Verse 22

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पाशं छित्त्वा यथा हंसो निर्विशङ्कं खमुत्क्रमेत् । छिन्नपाशस्तथा जीवः संसारं तरते सदा ॥२२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

पाशम् । छित्त्वा । यथा । हंसः । निर्विशङ्कम् । खम् । उत्क्रमेत् । छिन्न-पाशः । तथा । जीवः । संसारम् । तरते । सदा ।

IAST Transliteration

pāśaṃ chittvā yathā haṃso nirviśaṅkaṃ khamutkramet | chinnapāśastathā jīvaḥ saṃsāraṃ tarate sadā ||22||

Translation

ପାଶକୁ ଛେଦି, ଯେପରି ହଂସ ନିର୍ଭୟ ହୋଇ ଆକାଶକୁ ଉତ୍କ୍ରମଣ କରେ, ସେପରି ପାଶଛିନ୍ନ ଜୀବ ସଦା ସଂସାରକୁ ତରିଯାଏ।

Academic Translation

Having cut the noose, just as a haṃsa (swan) would ascend into the sky without fear, so the individual self, with its bonds cut, ever crosses over saṃsāra.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation through cutting bondage/avidyā)
• Mahavakya: Implicitly supports identity-teaching (Atman free of bondage); aligns in spirit with ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by implying the jīva’s essential freedom once upādhis are removed.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)