Niralamba Upanishad 36: Verse 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परमं पदमिति च प्राणेन्द्रियाद्यन्तःकरणगुणादेः परतरं सच्चिदानन्दमयं नित्यमुक्तब्रह्मस्थानं परमं पदम् ॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

परमम् पदम् इति च । प्राण-इन्द्रिय-आदि-अन्तःकरण-गुण-आदेः । परतरम् । सत्-चित्-आनन्द-मयम् । नित्य-मुक्त-ब्रह्म-स्थानम् । परमम् पदम् ॥३६॥

Recitation with translationNiralamba Upanishad 36

IAST Transliteration

paramaṃ padam iti ca prāṇendriyādyantaḥkaraṇaguṇādeḥ parataraṃ saccidānandamayaṃ nityamuktabrahmasthānaṃ paramaṃ padam ॥36॥

Translation

“ปรมปท” คือภาวะอันยิ่งยวดที่อยู่เหนือปราณ อินทรีย์ และคุณทั้งหลายของอันตหกรณะ (เครื่องมือภายใน) เป็นต้น เป็นสภาวะสัจจิตอานันทะ เป็นฐานะแห่งพรหมันผู้เป็นอิสระนิรันดร์ นั่นแลคือปรมปท

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Academic Translation

“The supreme abode,” indeed, is that which is beyond prāṇa, the senses, and the qualities of the inner instrument (antaḥkaraṇa) and the rest—consisting of Existence, Consciousness, and Bliss—the ever-free station of Brahman; that is the supreme abode.

Verse Context

• Paramapada (supreme state), Saccidānanda Brahman, transcendence of prāṇa-indriya-antaḥkaraṇa; nitya-mukti
• Mahavakya: Directly supportive: the ‘supreme abode’ is Brahman identical with the Self implied by “Tat Tvam Asi” and “Aham Brahmāsmi.”
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose