Verse 15

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुखमिति च सच्चिदानन्दस्वरूपं ज्ञात्वा आनन्दरूपा या स्थितिः सैव सुखम् ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सुखम् इति च । सत्-चित्-आनन्द-स्वरूपम् । ज्ञात्वा । आनन्द-रूपा । या स्थितिः । सा एव । सुखम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

sukham iti ca sacchidānandasvarūpaṃ jñātvā ānandarūpā yā sthitiḥ saiva sukham ||15||

Translation

“Happiness”—so it is said—is that very state whose nature is bliss, having known (realized) the essence whose nature is being, consciousness, and bliss (sat-cit-ānanda).

Academic Translation

‘Happiness’—so (it is said)—is that state which is of the nature of bliss, having known (realized) the essence whose nature is being, consciousness, and bliss (sat-cit-ānanda).

Verse Context

• Ānanda as Brahman/Ātman-svarūpa; sukha as abiding (sthiti) in realized sat-cit-ānanda
• Mahavakya: Echoes ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ and supports ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ insofar as realizing Brahman as consciousness entails abiding as ānanda; aligns with Upaniṣadic ānanda-doctrine (ānanda as intrinsic, not object-derived).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose