Verse 8

Avadhuta

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृत्स्नमेतच्चित्रं कर्म । स्वैरं न विगायेत् तन्महाव्रतम् । न स मूढवल्लिप्यते ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

कृत्स्नम् । एतत् । चित्रम् । कर्म । स्वैरम् । न । विगायेत् । तत् । महा-व्रतम् । न । सः । मूढ-वत् । लिप्यते ॥८॥

IAST Transliteration

kṛtsnam etac citraṃ karma | svairaṃ na vigāyet tanmahāvratam | na sa mūḍhavad lipyate ||8||

Translation

এই সমগ্র কর্ম এক বিচিত্র প্রদর্শনমাত্র। ইচ্ছামতো তা গেয়ে প্রচার করবে না—এটাই মহাব্রত। তিনি মূঢ়ের মতো লিপ্ত হন না॥৮॥

Academic Translation

All this action is a variegated display. One should not sing it out (i.e., not proclaim/celebrate it) at will; that is the great vow. He is not tainted like the deluded.

Verse Context

• Non-doership (akartṛtva) and non-attachment to karma; māyā as display
• Mahavakya: Consistent with ‘aham brahmāsmi’: knowing oneself as Brahman, one does not identify with the spectacle of action.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/short śloka-like cadence (non-strict)