Sanyasa Upanishad 2.20 - Adhyaya 2

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Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शास्त्रज्ञानात्पापपुण्यलोकानुभवश्रवणात्प्रपञ्चोपरतो देहवासनां शास्त्रवासनां लोकवासनां त्यक्त्वा वमनान्नमिव प्रवृत्तिं सर्वं हेयं मत्वा साधनचतुष्टयसम्पन्नो यः संन्यस्यति स एव ज्ञानसंन्यासी॥२०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

शास्त्र-ज्ञानात् । पाप-पुण्य-लोक-अनुभव-श्रवणात् । प्रपञ्च-उपरतः । देह-वासनाम् । शास्त्र-वासनाम् । लोक-वासनाम् । त्यक्त्वा । वमन-अन्नम्-इव । प्रवृत्तिम् । सर्वम् । हेयम् । मत्वा । साधन-चतुष्टय-सम्पन्नः । यः । संन्यस्यति । सः । एव । ज्ञान-संन्यासी ॥२०॥

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 2.20

IAST Transliteration

śāstrajñānāt pāpapuṇyalokānubhavaśravaṇāt prapañcoparataḥ dehavāsanāṃ śāstravāsanāṃ lokavāsanāṃ tyaktvā vamanānnam iva pravṛttiṃ sarvaṃ heyaṃ matvā sādhanacatuṣṭayasampanno yaḥ saṃnyasyati sa eva jñānasaṃnyāsī ||20||

Translation

शास्त्र पढ़ के और सुन के कि पाप-पुण्य से क्या होता है, इंसान दुनिया से हट जाता है। बॉडी की इच्छा, शास्त्र के रिचुअल्स की इच्छा, दुनिया की इच्छा, यह सब छोड़ देता है। सारी कर्म-कांड को उल्टा खाना समझ के, जैसे उल्टी करके छोड़ दिया हो, उससे दूर रहता है। और जो चार चीज़ें अपनी जगह पे हो, डिस्क्रिमिनेशन, डिटैचमेंट, डिसिप्लिन, डिज़ायर फॉर मोक्ष, वो उसके पास है। ऐसा इंसान जो संन्यास ले, वो असली ज्ञानी संन्यासी है।

Academic Translation

From knowledge of the scriptures, and from hearing about the experience of worlds (attained by) sin and merit, having withdrawn from phenomenal existence; abandoning bodily inclinations, scriptural (ritualistic) inclinations, and worldly inclinations; regarding all activity as to be abandoned—like vomited food—(and) being endowed with the fourfold means, whoever renounces, he indeed is the renunciate through knowledge.

Word by Word

śāstra-jñānātfrom scriptural knowledge

pāpa-puṇya-loka-anubhava-śravaṇātfrom hearing about experiences of sinful/meritorious worlds

prapañca-uparataḥwithdrawn from worldly involvement

deha-vāsanāmthe bodily tendency/latent impression

śāstra-vāsanāmthe tendency toward scripture (attachment)

loka-vāsanāmthe worldly tendency (attachment)

tyaktvāhaving abandoned

vamana-annamvomited food

ivalike/as if

pravṛttimengagement/activity

sarvameverything

heyamto be abandoned

matvāhaving considered

sādhana-catuṣṭaya-sampannaḥendowed with the fourfold means (qualifications)

yaḥwho

saṃnyasyatirenounces

saḥhe

evaindeed/alone

jñāna-saṃnyāsīa knowledge-based renunciant

Sandhi Notes

śāstra+jñānāt → śāstrajñānāt
pāpa+puṇya+loka+anubhava+śravaṇāt (समास)
prapañca+uparataḥ → prapañcoparataḥ
deha/śāstra/loka+vāsanām (समास)
vamanānnam → vamana+annam (अ + अ → आ)
sādhanacatuṣṭayasampannaḥ (समास)
sa eva → sa eva (पदविभागः)

Verse Context

Jñāna-saṃnyāsa grounded in śāstra-jñāna; prapañca-uparati; tyāga of vāsanās; sādhanacatuṣṭaya (viveka, vairāgya, ṣaṭ-sampatti, mumukṣutva)Mahavakya: Directly supportive: defines the preparedness and orientation for śravaṇa–manana–nididhyāsana on mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’, ‘tat tvam asi’) by rejecting karma-phala worlds and prapañca-pravṛtti.AtharvaChandas: Prose

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