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Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.45

सा हि वाचामगम्यत्वादसत्तामिव शाश्वतीम् ।

नैरात्मसिद्धात्मदशामुपयातैव शिष्यते ॥

ईहानीहामयैरन्तर्या चिदावलिता मलैः ।

सा चिन्नोत्पादितुं शक्ता पाशबद्धेव पक्षिणी ॥

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन जन्तवः ।

धराविवरमग्नानां कीटानां समतां गताः ॥

सा । हि । वाचाम् । अगम्यत्वात् । असत्ताम् । इव । शाश्वतीम् ।

नैः-आत्म-सिद्ध-आत्म-दशाम् । उपयाता । एव । शिष्यते ।

ईहा-अनीहा-आमयैः । अन्तर्या । चित्-आवलिता । मलैः ।

सा । चित् । न । उत्पादितुम् । शक्ता । पाश-बद्धा । इव । पक्षिणी ।

इच्छा-द्वेष-समुत्थेन । द्वन्द्व-मोहेन । जन्तवः ।

धरा-विवर-मग्नानाम् । कीटानाम् । समताम् । गताः ।

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 2.45

sā hi vācām agamyatvād asattām iva śāśvatīm |

nairātma-siddhātma-daśām upayātaiva śiṣyate ||

īhānīhāmayair antaryā cid-āvalitā malaiḥ |

sā cin notpādituṃ śaktā pāśabaddheva pakṣiṇī ||

icchādveṣa-samutthena dvandva-mohena jantavaḥ |

dharā-vivara-magnānāṃ kīṭānāṃ samatāṃ gatāḥ ||

वो सच बात बोल से पकड़ में नहीं आती। वो ऐसे है जैसे हमेशा के लिए गायब हो, पर वही बचा है। जब मैं और तू दोनों का ख़याल ख़त्म हो जाता है, तब वही रह जाता है। अंदर से इच्छा और इच्छा न होने की गंदगी चिपकी है। इसलिए वो चमक नहीं पा रहा, जैसे पक्षी फंस गया हो। लोग चाहत और नफ़रत के चक्कर में फंस के भ्रम में रहते हैं। वो धरती की दरार में फंसे कीड़े जैसे हैं।

Because it is inaccessible to speech, that (reality/awareness) remains, as it were, in an eternal state of non-being; having reached the condition of the accomplished state in which there is no self (nairātmya), it alone remains. Covered within by the impurities that are the maladies of striving and non-striving, that consciousness is not able to be produced (manifested), like a bird bound by a snare. Creatures, through delusion of duality arising from desire and aversion, have come to the condition of insects sunk into a fissure in the earth.

