Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 22
विरलत्वं व्यवहृतेरिष्टं चेद्ध्यानमस्तु ते । बाधिकर्मव्यवहृतिं पश्यन्ध्यायाम्यहं कुतः ॥२२॥
विरलत्वम् । व्यवहृतेः । इष्टम् । चेत् । ध्यानम् । अस्तु । ते । बाधि-कर्म-व्यवहृतिम् । पश्यन् । ध्यायामि । अहम् । कुतः ॥२२॥
viralattvaṃ vyavahṛter iṣṭaṃ ced dhyānam astu te | bādhikarmavyavahṛtiṃ paśyan dhyāyāmy ahaṃ kutaḥ ||22||
Jika engkau menginginkan penipisan perbuatan, maka bermeditasilah. Tetapi aku—melihat segala urusan karma sebagai telah disublasikan—bagaimana mungkin aku bermeditasi?
If you desire the thinning out of activity, let there be meditation for you. But I—seeing the transactional activity of karma as sublated—how could I meditate?
- ceddhyānam = cet dhyānam
- bādhikarmavyavahṛtiṃ = bādhi-karma-vyavahṛtim
- paśandhyāyāmi = paśyan dhyāyāmi
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Bādhita-vyavahāra (sublation of transaction) and the jñānī’s absence of doership
- The mahavakyas
- Echoes ‘तत् त्वम् असि (tat tvam asi)’: once identity with Brahman is known, the agent-meditator notion is sublated; practices remain only as provisional aids for seekers.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Distinguishes sādhanā (for purification/quieting) from siddha-jñāna (where practice is not owned); encourages meditation as upāya for those still seeking reduction of rajas/vikṣepa.
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