Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जगज्जीवनं जीवनाधारभूतं माते मामन्त्रयस्व सर्वसौम्येति कमण्डलुं परिगृह्य योगपट्टाभिषिक्तो भूत्वा यथासुखं विहरेत् ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

जगत्-जीवनम् जीवन-आधार-भूतम् माते माम् मन्त्रयस्व सर्व-सौम्य इति । कमण्डलुम् परिगृह्य योग-पट्ट-अभिषिक्तः भूत्वा यथा-सुखम् विहरेत् ॥१६॥

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 2.16

IAST Transliteration

jagaj-jīvanaṃ jīvanādhāra-bhūtaṃ māte mām mantray asva sarva-saumya iti | kamaṇḍaluṃ parigṛhya yoga-paṭṭābhiṣikto bhūtvā yathā-sukhaṃ viharet ||16||

Translation

मा से कहना, माँ, मुझे समझा, तुम बहुत अच्छी हो। दुनिया का जीवन क्या है, जीवन का आधार क्या है, यह बताओ। पानी का लोटा ले लो, योग का डोरी बाँध लो। फिर आराम से घूमना, किसी चीज़ से मोह नहीं।

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Academic Translation

(Addressing) ‘O Mother, instruct me—(O) all-gentle one—(about) the Life of the world, the support of life.’ Having taken up the water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) and having been consecrated with the yoga-belt, he should wander as is comfortable (i.e., freely, without attachment).

Verse Context

• Jagat-ādhāra (Brahman as support of the world); sannyāsa-saṃskāra; ātma-jñāna as the ‘life of life’
• Mahavakya: Indirect: ‘jagaj-jīvanaṃ… ādhāra-bhūtam’ aligns with Brahman as the ground of all; supports contemplation consistent with ‘सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म’ (Chāndogya) and mahāvākya-realization.
• Yajur
• कृष्ण-यजुर्वेद (तैत्तिरीय-परम्परा; संन्यासोपनिषद् परम्परागत-सम्बन्ध) Shakha
• Chandas: गद्य/मिश्र-गद्य (प्रोज़)