Verse 15

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुखमिति च सच्चिदानन्दस्वरूपं ज्ञात्वा आनन्दरूपा या स्थितिः सैव सुखम् ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सुखम् इति च । सत्-चित्-आनन्द-स्वरूपम् । ज्ञात्वा । आनन्द-रूपा । या स्थितिः । सा एव । सुखम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

sukham iti ca sacchidānandasvarūpaṃ jñātvā ānandarūpā yā sthitiḥ saiva sukham ||15||

Translation

‘ਸੁਖ’ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ—ਸਤ੍-ਚਿਤ੍-ਆਨੰਦ ਸਰੂਪ ਤੱਤ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣ ਕੇ (ਸਾਖਸ਼ਾਤ ਕਰ ਕੇ) ਜੋ ਆਨੰਦ-ਸਰੂਪੀ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਠਹਿਰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹੀ ਸੁਖ ਹੈ ॥੧੫॥

Academic Translation

‘Happiness’—so (it is said)—is that state which is of the nature of bliss, having known (realized) the essence whose nature is being, consciousness, and bliss (sat-cit-ānanda).

Verse Context

• Ānanda as Brahman/Ātman-svarūpa; sukha as abiding (sthiti) in realized sat-cit-ānanda
• Mahavakya: Echoes ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ and supports ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ insofar as realizing Brahman as consciousness entails abiding as ānanda; aligns with Upaniṣadic ānanda-doctrine (ānanda as intrinsic, not object-derived).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose