything is his form or svarūpa. Therefore, there is no question of exclusion by qualifications. Or, it may be understood to mean: he whose prajñā (consciousness) is firmly established (in Brahman) is a jivanmukta. Similarly, he
