Verse 17

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आगमस्याविरोधेन ऊहनं तर्क उच्यते ।

समं मन्येत यं लब्ध्वा स समाधिः प्रकीर्तितः ॥१७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

आगमस्य । अविरोधेन । ऊहनम् । तर्कः । उच्यते ।

समम् । मन्येत । यम् । लब्ध्वा । सः । समाधिः । प्रकीर्तितः ।

IAST Transliteration

āgamasyāvirodhena ūhanaṃ tarka ucyate |

samaṃ manyeta yaṃ labdhvā sa samādhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||17||

Translation

ಆಗಮ (ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ)ಕ್ಕೆ ವಿರೋಧವಾಗದ ಊಹನ/ವಿಚಾರವೇ ‘ತರ್ಕ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದನ್ನು ಪಡೆದ ಮೇಲೆ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಸಮ (ಏಕರಸ)ವೆಂದು ನೋಡುವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯೇ ‘ಸಮಾಧಿ’ ಎಂದು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ॥೧೭॥

Academic Translation

Reasoning (tarka) is said to be inference/reflection (ūhana) that does not contradict scripture (āgama). Having attained that (state) by which one regards (everything) as equal—this is proclaimed to be samādhi.

Verse Context

• Samādhi; śāstra-yukti (scripture-consistent reasoning); sama-darśana (equanimous vision)
• Mahavakya: Indirect—equanimous vision supports assimilation of mahāvākya teaching (e.g., 'tat tvam asi') into lived non-duality.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)