Atma Upanishad 13 — Verse 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नित्यतृप्तोऽप्यभुञ्जानोऽप्यसमः समदर्शनः । कुर्वन्नपि न कुर्वाणश्चाभोक्ता फलभोग्यपि ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

नित्य-तृप्तः । अपि । अभुञ्जानः । अपि । असमः । सम-दर्शनः । कुर्वन् । अपि । न । कुर्वाणः । च । अभोक्ता । फल-भोगी । अपि ।

IAST Transliteration

nityatṛpto 'py abhuñjāno 'py asamaḥ samadarśanaḥ | kurvann api na kurvāṇaś cābhoktā phalabhogy api ||

Translation

നിത്യതൃപ്തനായിട്ടും ഭോഗിക്കാത്തവനെപ്പോലെ; അസമനായിട്ടും സമദർശി. പ്രവർത്തിച്ചാലും അകർതാവ്; അഭോക്താവായിട്ടും ഫലാനുഭവിയെന്നപോലെ തോന്നുന്നു.

Academic Translation

Though ever satisfied, he is as though not enjoying; unequaled, yet seeing equally. Though acting, he is not an agent; though a non-enjoyer, he is as though an experiencer of results.

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva/abhoktṛtva; samadarśana; jīvanmukta-lakṣaṇa
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘prajñānam brahma’ and ‘aham brahmāsmi’: as pure consciousness, the Self is not the agent/enjoyer though actions and experiences appear in the empirical field.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh