Verse 26

Brahmavidya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हंसविद्यामृते लोके नास्ति नित्यत्वसाधनम् । यो ददाति महाविद्यां हंसाख्यां पारमेश्वरीम् ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

हंस-विद्या-ऋते । लोके । न । अस्ति । नित्यत्व-साधनम् । यः । ददाति । महा-विद्याम् । हंस-आख्याम् । पारम-ईश्वरीम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

haṃsavidyāmṛte loke nāsti nityatvasādhanam | yo dadāti mahāvidyāṃ haṃsākhyāṃ pārameśvarīm ||

Translation

ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ ഹംസവിദ്യയെ ഒഴികെ നിത്യത്ത്വസാക്ഷാത്കാരത്തിനുള്ള മറ്റൊരു ഉപായവും ഇല്ല. പരമേശ്വരീസ്വരൂപമായ, പരമവും ദിവ്യവുമായ ‘ഹംസ’ എന്ന മഹാവിദ്യയെ യാർ നൽകുന്നുവോ—

Academic Translation

In the world, apart from the Haṃsa-knowledge, there is no means for attaining (realizing) eternality. He who bestows the great knowledge called ‘Haṃsa’, which is supreme and divine—

Verse Context

• Moksha (nityatva) through Brahmavidyā; Guru-śiṣya transmission
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by presenting a direct means (vidyā) to realize the Self as the Eternal; not a direct quotation of a Mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style, post-Vedic Sanskrit)