Verse 6

Bahvricha

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पञ्चरूपपरित्यागाद् दर्परूपप्रहाणतः । अधिष्ठानं परं तत्त्वम् एकं सच्छिष्यते महत् ॥ इति ॥ ६ ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

पञ्च-रूप-परित्यागात् । दर्प-रूप-प्रहाणतः । अधिष्ठानम् । परम् । तत्त्वम् । एकम् । सत् । शिष्यते । महत् । इति ।

IAST Transliteration

pañcarūpaparityāgād darparūpaprahāṇataḥ | adhiṣṭhānaṃ paraṃ tattvam ekaṃ sacchiṣyate mahat || iti || 6 ||

Translation

ಐದು ರೂಪಗಳನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ, ದರ್ಪ (ಅಹಂಕಾರ) ಎಂಬ ರೂಪವನ್ನೂ ಬಿಟ್ಟುಬಿಟ್ಟಾಗ, ಅಧಿಷ್ಠಾನರೂಪ ಪರಮ ತತ್ತ್ವವೇ—ಒಂದೇ ಮಹತ್ ಸತ್—ಉಳಿಯುತ್ತದೆ.

Academic Translation

By abandoning the five forms, and by relinquishing the form of pride (darpa), the supreme principle—the underlying substratum—remains as the one great Reality (sat).

Verse Context

• Brahman as adhiṣṭhāna (substratum); renunciation of nāma-rūpa and ahaṅkāra
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of identity-statements (e.g., ‘aham brahmāsmi’) by negating superimposed forms and ego-pride to reveal the substratum.
• Rig
• Bāṣkala (Bahvṛca/R̥gvedic tradition; Śrīvidyā-oriented Upaniṣad) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)