Kaivalya Upanishad: Verse 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न कर्मणा न प्रजया धनेन त्यागेनैके अमृतत्वमानशुः । परेण नाकं निहितं गुहायां विभ्राजते यद्यतयो विशन्ति ॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

न । कर्मणा । न । प्रजया । धनेन । त्यागेन । एके । अमृतत्वम् । आनशुः । परेण । नाकम् । निहितम् । गुहायाम् । विभ्राजते । यत् । यतयः । विशन्ति ॥३॥

Recitation with translationKaivalya Upanishad 3

IAST Transliteration

na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvam ānaśuḥ | pareṇa nākaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ vibhrājate yad yatayo viśanti ||3||

Translation

มิใช่ด้วยกรรม มิใช่ด้วยบุตรหลาน มิใช่ด้วยทรัพย์สมบัติ—ด้วยการสละวาง (ไทอาคะ) เท่านั้น บางท่านจึงบรรลุอมฤตत्वะ (ความไม่ตาย). สูงกว่าสวรรค์ ถูกประดิษฐานในถ้ำแห่งหัวใจ ความจริงนั้นส่องประกาย—และเหล่าฤๅษีผู้สำรวมย่อมเข้าสู่สิ่งนั้น

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Academic Translation

Not by action, not by progeny, not by wealth—by renunciation alone some attained immortality. Higher than heaven, placed in the cave (of the heart), that (Reality) shines forth—into which the ascetics enter.

Verse Context

• Tyāga/saṃnyāsa as the decisive means; amṛtatva (immortality) through realization of the heart-indwelling Brahman
• Mahavakya: Aligns with mahāvākya culmination by negating external means and pointing to inner realization of Brahman in the “guhā” (heart), consistent with identity-knowledge (e.g., “ahaṃ brahmāsmi”).
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; śākhā attribution not conclusively fixed) Shakha
• Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like metrical style (Upaniṣadic anuṣṭubh/triṣṭubh mixture; commonly classified as metrical verse rather than prose)