Yagyavalkya Upanishad: Verse 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रिपौ बद्धे स्वदेहे च समैकात्म्यं प्रपश्यतः । विवेकिनः कुतः कोपः स्वदेहावयवेष्विव ॥२८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

रिपौ । बद्धे । स्व-देहे । च । सम-एक-आत्म्यम् । प्रपश्यतः । विवेकिनः । कुतः । कोपः । स्व-देह-अवयवेषु । इव ॥२८॥

Recitation with translationYagyavalkya Upanishad 28

IAST Transliteration

ripau baddhe svadehe ca samaikātmyam prapaśyataḥ | vivekinaḥ kutaḥ kopaḥ svadehāvayaveṣv iva ||28||

Translation

जो समझदार इंसान है, वो अपने दुश्मन में भी वही भगवान को देखता है जो अपने शरीर में है। जैसे अपने हाथ पैर पे गुस्सा नहीं करते, वैसे ही दुश्मन पे भी गुस्सा नहीं आता।

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Academic Translation

For the discriminating one who clearly perceives the same oneness of Self in an enemy and in one’s own body, whence could there be anger—just as (there is no anger) toward the limbs of one’s own body?

Verse Context

• Atman (samaikātmyadarśana)
• Mahavakya: Supports the import of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ and ‘tat tvam asi’ by extending Self-identity to all beings; not a direct mahāvākya citation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyin) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)