Verse 15

Avadhuta

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनुतिष्ठन्तु कर्माणि परलोकयियासवः । सर्वलोकात्मकः कस्मादनुतिष्ठामि किं कथम्॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अनुतिष्ठन्तु । कर्माणि । परलोक-यियासवः । सर्व-लोक-आत्मकः । कस्मात् । अनुतिष्ठामि । किम् । कथम् ॥१५॥

IAST Transliteration

anutiṣṭhantu karmāṇi paralokayiyāsavaḥ | sarvalokātmakaḥ kasmād anutiṣṭhāmi kiṃ katham ||15||

Translation

जो परलोक जाना चाहते हैं, वे कर्म करें। मैं समस्त लोकों का स्वरूप हूँ—तो मैं क्यों कर्म करूँ, किस हेतु, और कैसे?

Academic Translation

Let those who wish to go to the other world perform actions. I am of the nature of all worlds—why should I perform (actions), what (for), and how?

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva (non-doership) of the Self; karma as means for finite ends; sarvātmatva
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ and ‘अयमात्मा ब्रह्म’: if the Self is all (sarvalokātmaka), no action can produce completion or a new state.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)