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Atma Upanishad: Verse 27

अमुष्य ब्रह्मभूतत्त्वाद् ब्रह्मणः कुत उद्भवः । मायाक्लृप्तौ बन्धमोक्षौ न स्तः स्वात्मनि वस्तुतः ॥

यथा रज्जौ निष्क्रियायां सर्पाभासविनिर्गमौ । अवृतेः सदसत्त्वाभ्यां वक्तव्ये बन्धमोक्षणे ॥ २६–२७ ॥

यथा । रज्जौ । निष्क्रियायाम् । सर्प-आभास-विनिर्गमौ ।

अ-वृतेः । सत्-असत्त्वाभ्याम् । वक्तव्ये । बन्ध-मोक्षणे ।

(पूर्वार्धः सह: अमुष्य… वस्तुतः)

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 27

yathā rajjau niṣkriyāyāṃ sarpābhāsavinirgamau | avṛteḥ sadasattvābhyāṃ vaktavye bandhamokṣaṇe || 26–27 ||

جیسے بےحرکت رسی میں سانپ کی سی جھلک کا ظاہر ہونا اور پھر ہٹ جانا، پردۂ جہالت کے ہونے یا نہ ہونے کے سبب کہا جاتا ہے، اسی طرح بندھن اور موکش کا ذکر بھی محض اسی انداز سے کیا جاتا ہے۔

Just as, in an inactive rope, the appearance and withdrawal of a snake-appearance are spoken of because of the presence or absence of covering, so too are bondage and liberation spoken of (only in that manner).

yathājust as
yathā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (avyaya)
Formupamā-avyaya
rajjauin a rope
rajjau:
TypeNoun
Rootrajjū- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, strī
niṣkriyāyām(while) motionless/inactive
niṣkriyāyām:
TypeAdjective
Rootniṣkriyā- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, strī; viśeṣaṇa of rajjau
sarpa-ābhāsa-vinirgamauthe two emergences of a snake-appearance
sarpa-ābhāsa-vinirgamau:
TypeNoun
Rootvinirgama- (prātipadika)
Formprathamā vibhaktiḥ, dvivacanam, pumān
avṛteḥof non-veiling
avṛteḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootavṛti- (prātipadika)
Formṣaṣṭhī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, strī
sat-asattvābhyāmby being and non-being
sat-asattvābhyām:
TypeNoun
Rootasattva- (prātipadika)
Formtṛtīyā vibhaktiḥ, dvivacanam, napuṃsakam
vaktavyewhen it is to be spoken/expressed
vaktavye:
TypeAdjective
Rootvaktavya- (kṛdanta; √vac)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam; gerundive
bandha-mokṣaṇein (the topic of) bondage and liberation
bandha-mokṣaṇe:
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣaṇa- (prātipadika)
Formsaptamī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam, napuṃsakam
  • sarpābhāsavinirgamau = sarpa-ābhāsa-vinirgamau
  • sad-asattvābhyām = sat-asattvābhyām.
Adhyāsa (superimposition) and nivṛtti (sublation) as the basis for speaking of bandha–mokṣaMahavakya: Clarifies how Mahāvākya-realization sublates error: the ‘I’ (tvam) is recognized as Brahman (tat), dissolving the imagined snake of limitation.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)

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