Atma Upanishad: 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 ।
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)?
- vyomavat (as is)
- no significant external sandhi in this verse
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Nirvikalpatva of Brahman; nirguṇa/advitīya nature; ākāśa (space) analogy
- The mahavakyas
- Directly supports all Mahāvākyas by describing Brahman as non-dual and beyond vikalpa; realization of ‘I am That’ culminates in freedom from kalpanā.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)
Yoga and practice
Samādhi-oriented contemplation: abide in the ‘space-like’ witness; let vikalpas subside; practice śama (tranquility) and dhyāna on the attributeless (nirguṇa) Self.
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