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Adhyatma Upanishad: Verse 14

प्रमादो ब्रह्मनिष्ठायां न कर्तव्यज़् कदाचन । प्रमादो मृत्युरित्याहुर्विद्यायां ब्रह्मवादिनः॥१४॥

प्रमादः । ब्रह्म-निष्ठायाम् । न । कर्तव्यः । कदाचन । प्रमादः । मृत्युः । इति । आहुः । विद्यायाम् । ब्रह्म-वादिनः ॥१४॥

Recitation with translationAdhyatma Upanishad 14

pramādo brahmaniṣṭhāyāṃ na kartavyaḥ kadācana | pramādo mṛtyur ity āhur vidyāyāṃ brahmavādinaḥ ||14||

ब्रह्म में रहते हुए कभी ध्यान नहीं हरना चाहिए। जो लोग ब्रह्म को जानते हैं, वो कहते हैं कि ध्यान भूलना मौत जैसा है।

Negligence is never to be allowed in steadfastness in Brahman. Negligence, the teachers of Brahman say, is death in the domain of knowledge.

pramādaḥnegligence
pramādaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootpramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
brahma-niṣṭhāyāmin steadfastness in Brahman
brahma-niṣṭhāyām:
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (निपात)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
kartavyaḥto be done
kartavyaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (तव्यत्); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण
kadācanaever, at any time
kadācana:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkadā (अव्यय) + cana (निपात)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक)
pramādaḥnegligence
pramādaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootpramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
mṛtyuḥdeath
mṛtyuḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootmṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
itithus
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-अव्यय
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
TypeVerb
Root√ah (धातु)
Formलिट् (परिपूर्ण/परोक्श); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
vidyāyāmin knowledge (Brahmavidyā)
vidyāyām:
TypeNoun
Rootvidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन
brahma-vādinaḥthe expounders of Brahman
brahma-vādinaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन
  • brahmaniṣṭhāyāṃ → brahma-niṣṭhāyām
  • kartavyaḥ kadācana (पाठे कर्तव्यज़् इति लेखनं; विसर्ग/ज्-चिह्नं लिप्यन्तर-दोषः)
  • mṛtyur ity āhur → mṛtyuḥ iti āhuḥ (विसर्ग-रेफः, इति-आहुः संधिः)
Brahma-niṣṭhā (steadfast abidance in Brahman) and the peril of pramāda (heedlessness) in vidyā-mārgaMahavakya: Indirect: supports the lived assimilation of mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) by insisting on unwavering abidance rather than mere verbal cognition.AtharvaShaunaka ShakhaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like; 2 pādas per line, 4 pādas total)

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