Verse 5

Kaivalya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विविक्तदेशे च सुखासनस्थः शुचिः समग्रीवशिरःशरीरः । अन्त्याश्रमस्थः सकलेन्द्रियाणि निरुध्य भक्त्या स्वगुरुं प्रणम्य ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विविक्त-देशे च सुख-आसन-स्थः । शुचिः सम-ग्रीव-शिरः-शरीरः । अन्त्य-आश्रम-स्थः सकल-इन्द्रियाणि । निरुध्य भक्त्या स्व-गुरुम् प्रणम्य ॥५॥

IAST Transliteration

viviktadeśe ca sukhāsanasthaḥ śuciḥ samagrīvaśiraḥśarīraḥ | antyāśramasthaḥ sakalendriyāṇi nirudhya bhaktyā svaguruṃ praṇamya ||5||

Translation

নির্জন স্থানে সুখাসনে বসে, শুচি হয়ে, গ্রীবা-শির-শরীর সমভাবে স্থির রেখে; অন্ত্যাশ্রমে (সন্ন্যাসে) প্রতিষ্ঠিত সাধক সকল ইন্দ্রিয় সংযত করে ভক্তিভরে নিজের গুরুকে প্রণাম করুক।

Academic Translation

And, seated on a comfortable posture in a secluded place—pure, with neck, head, and body held erect—abiding in the final stage of life (renunciation), having restrained all the senses, and having bowed to one’s own teacher with devotion—

Verse Context

• Upāsanā/dhyāna as a preparatory discipline for Brahma-jñāna; saṃnyāsa and indriya-nigraha
• Mahavakya: Indirect: establishes contemplative prerequisites for assimilating identity-statements like “तत् त्वम् असि (tat tvam asi)” through nididhyāsana (deep contemplation).
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; specific śākhā not securely attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Mixed/Upaniṣadic śloka (anuṣṭubh-like)