Avadhuta Upanishad 23 — Verse 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विक्षेपो नास्ति यस्मान्मे न समाधिस्ततो मम । विक्षेपो वा समाधिर्वा मनसः स्याद्विकारिणः । नित्यानुभवरूपस्य को मेऽत्रानुभवः पृथक् ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विक्षेपः । न । अस्ति । यस्मात् । मे । न । समाधिः । ततः । मम । विक्षेपः । वा । समाधिः । वा । मनसः । स्यात् । विकारिणः । नित्य-अनुभव-रूपस्य । कः । मे । अत्र । अनुभवः । पृथक् ॥२३॥

IAST Transliteration

vikṣepo nāsti yasmān me na samādhis tato mama | vikṣepo vā samādhir vā manasaḥ syād vikāriṇaḥ | nityānubhavarūpasya ko me 'trānubhavaḥ pṛthak ||23||

Translation

Puesto que no hay distracción en mí, tampoco hay samādhi para mí. Distracción o samādhi pertenecen a la mente, sujeta a cambio. Para mí, cuya naturaleza es experiencia eterna, ¿qué ‘experiencia’ separada podría haber aquí?

Academic Translation

Since there is no distraction for me, therefore there is no samādhi for me. Distraction or samādhi would belong to the mind, which is subject to modification. For me, whose nature is eternal experience, what separate ‘experience’ could there be here?

Verse Context

• Sākṣin/Ātman as nitya-anubhava (ever-present consciousness) beyond mental states
• Mahavakya: Resonates with ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (prajñānaṃ brahma)’: consciousness itself is Brahman, not a state attained; samādhi is a mind-state, while the Self is constant awareness.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed śloka style (predominantly Anuṣṭubh cadence; transmitted as metrical verse rather than strict Vedic meter)