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अहेयमनुपादेयमनाधेयमनाश्रयम् ।एकमेवाद्वयं ब्रह्म नेह नानास्ति किञ्चन ॥ ४६८ ॥

aheyamanupādeyamanādheyamanāśrayam ;ekamevādvayaṃ brahma neha nānāsti kiñcana . 468 .

Anvaya

ब्रह्मbrahma
Brahman
प्रत्यक्–एक–रसंpratyak–eka–rasaṃ
is the innermost Self of all
पूर्णम्pūrṇam
devoid of want
अनन्तंanantaṃ
infinite
सर्वतो–मुखम्sarvato–mukham
all–knowing, omniscient
एकम्ekam
one
एवeva
alone
अद्वयंadvayaṃ
non–dual
इहiha
Here (in Brahman)
नानाnānā
plurality
न अस्ति किञ्चनna asti kiñcana
does not at all exist

Translation

Brahman (being infinite) cannot be excluded (separately perceived). It being infinite, nothing can be added to it. It being unattached, it is not the support of anything and it is not supported by anything. It is one alone and non–dual. There is no plurality whatsoever.

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Brahman being infinite, nothing can be taken away from it nor added to it. This is similar to the expression heya–upādeya–varjitā in the Lalita Sahasranama. Similarly, Brahman is neither the ādhāra nor ādheya of anything. If we take water in a vessel, the vessel is the support (ādhāra) and water is the supported (ādheya). This is possible in finite objects. Brahman being infinite and unattached, there cannot be any concepts of supporter and supported in It.

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