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Atma Upanishad: Verse 28

नावृत्तिर्ब्रह्मणः क्वाचिदन्याभावादनावृतम् । अस्तीति प्रत्ययो यश्च यश्च नास्तीति वस्तुनि ॥

बुद्धेरेव गुणावेतौ न तु नित्यस्य वस्तुनः । अतस्तौ मायया क्लृप्तौ बन्धमोक्षौ न चात्मनि ॥ २८–२९ ॥

न । आवृत्तिः । ब्रह्मणः । क्वचित् । अन्य-अभावात् । अनावृतम् ।

अस्ति-इति । प्रत्ययः । यः । च । यः । च । न-अस्ति-इति । वस्तुनि ।

बुद्धेः । एव । गुणौ । एतौ । न । तु । नित्यस्य । वस्तुनः ।

अतः । तौ । मायया । क्लृप्तौ । बन्ध-मोक्षौ । न । च । आत्मनि ।

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 28

nāvṛttir brahmaṇaḥ kvacid anyābhāvād anāvṛtam | astīti pratyayo yaś ca yaś ca nāstīti vastuni ||

buddher eva guṇāv etau na tu nityasya vastunaḥ | atas tau māyayā klṛptau bandhamokṣau na cātmani || 28–29 ||

ブラフマンにはいかなる所にも覆いはない。ブラフマン以外のものが存在しないゆえに、それは本来、覆われていない。「ある」という認識と「ない」という認識は、対象についてのものであっても、いずれも知性(ブッディ)の性質にすぎず、永遠の実在の性質ではない。

There is no covering of Brahman anywhere, for, due to the absence of anything other (than Brahman), it is uncovered. The cognition ‘it exists’ and the cognition ‘it does not exist’ with regard to a thing—both are qualities of the intellect alone, not of the eternal Reality. Therefore those two—bondage and liberation—are fabricated by māyā and are not in the Self.

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formniṣedha-avyaya
āvṛttiḥcovering/veiling
āvṛttiḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootāvṛtti- (prātipadika)
Formprathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, strī
brahmaṇaḥof Brahman
brahmaṇaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman- (prātipadika)
Formṣaṣṭhī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
kvacitanywhere/ever
kvacit:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkvacit (avyaya)
Formavyaya (deśa-kāla)
anya-abhāvātbecause of the absence of another (thing)
anya-abhāvāt:
TypeNoun
Rootabhāva- (prātipadika)
Formpañcamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, pumān; (anya + abhāva)
anāvṛtamuncovered/unveiled
anāvṛtam:
TypeAdjective
Rootanāvṛta- (kṛdanta; √vṛ + ā)
Formprathamā/ dvitīyā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam; past passive participle with privative a-
astiis
asti:
TypeVerb
Rootas (dhātu)
Formlaṭ, prathamaḥ puruṣaḥ, ekavacanam, parasmaipada
itithus/“(it) is”
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (avyaya)
Formquotative avyaya
pratyayaḥcognition/conviction
pratyayaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootpratyaya- (prātipadika)
Formprathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, pumān
yaḥwhich
yaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootyad- (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formprathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, pumān
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (avyaya)
Formsamuccaya-avyaya
yaḥwhich
yaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootyad- (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formprathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, pumān
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (avyaya)
Formsamuccaya-avyaya
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formniṣedha-avyaya
astiis
asti:
TypeVerb
Rootas (dhātu)
Formlaṭ, prathamaḥ puruṣaḥ, ekavacanam, parasmaipada
itithus/“(it) is not”
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (avyaya)
Formquotative avyaya
vastuniwith regard to the reality/thing
vastuni:
TypeNoun
Rootvastu- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
  • nāvṛttiḥ = na āvṛttiḥ
  • kvacid (no change)
  • anyābhāvād = anya-abhāvāt (t/d sandhi)
  • anāvṛtam (as is)
Non-duality (absence of a second); epistemic status of existence/nonexistence judgments; māyā as cognitive constructionMahavakya: Reinforces Mahāvākya import: Brahman is self-revealing; ‘I am Brahman’ is not producing a new state but correcting buddhi’s notions of being/nonbeing.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)

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