Maitreya Upanishad 7 — Verse 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एकसङ्ख्याविहीनोऽस्मि द्विसङ्ख्यावाहनं न च । सदसद्भेदहीनोऽस्मि सङ्कल्परहितोऽस्म्यहम् ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एक-सङ्ख्या-विहीनः अस्मि । द्वि-सङ्ख्या-वाहनम् न च । सत्-असत्-भेद-हीनः अस्मि । सङ्कल्प-रहितः अस्मि अहम् ॥७॥

IAST Transliteration

ekasaṅkhyāvihīno ’smi dvisaṅkhyāvāhanaṃ na ca | sadasadbhedahīno ’smi saṅkalparahito ’smy aham ||7||

Translation

ഞാൻ ‘ഒന്ന്’ എന്ന സംഖ്യാവർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ നിന്നു ശൂന്യൻ; ‘രണ്ട്’ എന്ന സംഖ്യയുടെ വാഹകനുമല്ല. സത്–അസത് (ഉള്ളത്–ഇല്ലാത്തത്) എന്ന ഭേദത്തിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തൻ; ഞാൻ സംകല്പരഹിതൻ.

Academic Translation

I am devoid of the category of ‘one’; nor am I a vehicle of the category of ‘two’. I am free from the distinction of being and non-being; I am without volition (saṅkalpa).

Verse Context

• Brahman/Ātman beyond number, duality, and conceptual construction (nirvikalpa; advaita)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of «अहं ब्रह्मास्मि» (Aham Brahmāsmi) by negating all limiting conceptual categories (number, being/non-being, saṅkalpa) from the ‘I’.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style; Upaniṣadic metrical verse)