Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्रमेण सर्वमभ्यस्य सर्वमनुभूय ज्ञानवैराग्याभ्यां स्वरूपानुसन्धानेन देहमात्रावशिष्टः संन्यस्य जातरूपधरो भवति। स ज्ञानवैराग्यसंन्यासी॥२१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

क्रमेण । सर्वम् । अभ्यस्य । सर्वम् । अनुभूय । ज्ञान-वैराग्याभ्याम् । स्वरूप-अनुसन्धानेन । देह-मात्र-अवशिष्टः । संन्यस्य । जात-रूप-धरः । भवति । सः । ज्ञान-वैराग्य-संन्यासी ॥

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 2.21

IAST Transliteration

krameṇa sarvam abhyasya sarvam anubhūya jñāna-vairāgyābhyāṃ svarūpānusandhānena deha-mātrāvaśiṣṭaḥ saṃnyasya jāta-rūpa-dharo bhavati. sa jñāna-vairāgya-saṃnyāsī॥21॥

Translation

धीरे-धीरे सब सीख के, सब एक्सपीरियंस करके, इंसान को ज्ञान और वैराग्य दोनों मिल जाते हैं। फिर वो अपने आप को जानने लगता है, मैं कौन हूँ, असल में क्या हूँ। बॉडी रह जाती है बस, उसके अंदर कुछ नहीं। फिर वो संन्यास ले लेता है। और जैसे सोना अग्नि में पकड़ के साफ हो जाता है, वैसे वो भी एकदम साफ हो जाता है। यह ज्ञान और वैराग्य वाला संन्यासी है।

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Academic Translation

Having gradually mastered everything and having experienced everything, by knowledge and dispassion, through inquiry into (one’s) own essential nature, leaving only the body as a remainder, he renounces and becomes one who bears the ‘form of gold’ (i.e., purified, steadfast). He is a renouncer of knowledge and dispassion.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation) through jñāna-vairāgya and svarūpānusandhāna (Self-inquiry) culminating in saṃnyāsa
• Mahavakya: Supports the import of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham Brahmāsmi) and ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat Tvam Asi) by emphasizing Self-inquiry (svarūpānusandhāna) as the means to realization; not itself a Mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose