Verse 1
Amritnada
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शास्त्राण्यधीत्य मेधावी अभ्यस्य च पुनः पुनः ।
परं ब्रह्म विज्ञाय उल्कावत्तान्यथोत्सृजेत् ॥१॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
शास्त्राणि । अधीत्य । मेधावी । अभ्यस्य । च । पुनः । पुनः ।
परम् । ब्रह्म । विज्ञाय । उल्का-वत् । तानि । अथ । उत्सृजेत् ॥१॥
IAST Transliteration
śāstrāṇy adhītya medhāvī abhyasya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
paraṃ brahma vijñāya ulkāvat tāny athotsṛjet ||1||
Translation
既研习诸论典，又反复修习；智者既证知至上梵（Brahman），便应将诸论典放下，如弃火炭之炬。
Academic Translation
Having studied the treatises and practiced them again and again, the intelligent one—having realized the Supreme Brahman—should then cast those (treatises) aside, like a firebrand.
Verse Context
Brahman-jñāna and the transcendence of scriptural means (śāstra as upāya)Mahavakya: Indirectly supports mahāvākya-based realization (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) by emphasizing direct knowledge beyond textual dependence.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)