Verse 3

Sarvasara

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या तदभिमानं कारयति सा अविद्या। सोऽभिमानो यया निवर्तते सा विद्या॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

या तत्-अभिमानम् कारयति । सा अविद्या । सः अभिमानः यया निवर्तते । सा विद्या ॥३॥

IAST Transliteration

yā tadabhimānaṃ kārayati sā avidyā | so'bhimāno yayā nivartate sā vidyā ||3||

Translation

ಯಾವುದು ಆ ಅಭಿಮಾನವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತದೋ ಅದು ಅವಿದ್ಯೆ. ಯಾವುದರಿಂದ ಆ ಅಭಿಮಾನ ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೋ ಅದು ವಿದ್ಯೆ.

Academic Translation

That which causes that identification is ignorance. That by which that identification ceases is knowledge.

Verse Context

• Avidyā vs vidyā; causal account of abhimāna and its cessation
• Mahavakya: Positions mahāvākya-śravaṇa/manana/nididhyāsana as ‘vidyā’—the means that removes avidyā-born identification and reveals identity of ātman and brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose