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Atma Upanishad 30: Verse 30

निष्कले निष्क्रिये शान्ते निरवद्ये निरञ्जने । अद्वितीये परे तत्त्वे व्योमवत् कल्पना कुतः ॥ ३० ॥

निष्कले । निष्क्रिये । शान्ते । निरवद्ये । निरञ्जने ।

अद्वितीये । परे । तत्त्वे । व्योम-वत् । कल्पना । कुतः ।

Sanskrit recitationAtma Upanishad 30

niṣkale niṣkriye śānte niravadye nirañjane | advitīye pare tattve vyomavat kalpanā kutaḥ || 30 ||

ในสภาวะสูงสุดอันเป็นหนึ่งเดียว ไร้ส่วน ไร้การกระทำ สงบ ปราศจากโทษ ปราศจากมลทิน และไม่เป็นทวิภาวะ—ดุจอากาศ—จะมีที่มาของการปรุงแต่งด้วยมโนภาพ (กัลปนา) ได้จากที่ใดเล่า?

In the partless, actionless, peaceful, faultless, stainless, non-dual supreme Reality—like space—whence could there be any imagination (conceptual construction)?

Nirvikalpatva of Brahman; nirguṇa/advitīya nature; ākāśa (space) analogyMahavakya: Directly supports all Mahāvākyas by describing Brahman as non-dual and beyond vikalpa; realization of ‘I am That’ culminates in freedom from kalpanā.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)

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