Sanyasa Upanishad 17: Verse 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्यज धर्ममधर्मं च उभे सत्यानृते त्यज । उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा येन त्यजसि तत्त्यज ॥१७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

त्यज धर्मम् अधर्मम् च । उभे सत्य-अनृते त्यज । उभे सत्य-अनृते त्यक्त्वा । येन त्यजसि तत् त्यज ॥१७॥

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 17

IAST Transliteration

tyaja dharmam adharmaṃ ca ubhe satyānṛte tyaja | ubhe satyānṛte tyaktvā yena tyajasi tat tyaja ||17||

Translation

धरम को छोड़ दो, अधरम को भी छोड़ दो। दोनों को छोड़ दो। सच को भी छोड़ दो, झूठ को भी छोड़ दो। दोनों को छोड़ के, अब उस चीज़ को भी छोड़ दो जिससे तुम छोड़ रहे हो।

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Academic Translation

Abandon both dharma and adharma; abandon both truth and untruth. Having abandoned both truth and untruth, abandon that by which you abandon (them).

Verse Context

• Advaita (non-duality); transcendence of dvandvas; mokṣa via sarva-tyāga culminating in tyāga of tyāga (non-clinging)
• Mahavakya: Strongly aligned (methodologically) with mahāvākya-realization: negation of all upādhis and conceptual dualities supports ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि/तत्त्वमसि’ as non-dual identity beyond predicates.
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• कृष्ण-यजुर्वेद (तैत्तिरीय-परम्परा; संन्यासोपनिषद् परम्परागत-सम्बन्ध) Shakha
• Chandas: अनुष्टुप् (श्लोक)