Verse 1

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शास्त्राण्यधीत्य मेधावी अभ्यस्य च पुनः पुनः ।

परं ब्रह्म विज्ञाय उल्कावत्तान्यथोत्सृजेत् ॥१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

शास्त्राणि । अधीत्य । मेधावी । अभ्यस्य । च । पुनः । पुनः ।

परम् । ब्रह्म । विज्ञाय । उल्का-वत् । तानि । अथ । उत्सृजेत् ॥१॥

IAST Transliteration

śāstrāṇy adhītya medhāvī abhyasya ca punaḥ punaḥ |

paraṃ brahma vijñāya ulkāvat tāny athotsṛjet ||1||

Translation

ကျမ်းစာများကို လေ့လာပြီး ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ လေ့ကျင့်ကာ၊ ပညာရှိသည် အမြင့်ဆုံး ဘြဟ္မကို သိမြင်ပြီးနောက်၊ ထိုကျမ်းစာတို့ကို မီးတုတ်ကဲ့သို့ စွန့်ပစ်သင့်သည်။

Academic Translation

Having studied the treatises and practiced them again and again, the intelligent one—having realized the Supreme Brahman—should then cast those (treatises) aside, like a firebrand.

Verse Context

• Brahman-jñāna and the transcendence of scriptural means (śāstra as upāya)
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports mahāvākya-based realization (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) by emphasizing direct knowledge beyond textual dependence.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)