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Verse 26

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अमुष्य ब्रह्मभूतत्त्वाद् ब्रह्मणः कुत उद्भवः । मायाक्लृप्तौ बन्धमोक्षौ न स्तः स्वात्मनि वस्तुतः ॥

यथा रज्जौ निष्क्रियायां सर्पाभासविनिर्गमौ । अवृतेः सदसत्त्वाभ्यां वक्तव्ये बन्धमोक्षणे ॥ २६–२७ ॥

अमुष्य । ब्रह्म-भूत-तत्त्वात् । ब्रह्मणः । कुतः । उद्भवः ।

माया-क्लृप्तौ । बन्ध-मोक्षौ । न । स्तः । स्व-आत्मनि । वस्तुतः ।

यथा । रज्जौ । निष्क्रियायाम् । सर्प-आभास-विनिर्गमौ ।

अ-वृतेः । सत्-असत्त्वाभ्याम् । वक्तव्ये । बन्ध-मोक्षणे ।

amuṣya brahmabhūtatattvād brahmaṇaḥ kuta udbhavaḥ | māyākḷptau bandhamokṣau na staḥ svātmani vastutaḥ ||

yathā rajjau niṣkriyāyāṃ sarpābhāsavinirgamau | avṛteḥ sadasattvābhyāṃ vaktavye bandhamokṣaṇe || 26–27 ||

এই আত্মা ব্ৰহ্মস্বৰূপ হোৱাৰ বাবে ব্ৰহ্মৰ উদ্ভৱ ক’ৰ পৰা হ’ব? মায়াই কল্পিত কৰা বন্ধন আৰু মোক্ষ স্বাত্মাত বাস্তৱতে নাই। যেনে নিষ্ক্ৰিয় ৰজ্জুত আৱৰণ (অবিদ্যা) থাকিলে সৰ্পাভাস দেখা যায় আৰু আৱৰণ নাথাকিলে লয় পায়—তেনেকৈ বন্ধন-মোক্ষৰ কথাও কোৱা হয়।

From the fact that this (Self) is of the nature of Brahman, how could there be any origination for Brahman? Bondage and liberation, fabricated by māyā, do not truly exist in one’s own Self. As, in an inactive rope, the appearance and disappearance of a snake are spoken of due to the presence or absence of covering (ignorance), so too are bondage and liberation spoken of.

Māyā/avidyā as the basis of bandha–mokṣa; ajāti (non-origination) of Brahman; rope–snake adhyāsaMahavakya: Supports ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ and ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ by asserting the Self’s Brahman-nature and denying real bondage in Ātman.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)