Atma Upanishad 30 — Verse 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निष्कले निष्क्रिये शान्ते निरवद्ये निरञ्जने । अद्वितीये परे तत्त्वे व्योमवत् कल्पना कुतः ॥ ३० ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

निष्कले । निष्क्रिये । शान्ते । निरवद्ये । निरञ्जने ।

अद्वितीये । परे । तत्त्वे । व्योम-वत् । कल्पना । कुतः ।

IAST Transliteration

niṣkale niṣkriye śānte niravadye nirañjane | advitīye pare tattve vyomavat kalpanā kutaḥ || 30 ||

Translation

Dans la Réalité suprême, sans parties, sans action, paisible, sans faute, sans tache, non-duelle—semblable à l’espace—d’où pourrait venir la moindre imagination, la moindre construction mentale ?

Academic Translation

In the partless, actionless, peaceful, faultless, stainless, non-dual supreme Reality—like space—whence could there be any imagination (conceptual construction)?

Verse Context

• Nirvikalpatva of Brahman; nirguṇa/advitīya nature; ākāśa (space) analogy
• Mahavakya: Directly supports all Mahāvākyas by describing Brahman as non-dual and beyond vikalpa; realization of ‘I am That’ culminates in freedom from kalpanā.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)