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Kena Upanishad: Verse 4.5

अथाध्यात्मं यदेतद्गच्छतीव च मनोऽनेन चैतदुपस्मरत्यभीक्ष्णं सङ्कल्पः ॥५॥

अथ । अध्यात्मम् । यत् । एतत् । गच्छति-इव । च । मनः । अनेन । च । एतत् । उपस्मरति । अभीक्ष्णम् । सङ्कल्पः ॥५॥

Recitation with translationKena Upanishad 4.5

athādhyātmaṃ yad etad gacchatīva ca mano ’nena caitad upasmaraty abhīkṣṇaṃ saṅkalpaḥ ||5||

अब अपने अंदर देखो। मन जैसे किसी चीज़ की तरफ भागता है, और बार-बार उसे याद करता है। यही संकल्प है, मन की इच्छा।

Now, with reference to the self (adhyātma): that by which the mind, as it were, goes (toward objects), and by which it repeatedly remembers this—(that) is the volition/intent (saṅkalpa).

अथnow/then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
अध्यात्मम्with reference to the Self (inwardly)
अध्यात्मम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यात्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण ‘अध्यात्मतः/आत्मविषये’
यत्which/that
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक
एतत्this
एतत्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उपमा)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय)
मनःthe mind
मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
अनेनby/with this
अनेन:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
एतत्this
एतत्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन
उपस्मरतिremembers/recalls
उपस्मरति:
TypeVerb
Rootउपस्मृ (धातु; उप + स्मृ)
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
अभीक्ष्णम्again and again, repeatedly
अभीक्ष्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभीक्ष्णम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (काल-आवृत्तिवाचक)
सङ्कल्पःvolition/mental resolve
सङ्कल्पः:
TypeNoun
Rootसङ्कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
  • मनोऽनेन = मनः + अनेन (विसर्ग-लोप, अवग्रह)
  • चैतद् = च + एतद् (स्वर-सन्धि)
  • उपस्मरत्यभीक्ष्णम् = उपस्मरति + अभीक्ष्णम् (इकार-लोप/यण्-प्रवृत्ति लेख्यरूपेण)
  • अथाध्यात्मम् = अथ + अध्यात्मम् (स्वर-सन्धि)
Adhyātma-upadeśa; saṅkalpa (intentionality) as a pointer to the inner instrument; Brahman indicated through the witness of mental movementMahavakya: Indirect—turns inquiry inward toward the subject (pramātṛ), supporting Mahāvākya realization by shifting from object to the inner locus of awareness; not itself a Mahāvākya.SamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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