Skanda Upanishad: Verse 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न निजं निजवद्भाति अन्तःकरणजृम्भणात् । अन्तःकरणनाशेन संविन्मात्रस्थितो हरिः ॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

न । निजम् । निज-वत् । भाति । अन्तः-करण-जृम्भणात् । अन्तः-करण-नाशेन । संवित्-मात्र-स्थितः । हरिः ॥

Recitation with translationSkanda Upanishad 2

IAST Transliteration

na nijaṃ nijavad bhāti antaḥkaraṇajṛmbhaṇāt | antaḥkaraṇanāśena saṃvinmātrasthito hariḥ ||2||

Translation

内なる器官（アンタḥカラナ）の広がりと働きによって、自己は自己としては輝かない。アンタḥカラナが滅するとき、ハリはただ純粋意識としてのみ安住する。

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Academic Translation

The own (Self) does not shine as one’s own, due to the expansion/activity of the inner organ (antaḥkaraṇa). With the destruction (cessation) of the inner organ, Hari abides as mere consciousness alone.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• nijam: one’s own (true)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• nijavat: as if it were itself; in its own form
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nijavat (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त; -वत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे ‘-वत्’ (सादृश्य)

• bhāti: shines/appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhā (भा)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• antaḥ-karaṇa-jṛmbhaṇāt: because of the stirring/expansion of the inner instrument
• Type: Noun
• Root: antaḥ-karaṇa-jṛmbhaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तःकरण + जृम्भण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन (हेतु/कारण)

• antaḥ-karaṇa-nāśena: by the destruction of the inner instrument
• Type: Noun
• Root: antaḥ-karaṇa-nāśa (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तःकरण + नाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (करण/हेतु)

• saṃvit-mātra-sthitaḥ: abiding in consciousness alone
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃvit-mātra-sthita (प्रातिपदिक; संवित् + मात्र + स्थित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• hariḥ: Hari (the Supreme)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

Sandhi Notes

• No external sandhi beyond internal compounds
• hariḥ ends with visarga in pausa

About this Verse

Central concept

Avidyā via antaḥkaraṇa-vṛtti; cessation of mind for recognition of Ātman as pure consciousness (saṃvit-mātra)

The mahavakyas

Supports «प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म» (Prajñānaṃ brahma) by equating ultimate reality with pure consciousness; also harmonizes with «तत् त्वम् असि» by implying the Self is that consciousness when mental superimposition ceases.

Veda

Atharva

Chandas

Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

Yoga and practice

Pratyāhāra and dhyāna to reduce ‘jṛmbhaṇa’ (outward proliferation) of mind; cultivation of nirodha/śama leading to recognition of awareness as the constant witness; mindfulness of vṛtti-rise and vṛtti-cessation as a doorway to saṃvit-mātra.