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Verse 12

Avadhuta

ऐहिकामुष्मिकव्रातसिद्धै मुक्तेश्च सिद्धये । बहुकृत्यं पुरा स्यान्मे तत्सर्वमधुना कृतम्॥१२॥

ऐहिक । आमुष्मिक । व्रात । सिद्धैः । मुक्तेः । च । सिद्धये । बहु-कृत्यम् । पुरा । स्यात् । मे । तत् । सर्वम् । अधुना । कृतम् ॥१२॥

aihikāmuṣmikavrātasiddhai mukteś ca siddhaye | bahukṛtyaṃ purā syān me tat sarvam adhunā kṛtam ||12||

For attaining the collections of accomplishments here and hereafter, and for attaining liberation, formerly there would have been much for me to do; now all of that is done.

For the attainment of the collections of accomplishments here and hereafter, and for the attainment of liberation, formerly there would have been much to be done by me; all that is now done.

Kṛtakṛtyatā (accomplishedness) through Self-knowledge; sublation of sādhanā as a means once knowledge dawnsMahavakya: Implicitly grounded in ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’—realization makes one ‘kṛtakṛtya’ (nothing further to accomplish), since the Self is ever-free.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)