Verse 37

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ग्राह्यमिति च देशकालवस्तुपरिच्छेदराहित्यचिन्मात्रस्वरूपं ग्राह्यम् ॥३७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ग्राह्यम् इति च । देश-काल-वस्तु-परिच्छेद-राहित्य-चिन्मात्र-स्वरूपम् । ग्राह्यम् ॥३७॥

IAST Transliteration

grāhyam iti ca deśa-kāla-vastu-pariccheda-rāhitya-cinmātra-svarūpaṃ grāhyam ||37||

Translation

«Постижимое» — то, что по своей природе есть лишь чистое Сознание, свободное от ограничений местом, временем и объектом; это и есть подлинно постижимое.

Academic Translation

‘Graspable’—that which is of the nature of pure consciousness alone, devoid of limitation by place, time, and object, is (truly) graspable.

Verse Context

• Brahman/Ātman as pure consciousness (cinmātra) beyond deśa-kāla-vastu limitations
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of identity-statements (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’, ‘tat tvam asi’) by defining the ‘graspable’ as non-limited consciousness rather than an object.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose