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

‘ग्राह्यम्’ इति—देशकालवस्तुपरिच्छेदरहितं चिन्मात्रस्वरूपमेव यत्, तदेव परमार्थतो ग्राह्यम् ॥३७॥

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