Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुःखिनोऽज्ञाः संसरन्तु कामं पुत्राद्यपेक्षया । परमानन्दपूर्णोऽहं संसरामि किमिच्छया॥१४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

दुःखिनः । अज्ञाः । संसरन्तु । कामम् । पुत्र-आदि-अपेक्षया । परमानन्द-पूर्णः । अहम् । संसरामि । किम् । इच्छया ॥१४॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 14

IAST Transliteration

duḥkhino'jñāḥ saṃsarantu kāmaṃ putrādyapekṣayā | paramānandapūrṇo'ham saṃsarāmi kim icchayā ||14||

Translation

Biarlah orang jahil yang menderita mengembara dalam saṃsāra sesuka hati, bergantung pada anak dan seumpamanya. Aku penuh dengan kebahagiaan tertinggi—dengan keinginan apa aku harus mengembara?

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Academic Translation

Let the suffering ignorant ones wander in saṃsāra as they please, dependent on sons and the like. I am full of supreme bliss—by what desire should I wander in saṃsāra?

Verse Context

• Pūrṇatva (fullness) of Ātman; vairāgya; saṃsāra as desire-driven
• Mahavakya: Echoes ‘अयमात्मा ब्रह्म’ / ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’: the Self as bliss-full (ānanda-svarūpa) leaves no motive for saṃsāric pursuit.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)