Verse 19

Kaivalya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रिषु धामसु यद्भोग्यं भोक्ता भोगश्च यद्भवेत् ।

तेभ्यो विलक्षणः साक्षी चिन्मात्रोऽहं सदाशिवः ॥

मय्येव सकलं जातं मयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।

मयि सर्वं लयं याति तद्ब्रह्माद्वयमस्म्यहम् ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

त्रिषु । धामसु । यत्-भोग्यम् । भोक्ता । भोगः । च । यत् । भवेत् ।

तेभ्यः । विलक्षणः । साक्षी । चित्-मात्रः । अहम् । सदाशिवः ।

मयि । एव । सकलम् । जातम् । मयि । सर्वम् । प्रतिष्ठितम् ।

मयि । सर्वम् । लयम् । याति । तत् । ब्रह्म । अद्वयम् । अस्मि । अहम् ।

IAST Transliteration

triṣu dhāmasu yadbhogyaṃ bhoktā bhogaś ca yadbhavet |

tebhyo vilakṣaṇaḥ sākṣī cinmātro ’haṃ sadāśivaḥ ||

mayy eva sakalaṃ jātaṃ mayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam |

mayi sarvaṃ layaṃ yāti tad brahmādvayam asmy aham ||

Translation

മൂന്നു ധാമങ്ങളിൽ (ജാഗ്രത്–സ്വപ്ന–സുഷുപ്തി) ഭോഗ്യവും ഭോക്താവും ഭോഗവും ആയി പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുന്നതെല്ലാം നിന്നു ഞാൻ വ്യത്യസ്തൻ—സാക്ഷി, ചിന്മാത്ര; ഞാൻ സദാശിവൻ. എന്നിൽ തന്നെയാണ് സകലവും ജനിക്കുന്നത്; എന്നിൽ എല്ലാം സ്ഥാപിതം; എന്നിൽ തന്നെയാണ് എല്ലാം ലയിക്കുന്നത്. ഞാൻ അതേ അദ്വയ ബ്രഹ്മം തന്നേ.

Academic Translation

Whatever may be the object of enjoyment, the enjoyer, and the enjoyment in the three abodes (states)—from them I am distinct: the Witness, pure consciousness; I am Sadāśiva. In me alone all this is born; in me all is established; in me all goes to dissolution. I am that non-dual Brahman.

Verse Context

• Sākṣī-caitanya (witness-consciousness) and non-dual Brahman as the substratum of the three states
• Mahavakya: Supports ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ (Bṛhadāraṇyaka) through explicit self-identification with non-dual Brahman; also aligns with ‘Tat tvam asi’ by equating the inner witness with Brahman.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; commonly transmitted in Śaiva-Advaita recensions; specific śākhā attribution not firmly established in critical scholarship) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style; Upaniṣadic metrical verse)