तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः ।दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥
tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ |dānakriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ ||
- तत् · tat
- Tat (That)
- इति · iti
- thus, with this word
- अनभिसन्धाय · anabhisandhāya
- without aiming at
- फलम् · phalam
- the fruit
- यज्ञतपःक्रियाः · yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ
- acts of sacrifice and austerity
- दानक्रियाः · dānakriyāḥ
- acts of giving
- विविधाः · vividhāḥ
- various
- क्रियन्ते · kriyante
- are done
- मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः · mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ
- by seekers of liberation
“With the word 'Tat' — That — and without eyeing any fruit, seekers of freedom perform their varied acts of sacrifice, austerity, and giving.”
— Original plain-language translation
Tat points beyond the act to That which alone is — releasing the doer's grip on results. Saying 'this is for That' dissolves bargaining at the root. The syllable is a practice of selflessness compressed into a breath.
— Reader's notes (original)