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Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 19

विपर्यस्तो निदिध्यासे किं ध्यानमविपर्यये । देहात्मत्वविपर्यासं न कदाचिद्भजाम्यहम् ॥१९॥

विपर्यस्तः । निदिध्यासे । किम् । ध्यानम् । अविपर्यये । देह-आत्मत्व-विपर्यासम् । न । कदाचित् । भजामि । अहम् ॥१९॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 19

viparyasto nididhyāse kiṃ dhyānam aviparyaye | dehātmatvaviparyāsaṃ na kadācid bhajāmy aham ||19||

വിപരീതഭ്രമത്തിലുള്ളവൻ നിദിധ്യാസനം ചെയ്യുന്നു; അവിപരീതനു ധ്യാനം എന്ത്? ദേഹത്തെ ആത്മാവെന്നു കരുതുന്ന വിപര്യാസം ഞാൻ ഒരിക്കലും ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നില്ല.

One who is inverted (in error) engages in nididhyāsana; what meditation is there for one who is not inverted? I never resort to the inversion of taking the body as the Self.

viparyastaḥdeluded / inverted
viparyastaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Rootviparyasta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्
nididhyāseyou contemplate deeply
nididhyāse:
TypeVerb
Root√dhyai (धातु) + ni (उपसर्ग) + desiderative/intensive nominal base nididhyāsa
Formलट्, आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
kimwhat
kim:
TypePronoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
dhyānammeditation
dhyānam:
TypeNoun
Rootdhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
aviparyayewhen there is no inversion
aviparyaye:
TypeNoun
Roota-viparyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्
deha-ātmatva-viparyāsamthe delusion of body-as-self
deha-ātmatva-viparyāsam:
TypeNoun
Rootdeha-ātmatva-viparyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्
kadācitever
kadācit:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkadācit (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम्
bhajāmiI entertain/accept
bhajāmi:
TypeVerb
Root√bhaj (धातु)
Formलट्, परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
ahamI
aham:
TypePronoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा, एकवचनम्
  • (no mandatory external sandhi beyond standard word boundaries in the given text)
Viparyaya (error) / dehātma-buddhi negation; culmination beyond practiceMahavakya: Directly supports mahāvākya assimilation by rejecting dehātmatva, a primary obstacle to "ahaṃ brahmāsmi" (indirect relation).AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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