Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वचा क्षणविनाशिन्या प्राप्योऽप्राप्योऽयमन्यथा ॥ चित्प्रसादोपलब्धात्मा स्पर्शो नाहमचेतनः ॥३२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

त्वचा क्षण-विनाशिन्या प्राप्यः अप्राप्यः अयम् अन्यथा । चित्-प्रसाद-उपलब्ध-आत्मा स्पर्शः न अहम् अचेतनः ।

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 2.32

IAST Transliteration

tvacā kṣaṇa-vināśinyā prāpyo 'prāpyo 'yam anyathā || cit-prasādopalabdhātmā sparśo nāham acetanaḥ ||32||

Translation

स्किन भी हर सेकंड में मर रही है। कभी टच महसूस होता है, कभी नहीं। टच को असली में जानने के लिए चेतना की ज़रूरत पड़ती है। मैं उस टच जैसा नहीं हूँ जिसमें जान नहीं है।

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Academic Translation

By the skin, which perishes moment by moment, this touch is (sometimes) attainable and (sometimes) unattainable, otherwise (i.e., depending on conditions). Touch has its nature known through the clarity/grace of consciousness; (therefore) I am not the insentient.

Verse Context

• Sākṣī-caitanya (witness consciousness) versus transient sensory contact; mithyātva of sense-experience
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat Tvam Asi) insofar as the ‘tvam’ is purified from body-sense identification and recognized as consciousness; also supports ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)