Verse 28

Brahmavidya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत्कुर्यादविचारेण शिष्यः सन्तोषसंयुतः । हंसविद्यामिमां लब्ध्वा गुरुशुश्रूषया नरः ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत् । कुर्यात् । अविचारेण । शिष्यः । सन्तोष-संयुतः । हंस-विद्याम् । इमाम् । लब्ध्वा । गुरु-शुश्रूषया । नरः ॥

IAST Transliteration

tat kuryād avicāreṇa śiṣyaḥ santoṣasaṃyutaḥ | haṃsavidyām imāṃ labdhvā guruśuśrūṣayā naraḥ ||

Translation

Le disciple, uni au contentement, doit l’accomplir sans délibération querelleuse. Ayant obtenu cette connaissance de Haṃsa par le service au guru, l’homme—

Academic Translation

That (instruction) the disciple, endowed with contentment, should do without (contentious) deliberation. Having obtained this Haṃsa-knowledge through service to the guru, the man—

Verse Context

• Santoṣa, śiṣya-dharma, and the disciplined assimilation of liberating knowledge
• Mahavakya: Practical pedagogy for realizing Mahāvākya teaching (nididhyāsana): reducing vikalpa (argumentative doubt) so identity-knowledge can become steady.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)