Maitreya Upanishad 28 — Verse 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा भव ग्राह्यभावात्मा ग्राहकात्मा च मा भव ।

भावनामखिलं त्यक्त्वा यच्छिष्टं तन्मयो भव ॥२८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मा । भव । ग्राह्य-भाव-आत्मा । ग्राहक-आत्मा । च । मा । भव ।

भावनाम् । अखिलाम् । त्यक्त्वा । यत्-शिष्टम् । तत्-मयः । भव ॥२८॥

IAST Transliteration

mā bhava grāhyabhāvātmā grāhakātmā ca mā bhava |

bhāvanām akhilāṃ tyaktvā yacchiṣṭaṃ tanmayo bhava ||28||

Translation

Werde nicht von der Natur des „Ergriffenen“ (Objekts), und werde auch nicht von der Natur des „Ergreifenden“ (Subjekts). Nachdem du alle gedanklichen Hervorbringungen (bhāvanā) aufgegeben hast, werde eins mit dem, was übrig bleibt.

Academic Translation

Do not become of the nature of the ‘grasped’ (object-state); and do not become of the nature of the ‘grasper’ (subject). Having abandoned all conceptual construction (bhāvanā), become of the nature of what remains.

Verse Context

• Advaita; sākṣin (witness) beyond subject-object; nirvikalpa (freedom from conceptualization); aparokṣa-jñāna
• Mahavakya: Directly consonant with ‘aham brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’: negates identification with knower/known and points to the non-dual remainder (Brahman) as one’s own nature.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-śloka (classical śloka style)