Verse 31

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शिष्य इति च विद्याध्वस्तप्रपञ्चावगाहितज्ञानावशिष्टं ब्रह्मैव शिष्यः ॥३१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

शिष्यः । इति । च । विद्या-ध्वस्त-प्रपञ्च-अवगाहित-ज्ञान-अवशिष्टम् । ब्रह्म । एव । शिष्यः ॥

IAST Transliteration

śiṣya iti ca vidyā-dhvasta-prapañcāvagāhita-jñānāvaśiṣṭaṃ brahmaiva śiṣyaḥ ॥31॥

Translation

‘ശിഷ്യൻ’ എന്നു പറയുന്നത്—വിദ്യയാൽ പ്രപഞ്ചബോധം ലയിച്ചു, ജ്ഞാനം പ്രപഞ്ചത്തെ ഭേദിച്ചു കടന്നതിനാൽ, അവസാനം അവശേഷിക്കുന്നത് ബ്രഹ്മം മാത്രമായിരിക്കുന്നവൻ; അവൻ തന്നെയാണ് ശിഷ്യൻ ॥೩૧॥

Academic Translation

And ‘disciple’—that (one) in whom, through knowledge that has penetrated the phenomenal world and dissolved it, what remains is Brahman alone—he indeed is the disciple.

Verse Context

• Moksha (jñāna-nivṛtti of prapañca; Brahma-niṣṭhā)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi): the disciple is defined as one established in Brahman alone after sublation of prapañca.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose