Verse 38

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्राह्यमिति च स्वस्वरूपव्यतिरिक्तमायामयबुद्धीन्द्रियगोचरजगत्सत्यत्वचिन्तनमग्राह्यम् ॥३८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अग्राह्यम् इति च । स्व-स्वरूप-व्यतिरिक्त-माया-मय-बुद्धि-इन्द्रिय-गोचर-जगत्-सत्यत्व-चिन्तनम् । अग्राह्यम् ॥३८॥

IAST Transliteration

agrāhyam iti ca sva-svarūpa-vyatirikta-māyā-maya-buddhīndriya-gocara-jagat-satyatva-cintanam agrāhyam ||38||

Translation

‘ناقابلِ ادراک’ یہ ہے کہ اپنی حقیقی ذات سے جدا، مایا سے مرکب، اور عقل و حواس کے دائرے میں آنے والی دنیا کو ‘حقیقت’ سمجھ کر اس کی صداقت پر غور و فکر کیا جائے؛ یہی ‘ناقابلِ ادراک’ ہے۔

Academic Translation

‘Not graspable’—the contemplation of the reality (truth-status) of the world that is within the range of intellect and senses, constituted of māyā, and other than one’s own essential nature—this is (what is meant by) ‘not graspable’.

Verse Context

• Māyā and jagat-mithyātva; rejection of object-world as ultimate reality; viveka between Self and non-Self
• Mahavakya: Clears the obstacle to Mahāvākya-realization by negating jagat-satyatva-buddhi (the conviction that the perceptible world is ultimately real), preparing for ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose