Verse 16

Avadhuta

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्याचक्षतां ते शास्त्राणि वेदानध्यापयन्तु वा । येऽत्राधिकारिणो मे तु नाधिकारोऽक्रियत्वतः ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

व्याचक्षताम् । ते । शास्त्राणि । वेदान् । अध्यापयन्तु । वा । ये । अत्र । अधिकारिणः । मे । तु । न । अधिकारः । अक्रियत्वतः ॥१६॥

IAST Transliteration

vyācakṣatāṃ te śāstrāṇi vedān adhyāpayantu vā | ye 'trādhikāriṇo me tu nādhikāro 'kriyatvataḥ ||16||

Translation

ਇੱਥੇ ਜੋ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ ਹਨ ਉਹ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਵੇਦਾਂ ਦੀ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਈ ਕਰਾਉਣ। ਪਰ ਮੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਅਕਰਤਾ ਹਾਂ—ਕਿਰਿਆ-ਰਹਿਤ।

Academic Translation

Let them expound the treatises, or even teach the Vedas—those who are qualified for that here. But for me there is no such entitlement, because of (my) non-agency/non-performance of action.

Verse Context

• Akartṛtva (non-doership) / Ātman as actionless witness
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of "ahaṃ brahmāsmi" by negating doership in the realized Self (indirect relation).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)