Atma Upanishad 13 — Verse 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नित्यतृप्तोऽप्यभुञ्जानोऽप्यसमः समदर्शनः । कुर्वन्नपि न कुर्वाणश्चाभोक्ता फलभोग्यपि ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

नित्य-तृप्तः । अपि । अभुञ्जानः । अपि । असमः । सम-दर्शनः । कुर्वन् । अपि । न । कुर्वाणः । च । अभोक्ता । फल-भोगी । अपि ।

IAST Transliteration

nityatṛpto 'py abhuñjāno 'py asamaḥ samadarśanaḥ | kurvann api na kurvāṇaś cābhoktā phalabhogy api ||

Translation

وإن كان دائمَ الاكتفاء فهو كأنّه لا يتلذّذ؛ لا نظيرَ له، ومع ذلك يرى بالتساوي. وإن عمل فهو غيرُ فاعل؛ وإن كان غيرَ مُتنعّمٍ فهو كأنّه يختبر ثمارَ الأعمال.

Academic Translation

Though ever satisfied, he is as though not enjoying; unequaled, yet seeing equally. Though acting, he is not an agent; though a non-enjoyer, he is as though an experiencer of results.

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva/abhoktṛtva; samadarśana; jīvanmukta-lakṣaṇa
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘prajñānam brahma’ and ‘aham brahmāsmi’: as pure consciousness, the Self is not the agent/enjoyer though actions and experiences appear in the empirical field.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh