Verse 9

Amritbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निर्विकल्पमनन्तं च हेतुदृष्टान्तवर्जितम् । अप्रमेयमनादिं च यज्ज्ञात्वा मुच्यते बुधः ॥९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

निर्विकल्पम् । अनन्तम् । च । हेतु-दृष्टान्त-वर्जितम् । अप्रमेयम् । अनादिम् । च । यत् । ज्ञात्वा । मुच्यते । बुधः ।

IAST Transliteration

nirvikalpam anantaṃ ca hetu-dṛṣṭānta-varjitam | aprameyam anādiṃ ca yaj jñātvā mucyate budhaḥ ||9||

Translation

（彼）离诸分别构想而无量无边，不依因由与譬喻，不可度量且无始；了知彼者，智者得解脱。

Academic Translation

(That) which is free of conceptual construction and infinite, devoid of reason and example, immeasurable and beginningless—having known that, the wise person is liberated.

Verse Context

• Brahman as ananta, anādi, aprameya; limits of pramāṇa, inference, and analogy in grasping the Absolute
• Mahavakya: Reinforces the intent of all Mahāvākyas by clarifying that Brahman is not established as an object by hetu (reason) or dṛṣṭānta (analogy), but known through immediate identity-teaching.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (commonly transmitted without a firmly fixed śākhā attribution in the extant tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)