Verse 11

Amritbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एक एवात्मा मन्तव्यो जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु । स्थानत्रयव्यतीतस्य पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एकः एव आत्मा मन्तव्यः । जाग्रत्-स्वप्न-सुषुप्तिषु । स्थान-त्रय-व्यतीतस्य । पुनः-जन्म न विद्यते ॥११॥

IAST Transliteration

eka evātmā mantavyo jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptiṣu | sthāna-traya-vyatītasya punar-janma na vidyate ||11||

Translation

بیداری، خواب اور گہری نیند—ان تینوں حالتوں میں صرف آتما ہی کا دھیان کرنا چاہیے۔ جو تینوں سے ماورا ہو، اس کے لیے پُنرجنم نہیں۔

Academic Translation

The Self alone is to be contemplated in the waking, dream, and deep-sleep (states). For one who has gone beyond the three states, there is no rebirth.

Verse Context

• Ātman; avasthā-traya (three states); mokṣa; ajāti/punarjanma-nivṛtti
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by identifying the one Self as the constant reality across states; also aligns with ‘tat tvam asi’ in recognizing the same Self as one’s true identity.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (commonly transmitted with the Atharva corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)