Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 2
अक्षरत्वाद्वरेण्यत्वाद्धृतसंसारबन्धनात् । तत्त्वमस्यादिलक्ष्यत्वादवधूत इतीर्यते॥२॥
अक्षरत्वात् । वरेण्यत्वात् । धृत-संसार-बन्धनात् । तत्त्वम्-असि-आदि-लक्ष्यत्वात् । अवधूतः । इति । ईर्यते ॥२॥
akṣaratvād vareṇyatvād dhṛtasaṃsārabandhanāt | tattvamasyādilakṣyatvād avadhūta itīryate ||2||
അക്ഷരമായ അവിനാശി ബ്രഹ്മത്തെ സാക്ഷാത്കരിച്ചതിനാൽ, പരമവരണീയനായതിനാൽ, സംസാരബന്ധനം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചതിനാൽ, “തത്ത്വമസി” മുതലായ മഹാവാക്യങ്ങളുടെ ലക്ഷ്യാർത്ഥം താനായതിനാൽ— അവനെ ‘അവധൂതൻ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു।
Because of (his realization of) the Imperishable, because of being worthy of choice (the highest), because he has cast off the bondage of worldly existence, and because he is the referent of statements such as “That thou art”—he is called an Avadhūta.
- अक्षरत्वाद्वरेण्यत्वाद्धृतसंसारबन्धनात् = अक्षरत्वात् + वरेण्यत्वात् + धृतसंसारबन्धनात् (द्-आ/द्-ध् संधि)
- तत्त्वमस्यादिलक्ष्यत्वात् = तत्त्वम् + असि + आदि + लक्ष्यत्वात् (म + अ → मऽ/म-अ, written as मस्य)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Akṣara/Brahman-realization and mokṣa (freedom from saṃsāra-bandha)
- The mahavakyas
- Explicitly invokes ‘tat tvam asi’ (Chāndogya) as a defining pointer to non-dual identity-knowledge.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Nididhyāsana on mahāvākya (especially ‘tat tvam asi’): dissolve dehātmabuddhi; cultivate akṣara-dhyāna (abidance in the imperishable witness).
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