Verse 6

Amritbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नैव चिन्त्यं न चाचिन्त्यं न चिन्त्यं चिन्त्यमेव च । पक्षपातविनिर्मुक्तं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

न । एव । चिन्त्यम् । न । च । अचिन्त्यम् । न । चिन्त्यम् । चिन्त्यम् । एव । च । पक्षपात-विनिर्मुक्तम् । ब्रह्म । सम्पद्यते । तदा ।

IAST Transliteration

naiva cintyaṃ na cācintyaṃ na cintyaṃ cintyam eva ca | pakṣapāta-vinirmuktaṃ brahma sampadyate tadā ||6||

Translation

สิ่งนั้นมิใช่สิ่งที่ควรคิด มิใช่สิ่งที่ไม่ควรคิด; มิใช่สิ่งที่คิดได้ และมิใช่เพียงสิ่งที่คิดได้เท่านั้น เมื่อพ้นจากอคติทั้งปวงแล้ว จึงบรรลุพรหมัน

Academic Translation

It is neither to be thought of, nor not to be thought of; it is neither thinkable, nor indeed (merely) thinkable. Then Brahman—free from partiality (all bias)—is attained.

Verse Context

• Brahman beyond conceptualization (nirvikalpatā) and freedom from mental bias (pakṣapāta-tyāga)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ by indicating Brahman is not an object of discursive thought; points toward immediate, non-objectifying knowledge.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (commonly transmitted without a firmly fixed śākhā attribution in the extant tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)