Paingala Upanishad 25 — Verse 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहं ब्रह्मेति नियतं मोक्षहेतुर्महात्मनाम्। द्वे पदे बन्धमोक्षाय न ममेति ममेति च॥२५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अहम् । ब्रह्म । इति । नियतम् । मोक्ष-हेतुः । महात्मनाम् । द्वे । पदे । बन्ध-मोक्षाय । न । मम । इति । मम । इति । च ॥२५॥

IAST Transliteration

ahaṃ brahmeti niyataṃ mokṣa-hetur mahātmanām | dve pade bandha-mokṣāya na mameti mameti ca ||25||

Translation

മഹാത്മാക്കൾക്ക് മോക്ഷത്തിന്റെ നിശ്ചിത ഹേതു ‘അഹം ബ്രഹ്മാസ്മി’ എന്ന ജ്ഞാനമാണ്. ബന്ധനത്തിനും മോചനത്തിനും രണ്ടു പദങ്ങൾ: ‘ന മമ’ (എന്നതല്ല) എന്നും ‘മമ’ (എന്നത്) എന്നും.

Academic Translation

The fixed (certain) cause of liberation for the great-souled is (the knowledge) “I am Brahman.” For bondage and liberation there are two words: “not mine” and “mine.”

Verse Context

• Moksha through Brahma-jnana; mamakara (mine-ness) as bondage
• Mahavakya: Directly aligns with the Mahāvākya “अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)” (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, Yajurveda); Paingala reiterates its liberating import.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)