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Atma Upanishad: Verse 29

नावृत्तिर्ब्रह्मणः क्वाचिदन्याभावादनावृतम् । अस्तीति प्रत्ययो यश्च यश्च नास्तीति वस्तुनि ॥

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

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

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

(पूर्वार्धः सह: नावृत्तिः… वस्तुनि)

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 29

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

これら二つはまことに知性(ブッディ)の性質であって、永遠の実在の性質ではない。ゆえにこの二つ—束縛と解脱—はマーヤーの作為であり、自己(アートマン)には属さない。

These two are indeed 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.

Buddhi-dharma vs. Ātma-svarūpa; nitya-śuddha-buddha-mukta nature of SelfMahavakya: Frames Mahāvākya realization as correction of intellect (buddhi) rather than change in Ātman; aligns with ‘Prajnānam Brahma’ (Brahman as consciousness) beyond mental attributes.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)

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