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Skanda Upanishad: Verse 3

संविन्मात्रस्थितश्चाहमजोऽस्मि किमतः परम् । व्यतिरिक्तं जडं सर्वं स्वप्नवच्च विनश्यति ॥३॥

संवित्-मात्र-स्थितः । च । अहम् । अजः । अस्मि । किम् । अतः । परम् । व्यतिरिक्तम् । जडम् । सर्वम् । स्वप्न-वत् । च । विनश्यति ॥

Recitation with translationSkanda Upanishad 3

saṃvinmātrasthitaś cāham ajo’smi kim ataḥ param | vyatiriktaṃ jaḍaṃ sarvaṃ svapnavac ca vinaśyati ||3||

Và con cũng an trụ như thuần Nhận Biết; con là Vô Sinh—còn gì vượt hơn điều ấy? Tất cả những gì vô tri, khác với Nhận Biết, đều hoại diệt như một giấc mộng.

And I too abide as mere consciousness; I am unborn—what is beyond this? Everything inert that is other (than consciousness) perishes, like a dream.

saṃvit-mātra-sthitaḥabiding in consciousness alone
saṃvit-mātra-sthitaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃvit-mātra-sthita (प्रातिपदिक; संवित् + मात्र + स्थित)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात
ahamI
aham:
TypePronoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-शब्द)
Formप्रथमा एकवचन
ajaḥunborn
ajaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Rootaja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
asmiI am
asmi:
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
kimwhat?
kim:
TypePronoun
Rootkim (किम्-शब्द)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक
ataḥbeyond this/therefore
ataḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatas (अव्यय; इदम्-तसिल्)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्)
paramhigher; beyond
param:
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन
vyatiriktamseparate (from the Self)
vyatiriktam:
TypeAdjective
Rootvyatirikta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त, vi-ati-√ric (रिच्/रेच्) + kta)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन
jaḍaminsentient
jaḍam:
TypeAdjective
Rootjaḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन
sarvamall
sarvam:
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन
svapna-vatlike a dream
svapna-vat:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvapnavat (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त; स्वप्न + -वत्)
Formअव्ययभावे ‘-वत्’ (उपमा)
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात
vinaśyatiperishes/vanishes
vinaśyati:
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√naś (नश्)
Formलट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
  • sthitaś cāham = sthitaḥ + ca + aham (विसर्गः → ‘ś’ before ‘c’; a + a no coalescence due to padānta/hiatus in recitation)
  • ajo’smi = ajaḥ + asmi (विसर्ग-लोप, ‘o’)
Ajātivāda/Unborn Self; mithyātva of the inert world; consciousness as the sole reality (saṃvit-mātra)Mahavakya: Strongly resonates with «अयमात्मा ब्रह्म» (Ayam ātmā brahma) and «प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म» by asserting the Self as unborn consciousness and treating the objective/inert as dreamlike appearance.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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