Verse 26
Kaivalya
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अनेन ज्ञानमाप्नोति संसारार्णवनाशनम् ।
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं कैवल्यं पदमश्नुते ।
कैवल्यं पदमश्नुत इति ॥२६॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
अनेन । ज्ञानम् । आप्नोति । संसार-अर्णव-नाशनम् ।
तस्मात् । एवम् । विदित्वा । एनम् । कैवल्यम् । पदम् । अश्नुते ।
कैवल्यम् । पदम् । अश्नुते । इति ।
IAST Transliteration
anena jñānam āpnoti saṃsārārṇavanāśanam |
tasmād evaṃ viditvainaṃ kaivalyaṃ padam aśnute |
kaivalyaṃ padam aśnuta iti ||26||
Translation
এই (উপদেশ/সাধনা) দ্বাৰা সংসাৰ-সাগৰ বিনাশকাৰী জ্ঞান লাভ হয়। সেয়ে ইয়াক এইদৰে জানি, সাধকে কৈৱল্য-পদ প্ৰাপ্ত কৰে—কৈৱল্য-পদ প্ৰাপ্ত কৰে বুলি কোৱা হৈছে।
Academic Translation
By this (teaching/practice) one attains the knowledge that destroys the ocean of transmigration. Therefore, having thus known this, one reaches the state of Kaivalya—one reaches the state of Kaivalya, thus.
Verse Context
Mokṣa/Kaivalya through liberating knowledge (jñāna) that ends saṃsāraMahavakya: Summative affirmation of mahāvākya-realization: liberation follows from knowing the identity of Self and Brahman (e.g., ‘ayam ātmā brahma’/‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’)AtharvaAtharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; specific śākhā not securely attested) ShakhaChandas: Anuṣṭubh/śloka style (Upaniṣadic metrical verse)