Atma Upanishad: Verse 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्मभावं प्रपद्यैष यतिर्नावर्तते पुनः । सदात्मकत्वविज्ञानदग्धा विद्यादिवर्ष्मणः ॥२५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ब्रह्म-भावम् । प्रपद्य । एषः । यतिः । न । आवर्तते । पुनः । सत्-आत्मकत्व-विज्ञान-दग्धाः । विद्या-आदि-वर्ष्मणः ॥२५॥

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 25

IAST Transliteration

brahmabhāvaṃ prapadya eṣa yatir nāvartate punaḥ | sadātmakatvavijñānadagdhā vidyādivarṣmaṇaḥ ||25||

Translation

ब्रह्मभावं प्रपद्यैष यतिर्नावर्तते पुनः। सदात्मकत्वविज्ञानदग्धा अविद्यादिवर्ष्मणः॥

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Academic Translation

Having attained the state of Brahman, this renunciant does not return again; the bodies (varṣman) constituted by ignorance and the rest are burnt by the knowledge that one’s nature is Being (sat).

Verse Context

• Mokṣa as non-return (apunarāvṛtti); jñāna as destroyer of avidyā
• Mahavakya: Directly resonates with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ and ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ insofar as liberating knowledge burns ignorance and ends saṃsāra.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)