Niralamba Upanishad 33: Verse 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मूढ इति च कर्तृत्वाद्यहङ्कारभावारूढो मूढः ॥३३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मूढः । इति । च । कर्तृत्व-आदि-अहङ्कार-भाव-आरूढः । मूढः ॥

Recitation with translationNiralamba Upanishad 33

IAST Transliteration

mūḍha iti ca kartṛtvādy-ahaṅkāra-bhāvārūḍho mūḍhaḥ ॥33॥

Translation

‘മൂഢൻ’ എന്നു പറയുന്നത്—കർതൃത്വം മുതലായ അഹങ്കാരഭാവത്തിൽ ആരൂഢനായി, അഹം-മമതയിൽ കുടുങ്ങി നിൽക്കുന്നവൻ; അവൻ തന്നെയാണ് മൂഢൻ ॥೩૩॥

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Academic Translation

And ‘deluded’—deluded is one who has mounted (i.e., is entrenched in) the ego-sense such as doership and the like.

Verse Context

• Ahaṅkāra / kartṛtva as avidyā (bondage)
• Mahavakya: Contrasts with ‘तत्त्वमसि’ (Tat tvam asi) and ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ by marking doership-ego as the obstacle to recognizing identity with Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose