Verse 25
Kshurika
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अमृतत्वं समाप्नोति यदा कामात् स मुच्यते । सर्वेषणाविनिर्मुक्तश्छित्त्वा तं तु न बध्यत इत्युपनिषत् ॥२५॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
अमृतत्वम् । समाप्नोति । यदा । कामात् । सः । मुच्यते । सर्व-एषणाऽविनिर्मुक्तः । छित्त्वा । तम् । तु । न । बध्यते । इति । उपनिषत् ॥२५॥
IAST Transliteration
amṛtatvaṃ samāpnoti yadā kāmāt sa mucyate | sarveṣaṇā-vinirmuktaś chittvā taṃ tu na badhyata ity upaniṣat ||25||
Translation
Nararatnan niya ang walang-kamatayan kapag siya’y napalaya mula sa pagnanasa. Kapag malaya na sa lahat ng pagnanasa at naputol ang bigkis na iyon, hindi na siya nabibigkis—ganito ang turo ng Upaniṣad.
Academic Translation
He attains immortality when he is released from desire. Having become free from all cravings, having cut that (bond of desire), he is not bound—thus (says) the Upaniṣad.
Verse Context
Moksha (liberation) through kāma-kṣaya (cessation of desire) and sarveṣaṇā-tyāga (renunciation of all cravings)Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the realization implied by mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) by prescribing the inner qualification—freedom from desire—needed for steady abidance in non-dual knowledge.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)