Verse 36

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परमं पदमिति च प्राणेन्द्रियाद्यन्तःकरणगुणादेः परतरं सच्चिदानन्दमयं नित्यमुक्तब्रह्मस्थानं परमं पदम् ॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

परमम् पदम् इति च । प्राण-इन्द्रिय-आदि-अन्तःकरण-गुण-आदेः । परतरम् । सत्-चित्-आनन्द-मयम् । नित्य-मुक्त-ब्रह्म-स्थानम् । परमम् पदम् ॥३६॥

IAST Transliteration

paramaṃ padam iti ca prāṇendriyādyantaḥkaraṇaguṇādeḥ parataraṃ saccidānandamayaṃ nityamuktabrahmasthānaṃ paramaṃ padam ॥36॥

Translation

「最高の住処」とは、プラーナ、諸感官、内なる器官（アンタḥカラナ）の諸性質などを超え、存在・意識・至福（サッチダーナンダ）より成り、常に自由なるブラフマンの座である。それが最高の住処である。

Academic Translation

“The supreme abode,” indeed, is that which is beyond prāṇa, the senses, and the qualities of the inner instrument (antaḥkaraṇa) and the rest—consisting of Existence, Consciousness, and Bliss—the ever-free station of Brahman; that is the supreme abode.

Verse Context

• Paramapada (supreme state), Saccidānanda Brahman, transcendence of prāṇa-indriya-antaḥkaraṇa; nitya-mukti
• Mahavakya: Directly supportive: the ‘supreme abode’ is Brahman identical with the Self implied by “Tat Tvam Asi” and “Aham Brahmāsmi.”
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose