Atma Upanishad 11: Verse 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनात्मकम् असत् तुच्छं किं नु तस्यावभासकम् । वेदशास्त्रपुराणानि भूतानि सकलान्यपि ॥ येनार्थवन्ति तं किं नु विज्ञातारं प्रकाशयेत् । क्षुधां देहव्यथां त्यक्त्वा बालः क्रीडति वस्तुनि ॥ तथैव विद्वान् रमते निर्ममो निरहं सुखी । कामान् निष्कामरूपी सञ्चरत्येकचरो मुनिः ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अनात्मकम् । असत् । तुच्छम् । किम् । नु । तस्य । अवभासकम् । वेद-शास्त्र-पुराणानि । भूतानि । सकलानि । अपि । येन । अर्थ-वन्ति । तम् । किम् । नु । विज्ञातारम् । प्रकाशयेत् । क्षुधाम् । देह-व्यथाम् । त्यक्त्वा । बालः । क्रीडति । वस्तुनि । तथा । एव । विद्वान् । रमते । निर्ममः । निरहम् । सुखी । कामान् । निष्काम-रूपी । सञ्चरति । एक-चरः । मुनिः ।

Sanskrit recitationAtma Upanishad 11

IAST Transliteration

anātmakam asat tucchaṃ kiṃ nu tasyāvabhāsakam | vedaśāstrapurāṇāni bhūtāni sakalāny api || yena arthavanti taṃ kiṃ nu vijñātāraṃ prakāśayet | kṣudhāṃ dehavyathāṃ tyaktvā bālaḥ krīḍati vastuni || tathaiva vidvān ramate nirmamo nirahaṃ sukhī | kāmān niṣkāmarūpī sañcaraty ekacaro muniḥ ||

Translation

สิ่งที่ไม่ใช่อาตมัน เป็นของไม่จริงและเล็กน้อย—สิ่งนั้นจะส่องสว่างพระอาตมันได้อย่างไร? เวท ศาสตรา ปุราณะ และสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวงย่อมมีความหมายก็ด้วยพระองค์; แล้วใครเล่าจะทำให้ผู้รู้พระอาตมันนั้นปรากฏ? เด็กละความหิวและความเจ็บกายแล้วเล่นกับสิ่งของฉันใด ผู้รู้ก็รื่นรมย์ฉันนั้น—ไร้ความยึดถือ ไร้อหังการ เป็นสุข. ท่ามกลางอารมณ์ทั้งหลาย เขาดำรงรูปแห่งความไร้ปรารถนา และมุนีผู้เดียวดายย่อมจาริกไป.

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Academic Translation

What is non-self, unreal, and trifling—what could illumine That (Self)? The Vedas, śāstras, Purāṇas, and all beings too become meaningful through That; what could make the Knower of that (Self) manifest? Having set aside hunger and bodily pain, a child plays with an object; so too the knower delights—without possessiveness, without ego, happy. Moving among objects, taking the form of desirelessness, the solitary sage wanders.

Verse Context

• Ātman as self-luminous (svayaṃ-prakāśa); jīvanmukti; vairāgya
• Mahavakya: Supports ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by asserting the Self as the self-revealing ground that gives meaning to all pramāṇas and objects; also aligns with ‘prajñānam brahma’ (Brahman as consciousness/knower).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant śloka meter)