Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धन्योऽहं धन्योऽहं तृप्तेर्मे कोपमा भवेल्लोके ।

धन्योऽहं धन्योऽहं धन्यो धन्यः पुनः पुनर्धन्यः ॥३३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

धन्यः अहम् । धन्यः अहम् । तृप्तेः मे का उपमा भवेत् लोके ।

धन्यः अहम् । धन्यः अहम् । धन्यः धन्यः पुनः पुनः धन्यः ॥३३॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 33

IAST Transliteration

dhanyo'haṃ dhanyo'haṃ tṛpter me kopamā bhavel loke |

dhanyo'haṃ dhanyo'haṃ dhanyo dhanyaḥ punaḥ punar dhanyaḥ ||33||

Translation

Selig bin ich, selig bin ich; welcher Vergleich in der Welt gäbe es für meine Genüge? Selig bin ich, selig bin ich; selig, selig — immer wieder selig.

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Academic Translation

Blessed am I, blessed am I; what comparison in the world could there be for my contentment? Blessed am I, blessed am I—blessed, blessed, again and again blessed.

Verse Context

• Ānanda / Tṛpti (contentment born of Self-knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Echoes “अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म” (Ayam Ātmā Brahma): the Self as Brahman is fullness/ānanda beyond worldly measures, hence incomparable.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/Upaniṣadic mixed meter (not strictly determinable)