Verse 27

Avadhuta

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवार्चनस्नानशौचभिक्षादौ वर्ततां वपुः । तारं जपतु वाक् तद्वत् पठत्वाम्नायमस्तकम् ॥२७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

देव-अर्चन-स्नान-शौच-भिक्षा-आदौ । वर्तताम् । वपुः । तारम् । जपतु । वाक् । तद्वत् । पठतु । आम्नाय-मस्तकम् ॥२७॥

IAST Transliteration

devārcanasnānaśaucabhikṣādau vartatāṃ vapuḥ | tāraṃ japatu vāk tadvat paṭhatvāmnāyamastakam ||27||

Translation

देव-पूजन, स्नान, शौच, भिक्षा आदि में शरीर लगा रहे। वाणी तारक-मन्त्र का जप करे; और वैसे ही वेदान्त-शिरोभाग (सार) का पाठ करे। ॥२७॥

Academic Translation

Let the body engage in worship of the gods, bathing, purity, alms-begging, and the like. Let speech repeat the Tāraka (mantra); likewise, let it recite the crest of the Veda (the essential teaching).

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva with functional embodiment; nāma-japa and śravaṇa as supports while abiding as sākṣin
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports ‘तत् त्वम् असि’/‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ by separating instruments (body/speech) from the Self; practice continues at the level of upādhi while identity is Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)