Mandukya Upanishad 5 — Verse 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्र सुप्तो न कञ्चन कामं कामयते न कञ्चन स्वप्नं पश्यति तत् सुषुप्तम् । सुषुप्तस्थान एकीभूतः प्रज्ञानघन एवानन्दमयो ह्यानन्दभुक् चेतोमुखः प्राज्ञस्तृतीयः पादः ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यत्र । सुप्तः । न । कञ्चन । कामम् । कामयते । न । कञ्चन । स्वप्नम् । पश्यति । तत् । सुषुप्तम् । सुषुप्त-स्थानः । एकी-भूतः । प्रज्ञान-घनः । एव । आनन्द-मयः । हि । आनन्द-भुक् । चेतः-मुखः । प्राज्ञः । तृतीयः । पादः ॥५॥

IAST Transliteration

yatra supto na kañcana kāmaṃ kāmayate na kañcana svapnaṃ paśyati tat suṣuptam | suṣuptasthāna ekībhūtaḥ prajñānaghana evānandamayo hyānandabhuk cetomukhaḥ prājñas tṛtīyaḥ pādaḥ ||5||

Translation

ഉറങ്ങിയവൻ യാതൊരു ആഗ്രഹവും ആഗ്രഹിക്കാതെയും യാതൊരു സ്വപ്നവും കാണാതെയും ഇരിക്കുന്ന അവസ്ഥയാണ് സുഷുപ്തി. സുഷുപ്തസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ ഏകീഭൂതനായ, പ്രജ്ഞാനഘനനായ, ആനന്ദമയനായ, ആനന്ദഭോക്താവായ, ചേതസ് (മനം) മുഖമായിരിക്കുന്ന—പ്രാജ്ഞൻ മൂന്നാം പാദമാണ്.

Academic Translation

That is deep sleep (suṣupta) wherein, having fallen asleep, one does not desire any desire whatsoever and does not see any dream whatsoever. The third quarter is Prājña, whose sphere is deep sleep, who is unified, a mass of consciousness, indeed made of bliss, an enjoyer of bliss, and whose ‘mouth’ is mind (cetas).

Verse Context

• Suṣupti; causal condition (kāraṇa); prajñāna-ghana; ānanda and avidyā; unity without explicit objectification
• Mahavakya: Indirect: clarifies the Self as underlying all states, preparing the insight of identity (e.g., ‘Ayam Ātmā Brahma’); also contrasts ‘mass of consciousness’ with Turīya beyond states.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (Śaunaka tradition; commonly transmitted without a firmly fixed śākhā attribution) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose