Avadhuta Upanishad 36 - Verse 36

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Avadhuta Upanishad: Verse 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इति य इदमधीते सोऽपि कृतकृत्यो भवति। सुरापानात्पूतो भवति। स्वर्णस्तेयात्पूतो भवति। ब्रह्महत्यात्पूतो भवति। कृत्याकृत्यात्पूतो भवति। एवं विदित्वा स्वेच्छाचारपरो भूयाद् ॐ सत्यमित्युपनिषत्॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

इति । यः । इदम् । अधीते । सः । अपि । कृत-कृत्यः । भवति । सुरा-पानात् । पूतः । भवति । स्वर्ण-स्तेयात् । पूतः । भवति । ब्रह्म-हत्यात् । पूतः । भवति । कृत्या-अकृत्यात् । पूतः । भवति । एवम् । विदित्वा । स्व-इच्छा-आचार-परः । भूयात् । ॐ । सत्यम् । इति । उपनिषत् ॥ ३६ ॥

Recitation with translationAvadhuta Upanishad 36

IAST Transliteration

iti ya idam adhīte so 'pi kṛtakṛtyo bhavati | surāpānāt pūto bhavati | svarṇasteyāt pūto bhavati | brahmahatyāt pūto bhavati | kṛtyākṛtyāt pūto bhavati | evaṃ viditvā svecchācāraparo bhūyād oṃ satyam ity upaniṣat ||36||

Translation

یوں جو کوئی اس (تعلیم) کا مطالعہ کرتا ہے وہ کِیا ہوا کِیا ہوا ہو جاتا ہے، یعنی جس کا مقصد پورا ہو گیا۔ وہ شراب نوشی کے گناہ سے پاک ہو جاتا ہے؛ سونا چرانے سے پاک ہو جاتا ہے؛ برہمن کے قتل سے پاک ہو جاتا ہے؛ جادوگری اور ناروا افعال سے پیدا ہونے والے گناہوں سے بھی پاک ہو جاتا ہے۔ یوں جان کر آدمی کو اپنی ہی مرضی کے مطابق آچرن میں ثابت قدم ہونا چاہیے۔ اوم—سچ: یہی اُپنشد ہے۔

Academic Translation

Thus, whoever studies this (teaching) becomes one who has accomplished what is to be accomplished. He becomes purified from drinking intoxicants; he becomes purified from stealing gold; he becomes purified from killing a brāhmaṇa; he becomes purified from (sins arising from) sorcery and from what ought not to be done. Having thus known, one should become devoted to conduct according to one’s own will. Om—Truth: thus is the Upaniṣad.

Word by Word

itithus

yaḥwho (he who)

idamthis (text/teaching)

adhītestudies/recites

saḥhe

apialso/even

kṛta-kṛtyaḥone who has done what needed to be done

bhavatibecomes/is

surā-pānātfrom drinking liquor

pūtaḥpurified

bhavatibecomes

svarṇa-steyātfrom stealing gold

pūtaḥpurified

bhavatibecomes

brahma-hatyātfrom brahmin-slaying

pūtaḥpurified

bhavatibecomes

kṛtyā-kṛtyātfrom (faults of) what is to be done and not to be done

pūtaḥpurified

bhavatibecomes

evamthus

viditvāhaving known

sva-icchā-ācāra-paraḥdevoted to acting as he wills

bhūyātshould be/may become

oṃOm

satyamTruth/Reality

itithus

upaniṣatUpaniṣad (secret doctrine)

Sandhi Notes

so 'pi = saḥ + api (visarga sandhi: aḥ + a → o ')
bhūyād = bhūyāt (final -t before voiced sound often written -d in saṃhitā)
satyam ity = satyam + iti (m + i → m i, written with y as glide: ity)

Verse Context

Moksha (liberation through jñāna) and pāpa-kṣaya (dissolution of sin through knowledge)Mahavakya: Implicitly supports Atharva-veda mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by asserting liberating knowledge that purifies and fulfills; not a direct mahāvākya citation.AtharvaChandas: Prose

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