Verse 9

Kaivalya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स एव सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भव्यं सनातनम् ।

ज्ञात्वा तं मृत्युमत्येति नान्यः पन्था विमुक्तये ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सः । एव । सर्वम् । यत् । भूतम् । यत् । च । भव्यम् । सनातनम् ।

ज्ञात्वा । तम् । मृत्युम् । अति-एति । न । अन्यः । पन्थाः । वि-मुक्तये ।

IAST Transliteration

sa eva sarvaṃ yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhavyaṃ sanātanam |

jñātvā taṃ mṛtyumatyeti nānyaḥ panthā vimuktaye ||

Translation

তিনিই সর্বস্ব—যা অতীতে হয়েছে এবং যা ভবিষ্যতে হবে—তিনি সনাতন। তাঁকে জেনে মানুষ মৃত্যুকে অতিক্রম করে; মুক্তির জন্য অন্য কোনো পথ নেই।

Academic Translation

He alone is all—whatever has been and whatever will be—the eternal. Having known Him, one passes beyond death; there is no other path for liberation.

Verse Context

• Mokṣa through brahma-jñāna; Brahman as sarva (all) and sanātana (eternal)
• Mahavakya: Directly aligns with the mahāvākya purport that liberating knowledge is identity-knowledge (ātma-brahma-jñāna): knowing Brahman (as one’s Self) is the sole means to transcend death—echoing the Upaniṣadic ‘knowledge alone liberates’ thesis supporting «अहं ब्रह्मास्मि / तत् त्वम् असि».
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; śākhā attribution not firmly fixed) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)