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Atma Upanishad: Verse 25

ब्रह्मभावं प्रपद्यैष यतिर्नावर्तते पुनः । सदात्मकत्वविज्ञानदग्धा विद्यादिवर्ष्मणः ॥२५॥

ब्रह्म-भावम् । प्रपद्य । एषः । यतिः । न । आवर्तते । पुनः । सत्-आत्मकत्व-विज्ञान-दग्धाः । विद्या-आदि-वर्ष्मणः ॥२५॥

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 25

brahmabhāvaṃ prapadya eṣa yatir nāvartate punaḥ | sadātmakatvavijñānadagdhā vidyādivarṣmaṇaḥ ||25||

Setelah mencapai keadaan Brahman, pertapa ini tidak kembali lagi; segala ‘tubuh’ yang terbina daripada kejahilan dan seumpamanya hangus oleh pengetahuan bahawa hakikat dirinya ialah Ada (sat).

Having attained the state of Brahman, this renunciant does not return again; the bodies (varṣman) constituted by ignorance and the rest are burnt by the knowledge that one’s nature is Being (sat).

ब्रह्म-भावम्the state/identity of Brahman
ब्रह्म-भावम्:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन
प्रपद्यhaving attained/entered
प्रपद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+√पद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव); absolutive/gerund
एषःthis
एषः:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
यतिःthe renunciate
यतिः:
TypeNoun
Rootयति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
आवर्ततेreturns (to samsara)
आवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootआ+√वृत् (धातु)
Formलट्; आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
सद्-आत्मकत्व-विज्ञान-दग्धाःburnt up by the knowledge of identity with the Real
सद्-आत्मकत्व-विज्ञान-दग्धाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मकत्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + दग्ध (कृदन्त; √दह्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (यतेः/यतेः उपाधीनां विशेषणरूपेण)
विद्या-आदि-वर्ष्मणःof the mass of (ignorance and) the rest such as knowledge etc. (i.e., adjuncts)
विद्या-आदि-वर्ष्मणः:
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (सम्बन्धे)
  • ब्रह्मभावं → ब्रह्म-भावम्. प्रपद्यैष → प्रपद्य + एषः. नापरः not present here
  • nāvartate → न + आवर्तते. सदात्मकत्वविज्ञानदग्धा → सत्-आत्मकत्व-विज्ञान-दग्धाः (त् + आ → दा; internal sandhi; final form shows plural -आः). विद्यादिवर्ष्मणः → विद्या-आदि-वर्ष्मणः (आदि-समास; दीर्घसन्धि)
Mokṣa as non-return (apunarāvṛtti); jñāna as destroyer of avidyāMahavakya: Directly resonates with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ and ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ insofar as liberating knowledge burns ignorance and ends saṃsāra.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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