Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धन्योऽहं धन्योऽहं दुःखं सांसारिकं न वीक्षेऽद्य ।

धन्योऽहं धन्योऽहं स्वस्याज्ञानं पलायितं क्वापि ॥३१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

धन्यः अहम् । धन्यः अहम् । दुःखम् सांसारिकम् न वीक्षे अद्य ।

धन्यः अहम् । धन्यः अहम् । स्वस्य अज्ञानम् पलायितम् क्व अपि ॥३१॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 31

IAST Transliteration

dhanyo'haṃ dhanyo'haṃ duḥkhaṃ sāṃsārikaṃ na vīkṣe'dya |

dhanyo'haṃ dhanyo'haṃ svasyājñānaṃ palāyitaṃ kvāpi ||31||

Translation

ധന്യൻ ഞാൻ, ധന്യൻ ഞാൻ; ഇന്ന് ഞാൻ സാംസാരിക ദുഃഖം കാണുന്നില്ല. ധന്യൻ ഞാൻ, ധന്യൻ ഞാൻ; എന്റെ തന്നെ അജ്ഞാനം എവിടെയോ അകന്ന് പാഞ്ഞുപോയിരിക്കുന്നു.

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Academic Translation

Blessed am I, blessed am I; today I do not behold worldly sorrow. Blessed am I, blessed am I; my own ignorance has fled—somewhere (away).

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation) through destruction of avidyā
• Mahavakya: Supports the realization implied by “अहं ब्रह्मास्मि” (Aham Brahmāsmi): with Self-knowledge, saṃsāric duḥkha is sublated.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/Upaniṣadic mixed meter (not reliably classifiable as a strict Vedic chandas)