Verse 25

Avadhuta

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृतं कृत्यं प्रापणीयं प्राप्तमित्येव नित्यशः । व्यवहारो लौकिको वा शास्त्रीयो वान्यथापि वा । ममाकर्तुरलेपस्य यथारब्धं प्रवर्तताम् ॥२४-२५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

कृतम् । कृत्यम् । प्रापणीयम् । प्राप्तम् । इति । एव । नित्यशः । व्यवहारः । लौकिकः । वा । शास्त्रीयः । वा । अन्यथा-अपि । वा । मम । अकर्तुः । अलेपस्य । यथा-आरब्धम् । प्रवर्तताम् ॥२४-२५॥

IAST Transliteration

kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ prāpaṇīyaṃ prāptam ity eva nityaśaḥ | vyavahāro laukiko vā śāstrīyo vānyathāpi vā | mamākartur alepasya yathārabdhaṃ pravartatām ||24-25||

Translation

‘ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದದ್ದು ಮಾಡಿದೆ; ಪಡೆಯಬೇಕಾದದ್ದು ಪಡೆದೆ’—ಎಂದು ನಿತ್ಯವೂ. ಲೋಕಿಕವಾಗಲಿ, ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀಯವಾಗಲಿ, ಅಥವಾ ಬೇರೆ ರೀತಿಯ ವ್ಯವಹಾರವಾಗಲಿ, ಆರಂಭವಾದಂತೆ ನಡೆಯಲಿ; ನಾನು ಅಕರ್ತಾ ಮತ್ತು ಅಲೇಪ್ಯನು.

Academic Translation

‘What had to be done is done; what was to be attained is attained’—thus indeed always. Let transaction—worldly or scriptural or otherwise—proceed according to what has already begun, for me who am a non-agent and untouched.

Verse Context

• Jīvanmukti: fulfillment (pūrṇatā) with continued prārabdha-based appearance of action
• Mahavakya: Reinforces ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)’ in lived form: the ‘I’ is actionless Brahman; actions belong only to the apparent instrument.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)