Maitreya Upanishad 6 — Verse 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तुल्यातुल्यविहीनोऽस्मि नित्यः शुद्धः सदाशिवः । सर्वासर्वविहीनोऽस्मि सात्त्विकोऽस्मि सदास्म्यहम् ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तुल्य-अतुल्य-विहीनः अस्मि । नित्यः । शुद्धः । सदाशिवः । सर्व-असर्व-विहीनः अस्मि । सात्त्विकः अस्मि । सदा अस्मि अहम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

tulyātulyavihīno ’smi nityaḥ śuddhaḥ sadāśivaḥ | sarvāsarvavihīno ’smi sāttviko ’smi sadāsmy aham ||6||

Translation

Ich bin frei von Gleichheit und Ungleichheit; ich bin ewig, rein, immerheilvoll — Sadāśiva. Ich bin frei von „allem“ und „nicht-allem“; ich bin sāttvig; ich bin immer.

Academic Translation

I am devoid of equality and inequality; (I am) eternal, pure, ever-auspicious (Sadāśiva). I am devoid of ‘all’ and ‘not-all’; I am sāttvika; I ever am.

Verse Context

• Nitya-śuddha-buddha-mukta nature of Ātman; transcendence of relational predicates; sattva as purity/clarity (not guṇa-bound identity)
• Mahavakya: Resonates with ‘अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म’ (Ayam ātmā brahma): the immediate Self is eternal and pure; also aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ in first-person affirmation of ever-being.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (often linked with Maitrāyaṇī tradition; later recensional circulation) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-śloka (classical śloka meter; post-Vedic style)