Atma Upanishad 30 — Verse 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निष्कले निष्क्रिये शान्ते निरवद्ये निरञ्जने । अद्वितीये परे तत्त्वे व्योमवत् कल्पना कुतः ॥ ३० ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

निष्कले । निष्क्रिये । शान्ते । निरवद्ये । निरञ्जने ।

अद्वितीये । परे । तत्त्वे । व्योम-वत् । कल्पना । कुतः ।

IAST Transliteration

niṣkale niṣkriye śānte niravadye nirañjane | advitīye pare tattve vyomavat kalpanā kutaḥ || 30 ||

Translation

في الحقيقةِ العليا غيرِ المتجزّئة، غيرِ الفاعلة، الساكنة، المنزّهة عن العيب، الطاهرة غيرِ الملوّثة، غيرِ الثنائية—الشبيهةِ بالفضاء—من أين تأتي التخيّلاتُ وبناءاتُ الذهن؟

Academic Translation

In the partless, actionless, peaceful, faultless, stainless, non-dual supreme Reality—like space—whence could there be any imagination (conceptual construction)?

Verse Context

• Nirvikalpatva of Brahman; nirguṇa/advitīya nature; ākāśa (space) analogy
• Mahavakya: Directly supports all Mahāvākyas by describing Brahman as non-dual and beyond vikalpa; realization of ‘I am That’ culminates in freedom from kalpanā.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)