Adhyatma Upanishad: Verse 41

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वासनानुदयो भोग्ये वैराग्यस्य तदावधिः । अहंभावोदयाभावो बोधस्य परमावधिः॥४१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

वासनानुदयः । भोग्ये । वैराग्यस्य । तद्-आवधिः । अहं-भाव-उदय-अभावः । बोधस्य । परम-आवधिः ॥

Recitation with translationAdhyatma Upanishad 41

IAST Transliteration

vāsanānudayo bhogye vairāgyasya tad-āvadhīḥ | ahaṃbhāvodayābhāvo bodhasya paramāvadhīḥ ||41||

Translation

जब चीज़ों के मज़्ज़े के लिए मन में कोई इच्छा नहीं उठती, यह वैराग्य का पूरा लेवल है। और जब 'मैं' 'मैं' करने का भाव नहीं उठता, यह ज्ञान का सबसे बड़ा लेवल है।

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Academic Translation

The non-arising of latent tendencies with regard to objects of enjoyment is the defining culmination of dispassion; the non-arising of the emergence of the ‘I’-sense is the supreme culmination of knowledge.

Word by Word

वासनानुदयः

वासनानुदयः:

भोग्ये

भोग्ये:

वैराग्यस्य

वैराग्यस्य:

तदावधिः

तदावधिः:

अहंभावोदयाभावः

अहंभावोदयाभावः:

बोधस्य

बोधस्य:

परमावधिः

परमावधिः:

Verse Context

• Vairāgya (dispassion), Vāsanā-kṣaya (exhaustion of latent tendencies), Ahaṃkāra-nivṛtti (cessation of ego-sense), Jñāna-niṣṭhā (abidance in knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: aligns with Advaitic realization implied by mahāvākyas (e.g., 'अहं ब्रह्मास्मि', 'तत्त्वमसि') insofar as ego-notion (ahaṃbhāva) is sublated in non-dual knowledge.
• Unknown/Uncertain (not identifiable as a Principal Upanishad mantra from the given excerpt alone; resembles later Vedantic/prakarana-style śloka)
• Unknown/Uncertain Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka meter), typical of didactic Vedānta verses rather than Vedic mantra meters