Maitreya Upanishad 16 — Verse 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मुदितामुदिताख्योऽस्मि सर्वमौनफलोऽस्म्यहम् । नित्यचिन्मात्ररूपोऽस्मि सदा सच्चिन्मयोऽस्म्यहम् ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मुदितामुदित-आख्यः अस्मि । सर्व-मौन-फलः अस्मि अहम् । नित्य-चित्-मात्र-रूपः अस्मि । सदा सत्-चित्-मयः अस्मि अहम् ॥१६॥

IAST Transliteration

muditāmudita-ākhyo ’smi sarva-mauna-phalo ’smy aham | nitya-cin-mātra-rūpo ’smi sadā sac-cin-mayo ’smy aham ||16||

Translation

ഞാൻ ‘മുദിതാമുദിത’ (സദാ ആനന്ദിതൻ) എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ഞാൻ സർവ്വ മൗനത്തിന്റെ ഫലമാണ്. ഞാൻ നിത്യ ചൈതന്യമാത്രസ്വരൂപൻ; ഞാൻ സദാ സത്-ചിത്-മയൻ.

Academic Translation

I am called ‘muditāmudita’ (ever-joyful); I am the fruit of all silence. I am of the form of eternal consciousness alone; I am always constituted of being and consciousness.

Verse Context

• Ātman/Brahman as sat-cit (pure being-consciousness) and the fruition of mauna (inner silence)
• Mahavakya: Supports ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ and ‘prajñānam brahma’ by identifying the Self with pure consciousness and reality (sat-cit).
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)