Avadhuta Upanishad 9 — Verse 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा रविः सर्वरसान् प्रभुङ्क्ते हुताशनश्चापि हि सर्वभक्षः । तथैव योगी विषयान् प्रभुङ्क्ते न लिप्यते पुण्यपापैश्च शुद्धः ॥९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यथा । रविः । सर्व-रसान् । प्रभुङ्क्ते । हुताशनः । च । अपि । हि । सर्व-भक्षः । तथा । एव । योगी । विषयान् । प्रभुङ्क्ते । न । लिप्यते । पुण्य-पापैः । च । शुद्धः ॥९॥

IAST Transliteration

yathā raviḥ sarvarasān prabhuṅkte hutāśanaścāpi hi sarvabhakṣaḥ | tathaiva yogī viṣayān prabhuṅkte na lipyate puṇyapāpaiś ca śuddhaḥ ||9||

Translation

Wie die Sonne alle Essenzen an sich zieht und wie das Feuer wahrlich alles verzehrt, so genießt auch der Yogin die Gegenstände; rein, wird er weder von Verdienst noch von Schuld befleckt.

Academic Translation

As the sun consumes (draws up) all essences, and as fire indeed is an eater of all, so too the yogin consumes objects; being pure, he is not tainted by merit and demerit.

Verse Context

• Non-attachment amid experience; purity of Self; karma non-binding for the knower
• Mahavakya: Fruit-state aligned with ‘tat tvam asi’: as the Self is actionless and stainless, the knower remains untainted while experiences arise.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Upajāti/triṣṭubh-influenced śloka (loose classical meter)