Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 1
अथ ह सांकृतिः भगवन्तम् अवधूतं दत्तात्रेयं परिसमेत्य पप्रच्छ—भगवन्, कोऽवधूतस्य? का स्थितिः? किं लक्ष्म? किं संसरणम्? इति। तं होवाच भगवो दत्तात्रेयः परमकारुणिकः॥१॥
अथ । ह । सांकृतिः । भगवन्तम् । अवधूतम् । दत्तात्रेयम् । परिसमेत्य । पप्रच्छ । भगवन् । कः । अवधूतस्य । का । स्थितिः । किम् । लक्ष्म । किम् । संसरणम् । इति । तम् । ह । उवाच । भगवः । दत्तात्रेयः । परम-कारुणिकः ॥१॥
atha ha sāṅkṛtiḥ bhagavantam avadhūtaṃ dattātreyaṃ parisametya papraccha—bhagavan, ko ’vadhūtasya? kā sthitiḥ? kiṃ lakṣma? kiṃ saṃsaraṇam? iti. taṃ hovāca bhagavo dattātreyaḥ paramakāruṇikaḥ. ||1||
Da trat Sāṅkṛti, wahrlich, zum Erhabenen Dattātreya, dem Avadhūta, heran und fragte: „O Herr, wer wird Avadhūta genannt? Wie ist sein Zustand? Woran erkennt man ihn? Wie ist seine Weise des Wanderns und Lebens?“ Ihm erwiderte der erhabene Dattātreya, von höchstem Erbarmen erfüllt.
Now, indeed, Sāṅkṛti, having approached the Blessed one—Dattātreya, the Avadhūta—asked: “O Lord, who is (called) an Avadhūta? What is his state? What is his distinguishing mark? What is his mode of conduct/wandering?” To him the Blessed Dattātreya, supremely compassionate, replied.
- कोऽवधूतस्य = कः + अवधूतस्य
- होवाच = ह + उवाच
- चाप्यधः = च + अपि + अधः
- सांकृतिः (IAST sāṅkṛtiḥ) is a proper noun
- punctuation questions treated as separate padas
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Avadhūta-lakṣaṇa (marks of the liberated sage) and jīvanmukti
- The mahavakyas
- Sets up the teaching that culminates in identity-knowledge (e.g., ‘tat tvam asi’) as the basis of the Avadhūta’s state.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Śravaṇa–manana orientation: inquiry into the nature of the liberated state; supports vairāgya and inner witnessing as prerequisites for nididhyāsana.
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