Paingala Upanishad 20: Verse 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

घटाकाशमिवात्मानं विलयं वेत्ति तत्त्वतः । स गच्छति निरालम्बं ज्ञानालोकं समन्ततः ॥२०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

घट-आकाशम्-इव । आत्मानम् । विलयम् । वेत्ति । तत्त्वतः । सः । गच्छति । निरालम्बम् । ज्ञान-आलोकम् । समन्ततः ॥२०॥

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 20

IAST Transliteration

ghaṭākāśam ivātmānaṃ vilayaṃ vetti tattvataḥ | sa gacchati nirālambaṃ jñānālokaṃ samantataḥ ||20||

Translation

壺の中の虚空のごとく、真実に自己の融解を知る者は、支えなき（ニラーランバ）智慧の光へ、四方あまねく到達する。

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Academic Translation

He who truly knows the dissolution of the self like the space in a pot—he attains the supportless (nirālamba) light of knowledge on all sides.

Verse Context

• Ātman–Brahman non-difference; upādhi-bheda (apparent limitation) and its negation; nirālamba-jñāna
• Mahavakya: Directly consonant with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ (I am Brahman): pot-space ‘becoming’ vast space illustrates that individuality is only adjunct-based.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Paippalāda tradition; commonly grouped among Atharvaṇic Sannyāsa Upaniṣads) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)