Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विष्णुं ध्यायतु धीः यद्वा ब्रह्मानन्दे विलीयताम् । साक्ष्यहं किंचिदप्यत्र न कुर्वे नापि कारये ॥२८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विष्णुम् । ध्यायतु । धीः । यद्वा । ब्रह्म-आनन्दे । विलीयताम् । साक्षी । अहम् । किञ्चित् । अपि । अत्र । न । कुर्वे । न । अपि । कारये ॥२८॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 28

IAST Transliteration

viṣṇuṃ dhyāyatu dhīr yadvā brahmānande vilīyatām | sākṣy ahaṃ kiṃcid apy atra na kurve nāpi kāraye ||28||

Translation

ให้ปัญญาเพ่งภาวนาต่อพระวิษณุ หรือมิฉะนั้นให้ละลายเข้าสู่ความปีติสุขแห่งพรหมัน เราเป็นสักขีพยาน; ณ ที่นี้เราไม่กระทำสิ่งใดเลย และไม่ชักนำให้ผู้อื่นกระทำด้วย

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Academic Translation

Let the intellect meditate on Viṣṇu; or else let it dissolve into the bliss of Brahman. I am the witness; here I do not do anything at all, nor do I cause (anything) to be done.

Word by Word

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (puṃ.)
• Form: accusative singular masculine

• dhyāyatu: let (it) meditate
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (dhātu)
• Form: imperative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• dhīḥ: the intellect / understanding
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhī (strī.)
• Form: nominative singular feminine

• yad: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; vikalpārtha ('or else')

• vā: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; vikalpa

• brahmānande: in Brahman-bliss
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-ānanda (puṃ.)
• Form: locative singular masculine; 'brahmaṇaḥ ānande'

• vilīyatām: let it dissolve/merge
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+√lī (dhātu)
• Form: imperative, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada (passive/ātmanepada usage)

• sākṣī: the witness
• Type: Noun
• Root: sākṣin (puṃ.)
• Form: nominative singular masculine

• aham: I
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (sarvanāma)
• Form: nominative singular

• kiṃcit: anything
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (avyaya/pron.)
• Form: avyaya; alpa-parimāṇa ('anything at all')

• api: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; emphatic

• atra: here / in this (matter)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; deśa-sūcaka

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; niṣedha

• kurve: I do
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (dhātu)
• Form: present indicative, 1st person singular, ātmanepada

• na: nor / not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; niṣedha

• api: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (avyaya)
• Form: avyaya; samuccaya

• kāraye: I cause (to be done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (ṇic) (dhātu)
• Form: present indicative, 1st person singular, ātmanepada; causative (ṇijanta)

Sandhi Notes

• dhīr yadvā = dhīḥ + yad + vā (visarga before y → r)
• brahmānande = brahma + ānande (a+ā→ā)
• sākṣy ahaṃ = sākṣī + aham (ī+a→y a)
• kiṃcid apy = kiṃcit + api (t+a→d a by external sandhi)
• nāpi = na + api (a+a→ā)

Verse Context

• Sākṣitva (witnesshood), akartṛtva (non-doership), Brahmānanda; saguna-to-nirguna assimilation
• Mahavakya: Strongly aligned with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ and ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’: the ‘I’ as sākṣin is actionless consciousness; meditation culminates in Brahman-bliss identity.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)