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Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 25

कृतं कृत्यं प्रापणीयं प्राप्तमित्येव नित्यशः । व्यवहारो लौकिको वा शास्त्रीयो वान्यथापि वा । ममाकर्तुरलेपस्य यथारब्धं प्रवर्तताम् ॥२४-२५॥

कृतम् । कृत्यम् । प्रापणीयम् । प्राप्तम् । इति । एव । नित्यशः । व्यवहारः । लौकिकः । वा । शास्त्रीयः । वा । अन्यथा-अपि । वा । मम । अकर्तुः । अलेपस्य । यथा-आरब्धम् । प्रवर्तताम् ॥२४-२५॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 25

kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ prāpaṇīyaṃ prāptam ity eva nityaśaḥ | vyavahāro laukiko vā śāstrīyo vānyathāpi vā | mamākartur alepasya yathārabdhaṃ pravartatām ||24-25||

'To, co miało być wykonane, jest wykonane; to, co miało być osiągnięte, zostało osiągnięte' - tak rzeczywiście zawsze. Niech transakcja - światowa, oparta na pismach, lub inna - przebiega zgodnie z tym, co już się rozpoczęło, dla mnie, który jestem nie-sprawcą i nietkniętym.

‘What had to be done is done; what was to be attained is attained’—thus indeed always. Let transaction—worldly or scriptural or otherwise—proceed according to what has already begun, for me who am a non-agent and untouched.

kṛtamdone/accomplished
kṛtam:
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (kṛdanta, √kṛ)
Formnapuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā ekavacana
kṛtyamduty to be done
kṛtyam:
TypeNoun
Rootkṛtya (prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā ekavacana
prāpaṇīyamto be attained
prāpaṇīyam:
TypeAdjective
Rootprāpaṇīya (kṛdanta, √āp with pra-)
Formnapuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā ekavacana; gerundive
prāptamattained
prāptam:
TypeAdjective
Rootprāpta (kṛdanta, pra-√āp)
Formnapuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā ekavacana
itithus
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (avyaya)
Formquotative
evaindeed
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (avyaya)
Formavadhāraṇa
nityaśaḥalways
nityaśaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnityaśas (avyaya)
Formadverb
vyavahāraḥactivity/transaction
vyavahāraḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootvyavahāra (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; prathamā ekavacana
laukikaḥworldly
laukikaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Rootlaukika (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; prathamā ekavacana
vāor
vā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (avyaya)
Formvikalpa
śāstrīyaḥscriptural
śāstrīyaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Rootśāstrīya (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; prathamā ekavacana
vāor
vā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (avyaya)
Formvikalpa
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyathā (avyaya)
Formadverb
apialso
api:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (avyaya)
Formsamuccaya
vāor
vā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (avyaya)
Formvikalpa
mamaof me
mama:
TypeNoun
Rootmad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formṣaṣṭhī ekavacana
akartuḥof the non-doer
akartuḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootakartṛ (prātipadika; a- + kartṛ from √kṛ)
Formpuṃliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī ekavacana
alepasyaof the untainted
alepasya:
TypeAdjective
Rootalepa (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī ekavacana
yathā-ārabdhamas already begun
yathā-ārabdham:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (avyaya) + ārabdha (kṛdanta, √rabh)
Formavyayībhāva (adverbial)
pravartatāmlet it continue
pravartatām:
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vṛt
Formloṭ; ātmanepada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana
  • Same as Avadhuta.24 (duplicate verse): prāptamityeva = prāptam iti eva
  • vānyathāpi = vā anyathā api
  • mamākarturaleपस्य = mama akartuḥ alepasya
  • yathārabdham = yathā ārabdham
Jīvanmukti: fulfillment (pūrṇatā) with continued prārabdha-based appearance of actionMahavakya: Reinforces ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)’ in lived form: the ‘I’ is actionless Brahman; actions belong only to the apparent instrument.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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