Verse 1
Amritnada
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शास्त्राण्यधीत्य मेधावी अभ्यस्य च पुनः पुनः ।
परं ब्रह्म विज्ञाय उल्कावत्तान्यथोत्सृजेत् ॥१॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
शास्त्राणि । अधीत्य । मेधावी । अभ्यस्य । च । पुनः । पुनः ।
परम् । ब्रह्म । विज्ञाय । उल्का-वत् । तानि । अथ । उत्सृजेत् ॥१॥
IAST Transliteration
śāstrāṇy adhītya medhāvī abhyasya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
paraṃ brahma vijñāya ulkāvat tāny athotsṛjet ||1||
Translation
Habiendo estudiado los tratados y practicado una y otra vez, el sabio—tras realizar al Brahman Supremo—debe luego dejar de lado esos tratados, como se arroja un tizón encendido.
Academic Translation
Having studied the treatises and practiced them again and again, the intelligent one—having realized the Supreme Brahman—should then cast those (treatises) aside, like a firebrand.
Verse Context
Brahman-jñāna and the transcendence of scriptural means (śāstra as upāya)Mahavakya: Indirectly supports mahāvākya-based realization (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) by emphasizing direct knowledge beyond textual dependence.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)