Verse 26

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यागव्रततपोदानविधिविधानज्ञानसम्भवो बन्धः ॥२६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

याग-व्रत-तपः-दान-विधि-विधान-ज्ञान-सम्भवः । बन्धः ॥२६॥

IAST Transliteration

yāga-vrata-tapo-dāna-vidhi-vidhāna-jñāna-sambhavo bandhaḥ ॥26॥

Translation

Belenggu ialah apa yang timbul dari ‘pengetahuan’ tentang aturan-aturan dan ketetapan-ketetapan: mengenai yajña (kurban suci), vrata (kaul), tapa (askese), dan dāna (derma).

Academic Translation

Bondage is that which arises from the ‘knowledge’ (jñāna) of injunctions and prescriptions—(concerning) sacrifice, vows, austerity, and gifts.

Verse Context

• Karma-kāṇḍa–based bandha; doership (kartṛtva) sustained by vidhi-jñāna (knowledge of injunctions)
• Mahavakya: Clears the ground for Mahāvākya-realization by distinguishing aparā-vidyā (ritual/injunctive knowledge) from liberating self-knowledge; aligns with the thrust of ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat Tvam Asi) by shifting identity from doer to Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose