Verse 28

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रिपौ बद्धे स्वदेहे च समैकात्म्यं प्रपश्यतः । विवेकिनः कुतः कोपः स्वदेहावयवेष्विव ॥२८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

रिपौ । बद्धे । स्व-देहे । च । सम-एक-आत्म्यम् । प्रपश्यतः । विवेकिनः । कुतः । कोपः । स्व-देह-अवयवेषु । इव ॥२८॥

IAST Transliteration

ripau baddhe svadehe ca samaikātmyam prapaśyataḥ | vivekinaḥ kutaḥ kopaḥ svadehāvayaveṣv iva ||28||

Translation

ਜੋ ਵਿਵੇਕੀ ਸ਼ਤਰੂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਦੇਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕੋ ਆਤਮ-ਏਕਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਾਨ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਫ਼ ਵੇਖਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਕਿੱਥੋਂ ਹੋਵੇ? ਜਿਵੇਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਦੇਹ ਦੇ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ।

Academic Translation

For the discriminating one who clearly perceives the same oneness of Self in an enemy and in one’s own body, whence could there be anger—just as (there is no anger) toward the limbs of one’s own body?

Verse Context

• Atman (samaikātmyadarśana)
• Mahavakya: Supports the import of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ and ‘tat tvam asi’ by extending Self-identity to all beings; not a direct mahāvākya citation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyin) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)