Verse 36

Avadhuta

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इति य इदमधीते सोऽपि कृतकृत्यो भवति। सुरापानात्पूतो भवति। स्वर्णस्तेयात्पूतो भवति। ब्रह्महत्यात्पूतो भवति। कृत्याकृत्यात्पूतो भवति। एवं विदित्वा स्वेच्छाचारपरो भूयाद् ॐ सत्यमित्युपनिषत्॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

इति । यः । इदम् । अधीते । सः । अपि । कृत-कृत्यः । भवति । सुरा-पानात् । पूतः । भवति । स्वर्ण-स्तेयात् । पूतः । भवति । ब्रह्म-हत्यात् । पूतः । भवति । कृत्या-अकृत्यात् । पूतः । भवति । एवम् । विदित्वा । स्व-इच्छा-आचार-परः । भूयात् । ॐ । सत्यम् । इति । उपनिषत् ॥ ३६ ॥

IAST Transliteration

iti ya idam adhīte so 'pi kṛtakṛtyo bhavati | surāpānāt pūto bhavati | svarṇasteyāt pūto bhavati | brahmahatyāt pūto bhavati | kṛtyākṛtyāt pūto bhavati | evaṃ viditvā svecchācāraparo bhūyād oṃ satyam ity upaniṣat ||36||

Translation

ഇതി, ഈ ഉപദേശം പഠിക്കുന്നവനും കൃതകൃത്യൻ—ചെയ്യേണ്ടതു ചെയ്തു തീർത്തവൻ—ആകുന്നു. സുരാപാനദോഷത്തിൽ നിന്നു ശുദ്ധനാകുന്നു; സ്വർണ്ണസ്തേയപാപത്തിൽ നിന്നു ശുദ്ധനാകുന്നു; ബ്രാഹ്മണഹത്യാപാപത്തിൽ നിന്നു ശുദ്ധനാകുന്നു; കൃത്യാ-അകൃത്യ—മന്ത്രതന്ത്രാദി ദോഷങ്ങളിലും ചെയ്യരുതാത്ത കർമങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള പാപങ്ങളിലും നിന്നു ശുദ്ധനാകുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ അറിഞ്ഞ്, സ്വേച്ഛാചാരത്തിൽ പരായണനാകട്ടെ. ഓം—സത്യം; ഇതി ഉപനിഷത്॥൩൬॥

Academic Translation

Thus, whoever studies this (teaching) becomes one who has accomplished what is to be accomplished. He becomes purified from drinking intoxicants; he becomes purified from stealing gold; he becomes purified from killing a brāhmaṇa; he becomes purified from (sins arising from) sorcery and from what ought not to be done. Having thus known, one should become devoted to conduct according to one’s own will. Om—Truth: thus is the Upaniṣad.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation through jñāna) and pāpa-kṣaya (dissolution of sin through knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Implicitly supports Atharva-veda mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by asserting liberating knowledge that purifies and fulfills; not a direct mahāvākya citation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose