Verse 35

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तप इति च ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्येत्यपरोक्षज्ञानाग्निना ब्रह्माद्यैश्वर्याशासिद्धसङ्कल्पबीजसन्तापं तपः ॥३५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तपः इति च । ब्रह्म सत्यम् जगत् मिथ्या इति । अपरोक्ष-ज्ञान-अग्निना । ब्रह्म-आदि-ऐश्वर्य-आशा-सिद्ध-सङ्कल्प-बीज-सन्तापम् । तपः ॥३५॥

IAST Transliteration

tapa iti ca brahma satyaṃ jagan mithyety aparokṣajñānāgninā brahmādyaiśvaryāśāsiddhasaṅkalpabījasantāpaṃ tapaḥ ॥35॥

Translation

«التقشّف» هو إحراقُ بذرةِ الإرادةِ الأنانية—التي اشتدّت برجاء سلطانٍ كسلطان براهما وسواه—بنارِ المعرفةِ المباشرة: «براهْمان حقّ، والعالَم باطل».

Academic Translation

“Austerity,” indeed, is the burning up—by the fire of immediate (direct) knowledge, ‘Brahman is real; the world is false’—of the seed of (egoic) volition that has been perfected by the hope for lordship such as that of Brahmā and the rest.

Verse Context

• Aparokṣa-jñāna (direct knowledge), brahma-satya/jagat-mithyā, destruction of saṅkalpa-bīja (seed of volition)
• Mahavakya: Supports Mahāvākya realization (especially “Aham Brahmāsmi” / “Tat Tvam Asi”) by defining tapas as knowledge that dissolves saṅkalpa and desire.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose