Yagyavalkya Upanishad: Verse 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आशाम्बरो न नमस्कारो न दारपुत्राभिलाषी लक्ष्यालक्ष्यनिर्वर्तकः परिव्राट् परमेश्वरो भवति । अत्रैते श्लोका भवन्ति ॥९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

आशा-अम्बरः । न । नमस्कारः । न । दार-पुत्र-अभिलाषी । लक्ष्य-अलक्ष्य-निर्वर्तकः । परिव्राट् । परम-ईश्वरः । भवति । अत्र । एते । श्लोकाः । भवन्ति ॥९॥

Recitation with translationYagyavalkya Upanishad 9

IAST Transliteration

āśāmbaro na namaskāro na dāraputrābhilāṣī lakṣyālakṣyanirvartakaḥ parivrāṭ parameśvaro bhavati | atrāite ślokā bhavanti ||9||

Translation

इनका कपड़ा सिर्फ़ आशा है, कोई स्पेशल कपड़ा नहीं। किसी को नमस्ते नहीं करते। ना बीवी चाहिए, ना बच्चे। जो दिखता है और जो नहीं दिखता, दोनों से आगे निकल जाते हैं। ऐसे भटकने वाले संत सबसे बड़े भगवान जैसे हो जाते हैं। इस बारे में कुछ श्लोक भी हैं।

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Academic Translation

His garment is hope (alone); he offers no salutations; he does not desire wife or sons; he is one who transcends (or brings to cessation) the seen and the unseen; the wandering mendicant becomes the supreme Lord. Here, these verses occur.

Verse Context

• Jīvanmukti; Ātma/Brahman identity; transcendence of dvaita (seen/unseen)
• Mahavakya: Indirect but strong: “parivrāṭ parameśvaro bhavati” aligns with mahāvākya purport (identity of jīva and Brahman, e.g., “aham brahmāsmi”).
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (with aphoristic cadence)