Verse 35

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तप इति च ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्येत्यपरोक्षज्ञानाग्निना ब्रह्माद्यैश्वर्याशासिद्धसङ्कल्पबीजसन्तापं तपः ॥३५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तपः इति च । ब्रह्म सत्यम् जगत् मिथ्या इति । अपरोक्ष-ज्ञान-अग्निना । ब्रह्म-आदि-ऐश्वर्य-आशा-सिद्ध-सङ्कल्प-बीज-सन्तापम् । तपः ॥३५॥

IAST Transliteration

tapa iti ca brahma satyaṃ jagan mithyety aparokṣajñānāgninā brahmādyaiśvaryāśāsiddhasaṅkalpabījasantāpaṃ tapaḥ ॥35॥

Translation

“تپ” وہ ہے کہ براہِ راست (اپروکش) معرفت کے آگ—“برہمن سچ ہے، جگت مِتھیا ہے”—سے برہما وغیرہ جیسی سیادت کی امید سے پختہ ہونے والے (اَہنکار ی) ارادے کے بیج کو جلا کر بھسم کر دیا جائے؛ یہی تپ ہے۔

Academic Translation

“Austerity,” indeed, is the burning up—by the fire of immediate (direct) knowledge, ‘Brahman is real; the world is false’—of the seed of (egoic) volition that has been perfected by the hope for lordship such as that of Brahmā and the rest.

Verse Context

• Aparokṣa-jñāna (direct knowledge), brahma-satya/jagat-mithyā, destruction of saṅkalpa-bīja (seed of volition)
• Mahavakya: Supports Mahāvākya realization (especially “Aham Brahmāsmi” / “Tat Tvam Asi”) by defining tapas as knowledge that dissolves saṅkalpa and desire.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose