Verse 19

Avadhuta

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विपर्यस्तो निदिध्यासे किं ध्यानमविपर्यये । देहात्मत्वविपर्यासं न कदाचिद्भजाम्यहम् ॥१९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विपर्यस्तः । निदिध्यासे । किम् । ध्यानम् । अविपर्यये । देह-आत्मत्व-विपर्यासम् । न । कदाचित् । भजामि । अहम् ॥१९॥

IAST Transliteration

viparyasto nididhyāse kiṃ dhyānam aviparyaye | dehātmatvaviparyāsaṃ na kadācid bhajāmy aham ||19||

Translation

ਜੋ ਉਲਟ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ ਉਹ ਨਿਦਿਧਿਆਸਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਜੋ ਅਉਲਟ ਨਹੀਂ, ਉਸ ਲਈ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੀ? ਦੇਹ ਨੂੰ ਆਤਮਾ ਮੰਨਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਦੇਹਾਤਮ-ਵਿਪਰਿਆਸ ਮੈਂ ਕਦੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਅਪਣਾਂਦਾ।

Academic Translation

One who is inverted (in error) engages in nididhyāsana; what meditation is there for one who is not inverted? I never resort to the inversion of taking the body as the Self.

Verse Context

• Viparyaya (error) / dehātma-buddhi negation; culmination beyond practice
• Mahavakya: Directly supports mahāvākya assimilation by rejecting dehātmatva, a primary obstacle to "ahaṃ brahmāsmi" (indirect relation).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)