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Paingala Upanishad 20 — Verse 20

घटाकाशमिवात्मानं विलयं वेत्ति तत्त्वतः । स गच्छति निरालम्बं ज्ञानालोकं समन्ततः ॥२०॥

घट-आकाशम्-इव । आत्मानम् । विलयम् । वेत्ति । तत्त्वतः । सः । गच्छति । निरालम्बम् । ज्ञान-आलोकम् । समन्ततः ॥२०॥

ghaṭākāśam ivātmānaṃ vilayaṃ vetti tattvataḥ | sa gacchati nirālambaṃ jñānālokaṃ samantataḥ ||20||

ఘటాకాశంలా ఆత్మ యొక్క విలయాన్ని తత్త్వతః తెలిసినవాడు, అన్ని దిశలలో నిరాలంబమైన జ్ఞానాలోకాన్ని పొందుతాడు.

He who truly knows the dissolution of the self like the space in a pot—he attains the supportless (nirālamba) light of knowledge on all sides.

Ātman–Brahman non-difference; upādhi-bheda (apparent limitation) and its negation; nirālamba-jñānaMahavakya: Directly consonant with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ (I am Brahman): pot-space ‘becoming’ vast space illustrates that individuality is only adjunct-based.AtharvaAtharva-veda (Paippalāda tradition; commonly grouped among Atharvaṇic Sannyāsa Upaniṣads) ShakhaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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