Maitreya Upanishad 23 — Verse 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सत्यासत्यादिहीनोऽस्मि सन्मात्रान्नास्म्यहं सदा । गन्तव्यदेशहीनोऽस्मि गमनादिविवर्जितः ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सत्य-असत्य-आदि-हीनः अस्मि । सत्-मात्रात् न अस्मि अहम् सदा । गन्तव्य-देश-हीनः अस्मि । गमन-आदि-विवर्जितः ॥२३॥

IAST Transliteration

satyāsatyādihīno 'smi sanmātrān nāsmy ahaṃ sadā | gantavyadeśahīno 'smi gamanādivivarjitaḥ ||23||

Translation

ഞാൻ സത്യ-അസത്യാദികളിൽ നിന്നു രഹിതൻ; ഞാൻ സദാ സത്‌മാത്രത്തിൽ നിന്നു ഭിന്നനല്ല. ഞാൻ ഗന്തവ്യദേശമില്ലാത്തവൻ; ഗമനാദികളിൽ നിന്നു വിവർജിതൻ.

Academic Translation

I am devoid of truth and untruth and the like; I am ever not (something) other than mere Being. I am devoid of any destination-place; I am free from going and the like.

Verse Context

• Non-duality beyond dvandvas (pairs of opposites); sat (pure Being) as Ātman/Brahman; akartṛtva/niṣkriyatva (actionlessness)
• Mahavakya: Echoes ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ by implying pure Being/awareness beyond predicates; supports ‘tat tvam asi’ by negating all relational determinations (true/false, going/coming) that belong to the empirical self, not the real Self
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)