Avadhuta Upanishad 2 — Verse 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अक्षरत्वाद्वरेण्यत्वाद्धृतसंसारबन्धनात् । तत्त्वमस्यादिलक्ष्यत्वादवधूत इतीर्यते॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अक्षरत्वात् । वरेण्यत्वात् । धृत-संसार-बन्धनात् । तत्त्वम्-असि-आदि-लक्ष्यत्वात् । अवधूतः । इति । ईर्यते ॥२॥

IAST Transliteration

akṣaratvād vareṇyatvād dhṛtasaṃsārabandhanāt | tattvamasyādilakṣyatvād avadhūta itīryate ||2||

Translation

Weil er das Unvergängliche verwirklicht hat, weil er der höchsten Wahl würdig ist, weil er die Fessel des Saṃsāra abgeworfen hat, und weil er der Sinn von Aussprüchen wie „Das bist du“ ist — darum wird er Avadhūta genannt.

Academic Translation

Because of (his realization of) the Imperishable, because of being worthy of choice (the highest), because he has cast off the bondage of worldly existence, and because he is the referent of statements such as “That thou art”—he is called an Avadhūta.

Verse Context

• Akṣara/Brahman-realization and mokṣa (freedom from saṃsāra-bandha)
• Mahavakya: Explicitly invokes ‘tat tvam asi’ (Chāndogya) as a defining pointer to non-dual identity-knowledge.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)