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Atma Upanishad: Verse 31

न निरोधो न चोत्पत्तिर्न बद्धो न च साधकः । न मुमुक्षुर्न वै मुक्त इत्येषा परमार्थता ॥३१॥

न । निरोधः । न । च । उत्पत्तिः । न । बद्धः । न । च । साधकः । न । मुमुक्षुः । न । वै । मुक्तः । इति । एषा । परमार्थता ।

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 31

na nirodho na cotpattir na baddho na ca sādhakaḥ | na mumukṣur na vai mukta ity eṣā paramārthatā ||31||

न निरोधो न चोत्पत्तिः; न बद्धो न च साधकः। न मुमुक्षुः न वै मुक्तः—इत्येषा परमार्थता॥

There is no cessation, nor indeed origination; none is bound, nor is there a practitioner. There is no seeker of liberation, nor indeed anyone liberated—this is the highest truth (ultimate reality).

Ajātivāda (non-origination) and paramārtha-sattā (ultimate reality) in Advaita VedāntaMahavakya: Supports the import of identity taught by mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’, ‘तत्त्वमसि’) by negating all transactional distinctions of bound/seeker/liberated at the paramārtha level.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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