Bahvricha Upanishad 6: Verse 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पञ्चरूपपरित्यागाद् दर्परूपप्रहाणतः । अधिष्ठानं परं तत्त्वम् एकं सच्छिष्यते महत् ॥ इति ॥ ६ ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

पञ्च-रूप-परित्यागात् । दर्प-रूप-प्रहाणतः । अधिष्ठानम् । परम् । तत्त्वम् । एकम् । सत् । शिष्यते । महत् । इति ।

Sanskrit recitationBahvricha Upanishad 6

IAST Transliteration

pañcarūpaparityāgād darparūpaprahāṇataḥ | adhiṣṭhānaṃ paraṃ tattvam ekaṃ sacchiṣyate mahat || iti || 6 ||

Translation

അഞ്ചു രൂപങ്ങളെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുകയും ദർപ്പം (അഹങ്കാരം) എന്ന രൂപത്തെ വിട്ടുകളയുകയും ചെയ്താൽ, അധിഷ്ഠാനമായ പരമതത്ത്വം—ഒന്നായ മഹത് സത്—ശേഷിക്കുന്നു.

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Academic Translation

By abandoning the five forms, and by relinquishing the form of pride (darpa), the supreme principle—the underlying substratum—remains as the one great Reality (sat).

Verse Context

• Brahman as adhiṣṭhāna (substratum); renunciation of nāma-rūpa and ahaṅkāra
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of identity-statements (e.g., ‘aham brahmāsmi’) by negating superimposed forms and ego-pride to reveal the substratum.
• Rig
• Bāṣkala (Bahvṛca/R̥gvedic tradition; Śrīvidyā-oriented Upaniṣad) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)