Verse 31

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शिष्य इति च विद्याध्वस्तप्रपञ्चावगाहितज्ञानावशिष्टं ब्रह्मैव शिष्यः ॥३१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

शिष्यः । इति । च । विद्या-ध्वस्त-प्रपञ्च-अवगाहित-ज्ञान-अवशिष्टम् । ब्रह्म । एव । शिष्यः ॥

IAST Transliteration

śiṣya iti ca vidyā-dhvasta-prapañcāvagāhita-jñānāvaśiṣṭaṃ brahmaiva śiṣyaḥ ॥31॥

Translation

‘ଶିଷ୍ୟ’ ବୋଲି—ଯାହାରେ ବିଦ୍ୟାଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରପଞ୍ଚ ଧ୍ୱଂସିତ ହୋଇ, ଜ୍ଞାନ ପ୍ରପଞ୍ଚକୁ ଭେଦି ପ୍ରବେଶ କରିଛି; ଶେଷରେ ଅବଶେଷ କେବଳ ବ୍ରହ୍ମ ମାତ୍ର—ସେଇ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଶିଷ୍ୟ ॥୩୧॥

Academic Translation

And ‘disciple’—that (one) in whom, through knowledge that has penetrated the phenomenal world and dissolved it, what remains is Brahman alone—he indeed is the disciple.

Verse Context

• Moksha (jñāna-nivṛtti of prapañca; Brahma-niṣṭhā)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi): the disciple is defined as one established in Brahman alone after sublation of prapañca.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose