Amritbindu Upanishad: Verse 9
निर्विकल्पमनन्तं च हेतुदृष्टान्तवर्जितम् । अप्रमेयमनादिं च यज्ज्ञात्वा मुच्यते बुधः ॥९॥
निर्विकल्पम् । अनन्तम् । च । हेतु-दृष्टान्त-वर्जितम् । अप्रमेयम् । अनादिम् । च । यत् । ज्ञात्वा । मुच्यते । बुधः ।
nirvikalpam anantaṃ ca hetu-dṛṣṭānta-varjitam | aprameyam anādiṃ ca yaj jñātvā mucyate budhaḥ ||9||
यह तो किसी भी सोच से पारे है, कोई एंड नहीं है इसकी। ना कोई रीज़न चाहिए, ना कोई उदाहरण। ना कोई स्केल से नाप सकती है, ना कोई शुरुआत है इसकी। जो यह समझ गया, वो आज़ाद हो गया।
(That) which is free of conceptual construction and infinite, devoid of reason and example, immeasurable and beginningless—having known that, the wise person is liberated.
- hetu-dṛṣṭānta-varjitam is a tatpuruṣa compound
- no major external sandhi besides standard ca conjunction
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Brahman as ananta, anādi, aprameya; limits of pramāṇa, inference, and analogy in grasping the Absolute
- The mahavakyas
- Reinforces the intent of all Mahāvākyas by clarifying that Brahman is not established as an object by hetu (reason) or dṛṣṭānta (analogy), but known through immediate identity-teaching.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Shakha
- Atharvaveda (commonly transmitted without a firmly fixed śākhā attribution in the extant tradition)
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Shift from conceptual reasoning to direct contemplative assimilation (nididhyāsana); use of reasoning only as a negating tool (apavāda) and then resting in non-conceptual clarity; supports samādhi free from vikalpa while retaining wakeful discernment.
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