sāshe/that (state)
sā:
TypeNoun
Roottad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formsarvanāma; strīliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana
hiindeed
hi:
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (avyaya)
Formnipāta
vācāmof speech/words
vācām:
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (strī-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti; bahuvacana
agamyatvātbecause of being unreachable (by)
agamyatvāt:
TypeNoun
Rootagamyatva (napuṃsaka-prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsakaliṅga; pañcamī-vibhakti; ekavacana; hetu-artha
asattāmnon-being/insubstantiality
asattām:
TypeNoun
Rootasattā (strī-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅga; dvitīyā-vibhakti; ekavacana
ivaas if
iva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (avyaya)
Formupamā-nipāta
śāśvatīmeternal
śāśvatīm:
TypeAdjective
Rootśāśvatī (strī-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅga; dvitīyā-vibhakti; ekavacana
nairātma-siddha-ātma-daśāmthe state of (self) established as non-self
nairātma-siddha-ātma-daśām:
TypeNoun
Rootdaśā (strī-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅga; dvitīyā-vibhakti; ekavacana; samāsa: nairātma-siddha-ātma-daśā (state of self established as non-self)
upayātāhaving reached
upayātā:
TypeVerb
Rootupa√yā (dhātu)
Formkṛdanta; ktā (past passive participle); strīliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana
evaonly/indeed
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (avyaya)
Formavadhāraṇa-nipāta
śiṣyateremains/is left
śiṣyate:
TypeVerb
Root√śiṣ (dhātu)
Formlaṭ; ātmanepada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana; karmaṇi-prayoga (passive sense)
īhā-anīhā-amayaiḥby the maladies of striving and non-striving
īhā-anīhā-amayaiḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootāmaya (puṃ-prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; tṛtīyā-vibhakti; bahuvacana; samāsa: īhā ca anīhā ca (dvandva) + amaya (diseases)
antaryāwithin/inwardly
antaryā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootantar (avyaya-prātipadika)
Formavyaya; adverbial (within/inwardly)
cit-āvalitāconsciousness-covered/veiled
cit-āvalitā:
TypeAdjective
Rootāvalita (prātipadika; from ā√val/√vṛt in sense 'covered/encircled')
Formkṛdanta; ktā; strīliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana; samāsa: cid-āvalitā (covered over the consciousness)
malaiḥby impurities
malaiḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootmala (puṃ-prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; tṛtīyā-vibhakti; bahuvacana
sāshe/that (state)
sā:
TypeNoun
Roottad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formsarvanāma; strīliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana
citconsciousness
cit:
TypeNoun
Rootcit (strī/napuṃsaka-prātipadika)
Form(here) napuṃsakaliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana (as abstract 'consciousness')
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formniṣedha-nipāta
utpāditumto produce/bring forth
utpāditum:
TypeVerb
Rootut√pad (dhātu)
Formtumun (infinitive); kartari
śaktāable
śaktā:
TypeAdjective
Rootśakta (prātipadika; from √śak)
Formkṛdanta; ktā; strīliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana
pāśa-baddhābound by a noose
pāśa-baddhā:
TypeAdjective
Rootbaddha (prātipadika; from √bandh)
Formkṛdanta; ktā; strīliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana; samāsa: pāśena baddhā
ivalike
iva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (avyaya)
Formupamā-nipāta
pakṣiṇīa female bird
pakṣiṇī:
TypeNoun
Rootpakṣiṇī (strī-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana
icchā-dveṣa-samutthenaby that which arises from desire and aversion
icchā-dveṣa-samutthena:
TypeAdjective
Rootsamuttha (prātipadika; from sam-ut√sthā)
Formkṛdanta; ktā/na (as adjectival); napuṃsakaliṅga; tṛtīyā-vibhakti; ekavacana; samāsa: icchā ca dveṣaś ca (dvandva) + samuttha (arisen from)
dvandva-mohenaby delusion of dualities
dvandva-mohena:
TypeNoun
Rootmoha (puṃ-prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; tṛtīyā-vibhakti; ekavacana; samāsa: dvandvasya mohaḥ
jantavaḥcreatures/beings
jantavaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootjantu (puṃ-prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; bahuvacana
dharā-vivara-magnānāmof those sunk in a cleft of the earth
dharā-vivara-magnānām:
TypeAdjective
Rootmagna (prātipadika; from √maj)
Formkṛdanta; ktá; puṃliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti; bahuvacana; samāsa: dharāyā vivare magnāḥ
kīṭānāmof insects/worms
kīṭānām:
TypeNoun
Rootkīṭa (puṃ-prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti; bahuvacana
samatāmsameness/equality
samatām:
TypeNoun
Rootsamatā (strī-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅga; dvitīyā-vibhakti; ekavacana
gatāḥhave gone/attained
gatāḥ:
TypeVerb
Root√gam (dhātu)
Formkṛdanta; ktá (past participle); puṃliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; bahuvacana
  • vācām + agamyatvāt (no change)
  • asattām + iva (no change)
  • upayātā + eva → upayātaiva
  • cid + āvalitā → cidāvalitā
  • sā + cit + na → sā cin na (t-final of cit before n)
  • pāśa-baddhā + iva → pāśabaddheva
  • icchā-dveṣa + samutthena (compound)
  • dvandva + mohena (compound)
  • dharā + vivara + magnānām (compound)
Avidyā (ignorance) veiling Cit/Ātman; dvandva-moha; mokṣa through dissolution of ahaṅkāraMahavakya: Indirect—supports the purport of ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ (consciousness as Brahman) by describing how cit appears absent when veiled by mala/avidyāAtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like; non-Vedic classical meter)

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