Maitreya Upanishad 29 — Verse 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्रष्टृदर्शनदृश्यानि त्यक्त्वा वासनया सह । दर्शनप्रथमाभासमात्मानं केवलं भज ॥२९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

द्रष्टृ-दर्शन-दृश्यानि । त्यक्त्वा । वासनया । सह । दर्शन-प्रथम-आभासम् । आत्मानम् । केवलम् । भज ॥२९॥

IAST Transliteration

draṣṭṛ-darśana-dṛśyāni tyaktvā vāsanayā saha | darśana-prathama-ābhāsam ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ bhaja ||29||

Translation

Nachdem du den Sehenden, das Sehen und das Gesehene samt den Vāsanās (latenten Eindrücken) aufgegeben hast, verehre und suche Zuflucht allein im Selbst (Ātman), dem ersten Aufscheinen, das aller Wahrnehmung zugrunde liegt.

Academic Translation

Having abandoned the seer, the seeing, and the seen—together with latent impressions (vāsanā)—worship (or resort to) the Self alone, which is the first appearance underlying perception.

Verse Context

• Atman; non-duality beyond the tripuṭī (knower–knowing–known); vāsanā-kṣaya
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) by negating subject–object duality and affirming the Self as the sole reality underlying cognition.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)