Atma Upanishad: Verse 20
दैवेन नीयते देहो यथा कालोपभुक्तिषु ।
लक्ष्यालक्ष्यगतिं त्यक्त्वा यस्तिष्ठेत्केवलात्मना॥
शिव एव स्वयं साक्षादयं ब्रह्मविदुत्तमः ।
जीवन्नेव सदा मुक्तः कृतार्थो ब्रह्मवित्तमः॥
दैवेन । नीयते । देहः । यथा । काल-उपभुक्तिषु ।
लक्ष्य-अलक्ष्य-गतिम् । त्यक्त्वा । यः । तिष्ठेत् । केवल-आत्मना ॥
शिवः । एव । स्वयम् । साक्षात् । अयम् । ब्रह्म-विद्-उत्तमः ।
जीवन् । एव । सदा । मुक्तः । कृत-अर्थः । ब्रह्म-वित्-तमः ॥
daivena nīyate deho yathā kālopabhuktiṣu |
lakṣyālakṣya-gatiṃ tyaktvā yas tiṣṭhet kevalātmanā ||
śiva eva svayaṃ sākṣād ayaṃ brahmaviduttamaḥ |
jīvanneva sadā muktaḥ kṛtārtho brahmavittamaḥ ||
यह शरीर किस्मत के साथ चलता है। टाइम पे जो होना है वो होता है, एक्सपीरियंस मिलते रहते हैं। पर जो इंसान सब छोड़ के सिर्फ अपनी आत्मा में रहता है, न किसी चीज़ को पकड़ता है, न किसी को छोड़ता है, वो सीधा शिव है। ब्रह्मन जानने वाला सबसे बड़ा आदमी वो है। ज़िंदा है पर आज़ाद है, कुछ भी उसको बाँध नहीं सकता। उसका सब काम हो गया, वो शांत है।
The body is carried along by destiny for enjoyments/experiences in time. He who, abandoning movement toward the aimed-at and the not-aimed-at, stands as the Self alone—he is verily Śiva himself, directly; the highest knower of Brahman. Even while living he is always liberated, fulfilled—the supreme knower of Brahman.
- Atma.19 इव सर्वसन्धिविच्छेदः (पाठः समानः)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Kevalātma-niṣṭhā; jīvanmukti; prārabdha exhaustion; non-dual Śiva/Brahman identity
- The mahavakyas
- Directly consonant with Mahāvākya realization (identity): the liberated one is not other than Brahman/Śiva.
- Veda
- Atharva Veda
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)
Yoga and practice
Stabilizing sahaja-samādhi (natural absorption) as ‘standing by the Self alone’; letting prārabdha unfold without re-identification; cultivating upekṣā (equanimity) and vairāgya toward outcomes.
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