Avadhuta Upanishad 6: Verse 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवं चतुष्पथं कृत्वा ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् । न कर्मणा न प्रजया धनेन त्यागेनैके अमृतत्वमानशुः ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एवम् । चतुः-पथम् । कृत्वा । ते । यान्ति । परमाम् । गतिम् । न । कर्मणा । न । प्रजया । धनेन । त्यागेन । एके । अमृतत्वम् । आनशुः ॥६॥

Sanskrit recitationAvadhuta Upanishad 6

IAST Transliteration

evaṃ catuṣpathaṃ kṛtvā te yānti paramāṃ gatim | na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvam ānaśuḥ ||6||

Translation

ಹೀಗೆ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥವನ್ನು (ನಾಲ್ಕುಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು) ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸಿ ಅವರು ಪರಮಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಸೇರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಕರ್ಮದಿಂದಲ್ಲ, ಪ್ರಜೆಯಿಂದಲ್ಲ, ಧನದಿಂದಲ್ಲ—ತ್ಯಾಗದಿಂದಲೇ ಕೆಲವರು ಅಮೃತತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದರು.

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Academic Translation

Thus, having made (or taken) the fourfold path, they go to the supreme state. Not by ritual action, not by progeny, not by wealth—by renunciation alone some attained immortality.

Verse Context

• Moksha through tyāga (renunciation) rather than karma/artha/kāma
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of identity-knowledge implied by ‘aham brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’: immortality is by renunciation/knowledge, not by works.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/Upaniṣadic anuṣṭubh-like śloka (non-strict)