उपनिषद् · Avadhūta 22
॥
देवनागरी
कृतं कृत्यं प्रापणीयं प्राप्तमित्येव नित्यशः । व्यवहारो लौकिको वा शास्त्रीयो वान्यथापि वा । ममाकर्तुरलेपस्य यथारब्धं प्रवर्तताम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ prāpaṇīyaṃ prāptamityeva nityaśaḥ | vyavahāro laukiko vā śāstrīyo vānyathāpi vā | mamākarturalepasya yathārabdhaṃ pravartatām
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
कृतं कृत्यं प्रापणीयं प्राप्तम्kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ prāpaṇīyaṃ prāptamthe duty is done, the attainable is attained
इति एव नित्य-शःiti eva nitya-śaḥso, constantly
व्यवहारः लौकिकः वाvyavahāraḥ laukikaḥ vādealing, whether worldly
शास्त्रीयः वा अन्यथा अपि वाśāstrīyaḥ vā anyathā api vāor scriptural, or otherwise
मम अ-कर्तुः अ-लेपस्यmama a-kartuḥ a-lepasyafor me, non-doer, unstained
यथा-आरब्धं प्रवर्तताम्yathā-ārabdhaṃ pravartatāmlet it proceed as it was begun
अनुवाद
'The duty is done, the attainable is attained' — so, constantly; and dealing, whether worldly, or scriptural, or otherwise, for me, non-doer and unstained, let it proceed as it was begun.
संस्करण
5dad17e84ee9 · प्रकाशित 6 अग॰ 2026, 4:24:37 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This line is among the best in the book and removes much of what seemed harsh. It says: yathārabdham pravartatām, "let it proceed as it was begun." And it lists exactly what: worldly dealing, dealing by scripture, and every other kind.
Note that nothing here is abolished. It does not say "let it stop" and does not say "let it change": it says — let it go on as it went. That is, one who has attained does not break his life apart: he continues doing what he did.
This position is fundamental in Vaiṣṇava books and is stated in the Gītā with full clarity: "let the wise not unsettle the minds of the ignorant, attached to action; acting himself in union, let him induce them to every action" (3.26). Look also at the difference from the earlier lines. There it was: "let them do it, but I will not." Here: "let it go on for me as it went." The second is incomparably better than the first, and I think this is the true voice of the book, while the earlier passage was mere bravado.
The Vaiṣṇava reading accepts this line fully. Outwardly the life of one who has attained may be indistinguishable from before; what changes is the one who lives it, not its schedule.