Verse 12

Kaivalya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स एव मायापरिमोहितात्मा शरीरमास्थाय करोति सर्वम् ।

स्त्र्यन्नपानादिविचित्रभोगैः स एव जाग्रत्परितृप्तिमेति ॥१२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सः एव माया-परिमोहित-आत्मा । शरीरम् आस्थाय करोति सर्वम् ।

स्त्री-अन्न-पान-आदि-विचित्र-भोगैः । सः एव जाग्रत्-परितृप्तिम् एति ॥१२॥

IAST Transliteration

sa eva māyāparimohitātmā śarīram āsthāya karoti sarvam |

strī-annapānādivicitrabhogaiḥ sa eva jāgrat-paritṛptim eti ||12||

Translation

அதே ஆத்மா மாயையால் மயங்கித் தேகத்தை ஆதாரமாகக் கொண்டு அனைத்தையும் செய்கிறது; பெண், உணவு, பானம் முதலிய பலவகை போகங்களால் அதுவே விழிப்புநிலையில் திருப்தியை அடைகிறது.

Academic Translation

That very Self, deluded by māyā, taking hold of the body, performs everything; and by the various enjoyments of woman, food, drink, and the like, that very one attains satisfaction in the waking state.

Verse Context

• Māyā/avidyā causing dehābhimāna (body-identification), kartṛtva-bhoktṛtva (doership/enjoyership), and saṃsāra
• Mahavakya: Contrasts with the mahāvākya purport: when ‘I’ is taken as body-mind under māyā, one is a doer/enjoyer; when ‘I’ is known as Brahman (Aham brahmāsmi / Tat tvam asi), this delusion is sublated.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; śākhā attribution not firmly fixed in extant recensions) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)