Maitreya Upanishad: Verse 2.22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनुभूतिं विना मूढो वृथा ब्रह्मणि मोदते । प्रतिबिम्बितशाखाग्रफलास्वादनमोदवत् ॥२२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अनुभूतिम् विना मूढः वृथा ब्रह्मणि मोदते । प्रतिबिम्बित-शाखा-अग्र-फल-आस्वादन-मोद-वत् ॥२२॥

Recitation with translationMaitreya Upanishad 2.22

IAST Transliteration

anubhūtiṃ vinā mūḍho vṛthā brahmaṇi modate | pratibimbitśākhāgra-phalāsvādana-modavat ||22||

Translation

जब तक खुद से सच्चाई नहीं समझता, तब तक भगवान के बारे में खुशी मनाना बेकार है। जैसे पानी में पेड़ की परछाई दिखती है, उसके फल का स्वाद लेने की खुशी झूठी है।

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Academic Translation

Without direct realization, the deluded person rejoices in Brahman in vain—like the joy of tasting a fruit at the tip of a branch that is only reflected (in water).

Verse Context

• Aparokṣa-anubhūti (direct realization) vs. mere conceptual knowledge; Brahma-jñāna as experiential certainty
• Mahavakya: Directly supportive: mahāvākya understanding must culminate in aparokṣa-anubhūti (‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ as realized identity), not merely verbal or intellectual assent.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (later Maitrāyaṇī/Maitrī transmission) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)