Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवार्चनस्नानशौचभिक्षादौ वर्ततां वपुः । तारं जपतु वाक् तद्वत् पठत्वाम्नायमस्तकम् ॥२७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

देव-अर्चन-स्नान-शौच-भिक्षा-आदौ । वर्तताम् । वपुः । तारम् । जपतु । वाक् । तद्वत् । पठतु । आम्नाय-मस्तकम् ॥२७॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 27

IAST Transliteration

devārcanasnānaśaucabhikṣādau vartatāṃ vapuḥ | tāraṃ japatu vāk tadvat paṭhatvāmnāyamastakam ||27||

Translation

Biarlah tubuh melakukan pemujaan para dewa, mandi, penyucian, mengemis sedekah, dan seumpamanya. Biarlah ucapan menjapa mantra Tāraka; demikian juga, biarlah ia melafazkan inti mahkota Veda.

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Academic Translation

Let the body engage in worship of the gods, bathing, purity, alms-begging, and the like. Let speech repeat the Tāraka (mantra); likewise, let it recite the crest of the Veda (the essential teaching).

Word by Word

• devārcana-snāna-śauca-bhikṣā-ādau: in (acts like) deity-worship, bathing, cleanliness, alms, etc.
• Type: Noun
• Root: devārcana + snāna + śauca + bhikṣā + ādi (puṃ./n.)
• Form: locative singular (ādau); samāhāra-dvandva with ādi; 'in worship of gods, bathing, purity, alms, etc.'

• vartatām: let it engage / let it remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (dhātu)
• Form: imperative, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada (vidhi-liṅ/loṭ)

• vapuḥ: the body
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapus (n.)
• Form: nominative singular neuter

• tāram: the Tāraka (Oṃ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāra (puṃ.)
• Form: accusative singular masculine

• japatu: let it repeat (mutter)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (dhātu)
• Form: imperative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• vāk: speech
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (strī.)
• Form: nominative singular feminine

• tadvat: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; 'in that manner'

• paṭhatu: let it recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (dhātu)
• Form: imperative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• āmnāya-mastakam: the crest/essence of the Vedic tradition
• Type: Noun
• Root: āmnāya + mastaka (n.)
• Form: accusative singular neuter; 'āmnāyasya mastakam'

Sandhi Notes

• bhikṣādau = bhikṣā + ādau (ā+a→ā)
• paṭhatvāmnāyamastakam (IAST) resolved as paṭhatu + āmnāya-mastakam (u+ā→vā by external sandhi in transmission)

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva with functional embodiment; nāma-japa and śravaṇa as supports while abiding as sākṣin
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports ‘तत् त्वम् असि’/‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ by separating instruments (body/speech) from the Self; practice continues at the level of upādhi while identity is Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)