Adhyatma Upanishad: Verse 18
अत्रात्मत्वं दृढीकुर्वन्नहमादिषु संत्यजन् । उदासीनतया तेषु तिष्ठेद्घटपटादिवत्॥१८॥
अत्र । आत्मत्वम् । दृढी-कुर्वन् । अहम्-आदिषु । सन्-त्यजन् । उदासीनतया । तेषु । तिष्ठेत् । घट-पट-आदि-वत् ॥१८॥
atrātmatvaṃ dṛḍhīkurvann ahamādiṣu santyajan | udāsīnatayā teṣu tiṣṭhed ghaṭapaṭādivat ||18||
यहाँ अपने आप को पक्का समझो कि मैं आत्मा हूँ। मैं, मैं करना छोड़ दो। इन सब से अलग हो के देखो, जैसे कोई हाँडा या कपड़ा देखते हैं, बस देखा, अपना नहीं।
Here, making the conviction of Selfhood firm, and completely abandoning (identification) in the ego-sense and the like, one should abide toward them with detachment—like (one regards) a pot, a cloth, and so on.
- atrātmatvam = atra + ātmatvam (a + ā → ā)
- tiṣṭhed = tiṣṭhet (final -t before voiced gh becomes -d in saṃhitā)
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