Verse 10

Amritbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न निरोधो न चोत्पत्तिर्न बद्धो न च साधकः । न मुमुक्षुर्न वै मुक्त इत्येषा परमार्थता ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

न । निरोधः । न । च । उत्पत्तिः । न । बद्धः । न । च । साधकः । न । मुमुक्षुः । न । वै । मुक्तः । इति । एषा । परमार्थता ।

IAST Transliteration

na nirodho na cotpattir na baddho na ca sādhakaḥ | na mumukṣur na vai mukta ity eṣā paramārthatā ||10||

Translation

ನಿರೋಧವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ; ಬಂಧಿತನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಸಾಧಕನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಮುಮುಕ್ಷುವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಮುಕ್ತನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ—ಇದೇ ಪರಮಾರ್ಥ ಸತ್ಯ.

Academic Translation

There is no cessation, nor origination; none bound, nor any practitioner; no seeker of liberation, nor indeed any liberated—this is the highest truth.

Verse Context

• Ajātivāda / paramārtha-satya; non-duality beyond bondage and liberation as transactional categories
• Mahavakya: Radicalizes the implication of Mahāvākyas: if the Self is Brahman, then bondage/liberation pertain only to vyavahāra (empirical standpoint), not to paramārtha (ultimate).
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (commonly transmitted without a firmly fixed śākhā attribution in the extant tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)