Maitreya Upanishad 13 — Verse 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

लक्ष्यालक्ष्यविहीनोऽस्मि लयहीनरसोऽस्म्यहम् । मातृमानविहीनोऽस्मि मेयहीनः शिवोऽस्म्यहम् ॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

लक्ष्य-अलक्ष्य-विहीनः अस्मि । लय-हीन-रसः अस्मि अहम् । मातृ-मान-विहीनः अस्मि । मेय-हीनः शिवः अस्मि अहम् ॥१३॥

IAST Transliteration

lakṣyālakṣyavihīno 'smi layahīnaraso 'smy aham | mātṛmānavihīno 'smi meyahīnaḥ śivo 'smy aham ||13||

Translation

Aku melampaui yang disasar dan yang tidak disasar; Aku ialah rasa-hakiki tanpa lebur (laya). Aku tanpa pengukur/pengetahu; Aku ialah Śiva, tanpa yang terukur (meya).

Academic Translation

I am devoid of the aimed-at (object) and the non-aimed-at; I am the essence (rasa) without dissolution (laya). I am devoid of the measurer/knower (mātṛmāna); I am Śiva, devoid of the measurable (meya).

Verse Context

• Non-duality (Advaita): transcendence of pramātṛ–prameya (knower–known) and nirvikalpa nature of Ātman/Brahman
• Mahavakya: Supports ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) by negating subject–object duality and affirming identity with the absolute (Śiva/Brahman).
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)