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Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 23

विक्षेपो नास्ति यस्मान्मे न समाधिस्ततो मम । विक्षेपो वा समाधिर्वा मनसः स्याद्विकारिणः । नित्यानुभवरूपस्य को मेऽत्रानुभवः पृथक् ॥२३॥

विक्षेपः । न । अस्ति । यस्मात् । मे । न । समाधिः । ततः । मम । विक्षेपः । वा । समाधिः । वा । मनसः । स्यात् । विकारिणः । नित्य-अनुभव-रूपस्य । कः । मे । अत्र । अनुभवः । पृथक् ॥२३॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 23

vikṣepo nāsti yasmān me na samādhis tato mama | vikṣepo vā samādhir vā manasaḥ syād vikāriṇaḥ | nityānubhavarūpasya ko me 'trānubhavaḥ pṛthak ||23||

నాకు విక్షేపం లేదు కాబట్టి నాకు సమాధి కూడా లేదు. విక్షేపమో సమాధియో వికారమయ్యే మనస్సుకే చెందుతాయి. నేను నిత్యానుభవస్వరూపుడను; ఇక్కడ నాకు వేరే ‘అనుభవం’ ఏముంటుంది?

Since there is no distraction for me, therefore there is no samādhi for me. Distraction or samādhi would belong to the mind, which is subject to modification. For me, whose nature is eternal experience, what separate ‘experience’ could there be here?

Sākṣin/Ātman as nitya-anubhava (ever-present consciousness) beyond mental statesMahavakya: Resonates with ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (prajñānaṃ brahma)’: consciousness itself is Brahman, not a state attained; samādhi is a mind-state, while the Self is constant awareness.AtharvaChandas: Mixed śloka style (predominantly Anuṣṭubh cadence; transmitted as metrical verse rather than strict Vedic meter)

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