Avadhuta Upanishad 15: Verse 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनुतिष्ठन्तु कर्माणि परलोकयियासवः । सर्वलोकात्मकः कस्मादनुतिष्ठामि किं कथम्॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अनुतिष्ठन्तु । कर्माणि । परलोक-यियासवः । सर्व-लोक-आत्मकः । कस्मात् । अनुतिष्ठामि । किम् । कथम् ॥१५॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 15

IAST Transliteration

anutiṣṭhantu karmāṇi paralokayiyāsavaḥ | sarvalokātmakaḥ kasmād anutiṣṭhāmi kiṃ katham ||15||

Translation

जो लोग दूसरी दुनिया के लिए काम करना चाहते हैं वो करते रहो। मैं तो हर जगह मौजूद हूँ, हर दुनिया में हूँ। मुझे क्यों कोई काम करना चाहिए? किसके लिए? कैसे?

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Academic Translation

Let those who wish to go to the other world perform actions. I am of the nature of all worlds—why should I perform (actions), what (for), and how?

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva (non-doership) of the Self; karma as means for finite ends; sarvātmatva
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ and ‘अयमात्मा ब्रह्म’: if the Self is all (sarvalokātmaka), no action can produce completion or a new state.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)