Avadhuta Upanishad 15 — Verse 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनुतिष्ठन्तु कर्माणि परलोकयियासवः । सर्वलोकात्मकः कस्मादनुतिष्ठामि किं कथम्॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अनुतिष्ठन्तु । कर्माणि । परलोक-यियासवः । सर्व-लोक-आत्मकः । कस्मात् । अनुतिष्ठामि । किम् । कथम् ॥१५॥

Sanskrit recitationAvadhuta Upanishad 15

IAST Transliteration

anutiṣṭhantu karmāṇi paralokayiyāsavaḥ | sarvalokātmakaḥ kasmād anutiṣṭhāmi kiṃ katham ||15||

Translation

Mögen Handlungen jene vollziehen, die in die andere Welt gelangen wollen. Ich bin von der Natur aller Welten — warum sollte ich handeln, wozu, und wie?

Academic Translation

Let those who wish to go to the other world perform actions. I am of the nature of all worlds—why should I perform (actions), what (for), and how?

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva (non-doership) of the Self; karma as means for finite ends; sarvātmatva
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ and ‘अयमात्मा ब्रह्म’: if the Self is all (sarvalokātmaka), no action can produce completion or a new state.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)