Verse 27

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न पाणिपादचपलो न नेत्रचपलो यतिः । न च वाक्चपलश्चैव ब्रह्मभूतो जितेन्द्रियः ॥२७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

न । पाणि-पाद-चपलः । न । नेत्र-चपलः । यतिः । न । च । वाक्-चपलः । च । एव । ब्रह्म-भूतः । जित-इन्द्रियः ॥२७॥

IAST Transliteration

na pāṇipādacapalo na netracapalo yatiḥ | na ca vākcapalaś caiva brahmabhūto jitendriyaḥ ||27||

Translation

ଯତି ହାତପାଦରେ ଚପଳ ନୁହେଁ, ନେତ୍ରରେ ଚପଳ ନୁହେଁ, ଓ ବାଣୀରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଚପଳ ନୁହେଁ; ବ୍ରହ୍ମଭୂତ ହୋଇ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟଜୟୀ ହୁଏ।

Academic Translation

A renunciant is not fickle in hands and feet, not fickle in the eyes, and not fickle in speech; having become Brahman, he is one who has conquered the senses.

Verse Context

• Jitendriyatā (sense-mastery) and Brahma-bhāva (abidance as Brahman)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: ‘brahmabhūtaḥ’ resonates with mahāvākya realization (identity with Brahman), especially the lived import of ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’; not a direct mahāvākya quotation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)