Verse 31

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शिष्य इति च विद्याध्वस्तप्रपञ्चावगाहितज्ञानावशिष्टं ब्रह्मैव शिष्यः ॥३१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

शिष्यः । इति । च । विद्या-ध्वस्त-प्रपञ्च-अवगाहित-ज्ञान-अवशिष्टम् । ब्रह्म । एव । शिष्यः ॥

IAST Transliteration

śiṣya iti ca vidyā-dhvasta-prapañcāvagāhita-jñānāvaśiṣṭaṃ brahmaiva śiṣyaḥ ॥31॥

Translation

所谓“弟子”——以洞入现象界并令其消融之智而观照者，所余唯有梵（Brahman）；此人方是真正的弟子。

Academic Translation

And ‘disciple’—that (one) in whom, through knowledge that has penetrated the phenomenal world and dissolved it, what remains is Brahman alone—he indeed is the disciple.

Verse Context

• Moksha (jñāna-nivṛtti of prapañca; Brahma-niṣṭhā)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi): the disciple is defined as one established in Brahman alone after sublation of prapañca.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose