Brahmavidya Upanishad 36: Verse 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उल्काहस्तो यथालोके द्रव्यमालोक्य तां त्यजेत् । ज्ञानेन ज्ञेयमालोक्य पश्चाज्ज्ञानं परित्यजेत् ॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

उल्का-हस्तः । यथा । लोके । द्रव्यम् । आलोक्य । ताम् । त्यजेत् । ज्ञानेन । ज्ञेयम् । आलोक्य । पश्चात् । ज्ञानम् । परित्यजेत् ॥३६॥

Sanskrit recitationBrahmavidya Upanishad 36

IAST Transliteration

ulkā-hasto yathā loke dravyam ālokya tāṃ tyajet | jñānena jñeyam ālokya paścāj jñānaṃ parityajet ||36||

Translation

ലോകത്തിൽ ഉൽക (ദീപം) കൈയിൽ പിടിച്ചവൻ ഒരു വസ്തുവിനെ പ്രകാശിപ്പിച്ച ശേഷം ആ ദീപം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, ജ്ഞാനത്താൽ ജ്ഞേയത്തെ പ്രകാശിപ്പിച്ച ശേഷം ജ്ഞാനത്തെയും പരിത്യജിക്കണം.

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Academic Translation

Just as, in the world, one holding a torch, having illuminated an object, would then discard that (torch), so too, by knowledge having illuminated the knowable, afterwards one should relinquish even knowledge.

Verse Context

• Jnana leading to aparoksha-anubhava; transcendence of pramana (means of knowledge) after realization
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi): once identity is realized, conceptual knowledge is sublated in immediate being.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)