Adhyatma Upanishad: Verse 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद्युत्तरोत्तराभावे पूर्वरूपं तु निष्फलम् । निवृत्तिः परमा तृप्तिरानन्दोऽनुपमः स्वतः॥२९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यदि । उत्तर-उत्तर-अभावे । पूर्व-रूपम् । तु । निष्फलम् । निवृत्तिः । परमा । तृप्तिः । आनन्दः । अनुपमः । स्वतः ॥

Recitation with translationAdhyatma Upanishad 29

IAST Transliteration

yady uttarottarābhāve pūrvarūpaṃ tu niṣphalam | nivṛttiḥ paramā tṛptir ānando'nupamaḥ svataḥ ||29||

Translation

अगला लेवल नहीं मिलने पर, पहले वाला काम नहीं आता। सब छोड़ के जो शांति मिलती है, वही सबसे बड़ी सैटिस्फैक्शन है। खुशी का कोई कंपेरिज़न नहीं।

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Academic Translation

If, in the absence of successively higher attainment, the prior stage is indeed fruitless: cessation is the supreme contentment; bliss is incomparable in itself.

Word by Word

यदि

यदि:

उत्तर-उत्तर-अभावे

उत्तर-उत्तर-अभावे:

पूर्व-रूपम्

पूर्व-रूपम्:

तु

तु:

निष्फलम्

निष्फलम्:

निवृत्तिः

निवृत्तिः:

परमा

परमा:

तृप्तिः

तृप्तिः:

आनन्दः

आनन्दः:

अनुपमः

अनुपमः:

स्वतः

स्वतः:

Verse Context

• Nivṛtti (cessation) as the hallmark of mokṣa; hierarchy of sādhanā culminating in intrinsic ānanda
• Mahavakya: Indirect: aligns with Advaitic reading that Brahman/Ātman is self-established bliss (svataḥ-ānanda), but no explicit mahāvākya is quoted
• Unknown (verse not uniquely identifiable as Mukhya Upanishad from provided text alone; resembles later Vedantic/Prakarana-style śloka rather than Upanishadic mantra)
• Unknown Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka meter; 4 pādas of ~8 syllables each, typical of later śloka style)