Maitreya Upanishad 23: Verse 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न त्यजेच्चेद्यतिर्मुक्तो यो माधुकरमातरम् । वैराग्यजनकं श्रद्धाकलत्रं ज्ञाननन्दनम् ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

न । त्यजेत् । चेत् । यतिः । मुक्तः । यः । माधुकरम् । मातरम् । वैराग्य-जनकम् । श्रद्धा-कलत्रम् । ज्ञान-नन्दनम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationMaitreya Upanishad 23

IAST Transliteration

na tyajec ced yatir mukto yo mādhukaram ātaram | vairāgyajanakaṃ śraddhākalatraṃ jñānanandanam ||23||

Translation

Der befreite Entsagende soll die „Mādhukara-Mutter“ nicht verlassen, das heilige Almosensammeln: es gebiert die Leidenschaftslosigkeit; sein Gemahl ist der Glaube, und sein Kind ist die Erkenntnis.

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Academic Translation

If a liberated renunciant were to abandon the ‘mādhukara’ (alms-gathering) mother—(namely) that which gives rise to dispassion, whose spouse is faith, and whose child is knowledge—he should not (do so).

Verse Context

• Sannyāsa-dharma; Vairāgya; Śraddhā; Jñāna as means to Mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the discipline (sādhana-catuṣṭaya—especially vairāgya and śraddhā) that culminates in mahāvākya-realization such as ‘tat tvam asi’.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (often transmitted with Maitrāyaṇī/Maitrāyaṇīya tradition; text also circulates in later Vedānta-upaniṣad anthologies) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)