Verse 22

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पाशं छित्त्वा यथा हंसो निर्विशङ्कं खमुत्क्रमेत् । छिन्नपाशस्तथा जीवः संसारं तरते सदा ॥२२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

पाशम् । छित्त्वा । यथा । हंसः । निर्विशङ्कम् । खम् । उत्क्रमेत् । छिन्न-पाशः । तथा । जीवः । संसारम् । तरते । सदा ।

IAST Transliteration

pāśaṃ chittvā yathā haṃso nirviśaṅkaṃ khamutkramet | chinnapāśastathā jīvaḥ saṃsāraṃ tarate sadā ||22||

Translation

Having cut the noose, just as the haṃsa (swan) ascends into the sky without fear, so the individual self, its bonds severed, ever crosses beyond saṃsāra.

Academic Translation

Having cut the noose, just as a haṃsa (swan) would ascend into the sky without fear, so the individual self, with its bonds cut, ever crosses over saṃsāra.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation through cutting bondage/avidyā)
• Mahavakya: Implicitly supports identity-teaching (Atman free of bondage); aligns in spirit with ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by implying the jīva’s essential freedom once upādhis are removed.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)