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Atma Upanishad: Verse 30

निष्कले निष्क्रिये शान्ते निरवद्ये निरञ्जने । अद्वितीये परे तत्त्वे व्योमवत् कल्पना कुतः ॥ ३० ॥

निष्कले । निष्क्रिये । शान्ते । निरवद्ये । निरञ्जने ।

अद्वितीये । परे । तत्त्वे । व्योम-वत् । कल्पना । कुतः ।

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 30

niṣkale niṣkriye śānte niravadye nirañjane | advitīye pare tattve vyomavat kalpanā kutaḥ || 30 ||

Na suprema Realidade, sem partes, sem ação, pacífica, irrepreensível, imaculada, não-dual — semelhante ao espaço — de onde poderia surgir qualquer imaginação, qualquer construção conceitual?

In the partless, actionless, peaceful, faultless, stainless, non-dual supreme Reality—like space—whence could there be any imagination (conceptual construction)?

niṣkalein the partless
niṣkale:
TypeAdjective
Rootniṣkala- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam; viśeṣaṇa of tattve
niṣkriyein the actionless
niṣkriye:
TypeAdjective
Rootniṣkriya- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam; viśeṣaṇa of tattve
śāntein the peaceful
śānte:
TypeAdjective
Rootśānta- (kṛdanta; √śam)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam; past participle used adjectivally
niravadyein the faultless
niravadye:
TypeAdjective
Rootniravadya- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
nirañjanein the stainless
nirañjane:
TypeAdjective
Rootnirañjana- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
advitīyein the non-dual
advitīye:
TypeAdjective
Rootadvitīya- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
parein the supreme
pare:
TypeAdjective
Rootpara- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
tattvein the Reality
tattve:
TypeNoun
Roottattva- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
vyoma-vatlike space
vyoma-vat:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvyomavat (avyaya; from vyoman-)
Formavyaya (vat)
kalpanāconceptual construction
kalpanā:
TypeNoun
Rootkalpanā- (prātipadika)
Formprathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, strī
kutaḥfrom where?/how could (it be)?
kutaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkutas (avyaya)
Formavyaya (interrogative)
  • vyomavat (as is)
  • no significant external sandhi in this verse
Nirvikalpatva of Brahman; nirguṇa/advitīya nature; ākāśa (space) analogyMahavakya: Directly supports all Mahāvākyas by describing Brahman as non-dual and beyond vikalpa; realization of ‘I am That’ culminates in freedom from kalpanā.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)

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