Skanda Upanishad 12: Verse 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्मामृतं पिबेद्भैक्ष्यमाचरेद्देहरक्षणे । वसेदेकान्तिको भूत्वा चैकान्ते द्वैतवर्जिते । इत्येवमाचरेद्धीमान्स एवं मुक्तिमाप्नुयात् ॥१२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ब्रह्म-अमृतम् । पिबेत् । भैक्ष्यम् । आचरेत् । देह-रक्षणे । वसेत् । एकान्तिकः । भूत्वा । च । एकान्ते । द्वैत-वर्जिते । इति । एवम् । आचरेत् । धीमान् । सः । एवम् । मुक्तिम् । आप्नुयात् ॥१२॥

Sanskrit recitationSkanda Upanishad 12

IAST Transliteration

brahmāmṛtaṃ pibed bhaikṣyam ācared deha-rakṣaṇe | vased ekāntiko bhūtvā caikānte dvaita-varjite | ityevam ācared dhīmān sa evaṃ muktim āpnuyāt ||12||

Translation

Bébese el néctar de Brahman; practíquese vivir de limosna para la protección del cuerpo. Hecho solitario, habítese en la soledad exenta de dualidad. Así debe practicar el sabio; de este modo alcanzará la liberación.

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Academic Translation

One should drink the nectar of Brahman; one should practice (living on) alms for the protection of the body. Having become solitary, one should dwell in solitude devoid of duality. Thus should the wise one practice; in this way he would attain liberation.

Verse Context

• Mokṣa through brahma-jñāna and ekānta (solitude) with dvaita-varjana; vairāgya and sannyāsa ethos
• Mahavakya: Implied culmination of mahāvākya contemplation: ‘brahmāmṛta’ as realized Brahman (aparokṣa-anubhava) consistent with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’; ‘dvaita-varjita’ echoes Advaitic purport.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)