Verse 4

Kaivalya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वेदान्तविज्ञानसुनिश्चितार्थाः संन्यासयोगाद्यतयः शुद्धसत्त्वाः । ते ब्रह्मलोकेषु परान्तकाले परामृताः परिमुच्यन्ति सर्वे ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

वेदान्त-विज्ञान-सु-निश्चित-अर्थाः । संन्यास-योगात् यतयः शुद्ध-सत्त्वाः । ते ब्रह्म-लोकेषु पर-अन्त-काले । परम् अमृताः परि-मुच्यन्ति सर्वे ॥४॥

IAST Transliteration

vedāntavijñānasuniścitārthāḥ saṃnyāsayogād yatayaḥ śuddhasattvāḥ | te brahmalokeṣu parāntakāle parāmṛtāḥ parimucyante sarve ||4||

Translation

ವೇದಾಂತ-ವಿಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ಣಯಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಯೋಗಿ ಯತಿಗಳು, ಶುದ್ಧ ಸತ್ತ್ವಸಂಪನ್ನರು, ಕಾಲದ ಪರಮ ಅಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಮ ಅಮೃತತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಮುಕ್ತರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ ॥೪॥

Academic Translation

Those whose purport has been well ascertained through Vedānta-knowledge—renunciant strivers, purified in sattva—at the final end of time, in the Brahma-worlds, all are completely released, having attained the supreme immortality.

Verse Context

• Mokṣa through Vedānta-jñāna and saṃnyāsa; liberation (krama-mukti imagery via Brahmaloka)
• Mahavakya: Supports the import of identity-teachings such as “अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)” by emphasizing Vedānta-vijñāna as the decisive means; also resonates with “प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (prajñānaṃ brahma)” as knowledge culminating in immortality.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; commonly transmitted within Atharvaṇic Upaniṣad collections; specific śākhā not securely attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Mixed/Upaniṣadic anuṣṭubh-like śloka (non-strict classical anuṣṭubh)