Verse 24

Atma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

संयुक्तमेकतां याति तथात्मन्यात्मविन्मुनिः । एवं विदेहकैवल्यं सन्मात्रत्वमखण्डितम् ॥२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

संयुक्तम् । एकताम् । याति । तथा । आत्मनि । आत्म-वित् । मुनिः । एवम् । विदेह-कैवल्यम् । सत्-मात्रत्वम् । अखण्डितम् ॥२४॥

IAST Transliteration

saṃyuktam ekatāṃ yāti tathātmany ātmavin muniḥ | evaṃ videhakaivalyaṃ sanmātratvam akhaṇḍitam ||24||

Translation

Ce qui est conjoint devient unité; ainsi, dans le Soi, le sage qui connaît le Soi demeure comme un. Ainsi se révèle l’isolement sans corps (videha-kaivalya), l’état indivisé du pur Être (sat-mātratva).

Academic Translation

What is conjoined becomes one; so too, in the Self the sage who knows the Self (abides as one). Thus (there is) bodiless aloneness (videha-kaivalya), the undivided state of mere Being (sat-mātratva).

Verse Context

• Videha-kaivalya; akhaṇḍa-sat (undivided Being)
• Mahavakya: Echoes ‘अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म’ (Ayam ātmā brahma): the Self here is Brahman, undivided Being.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)