Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.39
मयैवैताः स्फुरन्तीह विचित्रेन्द्रियवृत्तयः । तेजसान्तःप्रकाशेन यथाग्निकणपङ्क्तयः ॥३९॥
मया एव एताः स्फुरन्ति इह विचित्र-इन्द्रिय-वृत्तयः । तेजसा अन्तः-प्रकाशेन यथा अग्नि-कण-पङ्क्तयः ॥३९॥
mayaivaitāḥ sphurantīha vicitrendriyavṛttayaḥ | tejasāntaḥprakāśena yathāgnikaṇapaṅktayaḥ ||39||
मेरी वजह से ही इंद्रियों का काम चलता है। मेरे अंदर की रोशनी से यह सब होता है। जैसे आग से चिंगारियाँ उड़ती हैं, वैसे ही मेरी रोशनी से इंद्रियाँ काम करती हैं।
By me alone, here, these variegated modifications of the senses flash forth, by the inner illumination of (my) radiance—like rows of sparks of fire.
- मया+एव→मयैव
- एताः (एतद्) + (पदविराम) preserved
- स्फुरन्ति+इह→स्फुरन्तीह
- विचित्र+इन्द्रिय+वृत्तयः→विचित्रेन्द्रियवृत्तयः
- तेजसा+अन्तःप्रकाशेन→तेजसान्तःप्रकाशेन
- यथा+अग्नि+कण+पङ्क्तयः→यथाग्निकणपङ्क्तयः
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Ātman as the inner light (cit/tejas) that illumines sense-activities; witness-consciousness (sākṣitva)
- The mahavakyas
- Supports the purport of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ and ‘tat tvam asi’ by identifying the inner illuminator (I) as the ground of all experience; not a direct mahāvākya citation.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Practice of sākṣī-bhāva: observe sensory vṛttis as appearances in awareness; pratyāhāra and dhāraṇā by tracing perception back to the illumining consciousness; meditation on inner light (antar-jyotis) rather than objects.
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