Verse 33

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मूढ इति च कर्तृत्वाद्यहङ्कारभावारूढो मूढः ॥३३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मूढः । इति । च । कर्तृत्व-आदि-अहङ्कार-भाव-आरूढः । मूढः ॥

IAST Transliteration

mūḍha iti ca kartṛtvādy-ahaṅkāra-bhāvārūḍho mūḍhaḥ ॥33॥

Translation

وأمّا «المُضَلَّل» فالمُضَلَّل هو من اعتلى—أي ترسّخ في—شعور الأنا مثل فاعلية الفعل (الفاعلية) وما شابهها.

Academic Translation

And ‘deluded’—deluded is one who has mounted (i.e., is entrenched in) the ego-sense such as doership and the like.

Verse Context

• Ahaṅkāra / kartṛtva as avidyā (bondage)
• Mahavakya: Contrasts with ‘तत्त्वमसि’ (Tat tvam asi) and ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ by marking doership-ego as the obstacle to recognizing identity with Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose