Atma Upanishad: Verse 25
ब्रह्मभावं प्रपद्यैष यतिर्नावर्तते पुनः । सदात्मकत्वविज्ञानदग्धा विद्यादिवर्ष्मणः ॥२५॥
ब्रह्म-भावम् । प्रपद्य । एषः । यतिः । न । आवर्तते । पुनः । सत्-आत्मकत्व-विज्ञान-दग्धाः । विद्या-आदि-वर्ष्मणः ॥२५॥
brahmabhāvaṃ prapadya eṣa yatir nāvartate punaḥ | sadātmakatvavijñānadagdhā vidyādivarṣmaṇaḥ ||25||
जब संन्यासी ब्रह्मा की स्टेट को पा लेता है, तो वो वापस नहीं आता। ज्ञान की आग से वो सब जला देता है जो अज्ञान से बना था, शरीर, मन, सब। उसको यह समझ आ जाती है कि उसका असली स्वभाव सत है, और वो इस दुनिया में वापस नहीं आता।
Having attained the state of Brahman, this renunciant does not return again; the bodies (varṣman) constituted by ignorance and the rest are burnt by the knowledge that one’s nature is Being (sat).
- ब्रह्मभावं → ब्रह्म-भावम्. प्रपद्यैष → प्रपद्य + एषः. नापरः not present here
- nāvartate → न + आवर्तते. सदात्मकत्वविज्ञानदग्धा → सत्-आत्मकत्व-विज्ञान-दग्धाः (त् + आ → दा; internal sandhi; final form shows plural -आः). विद्यादिवर्ष्मणः → विद्या-आदि-वर्ष्मणः (आदि-समास; दीर्घसन्धि)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Mokṣa as non-return (apunarāvṛtti); jñāna as destroyer of avidyā
- The mahavakyas
- Directly resonates with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ and ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ insofar as liberating knowledge burns ignorance and ends saṃsāra.
- Veda
- Atharva Veda
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Nididhyāsana culminating in irreversible clarity; cultivating vairāgya and saṃnyāsa-bhāva (inner renunciation); stabilizing knowledge against habitual identification.
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