Maitreya Upanishad 29 — Verse 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्रष्टृदर्शनदृश्यानि त्यक्त्वा वासनया सह । दर्शनप्रथमाभासमात्मानं केवलं भज ॥२९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

द्रष्टृ-दर्शन-दृश्यानि । त्यक्त्वा । वासनया । सह । दर्शन-प्रथम-आभासम् । आत्मानम् । केवलम् । भज ॥२९॥

IAST Transliteration

draṣṭṛ-darśana-dṛśyāni tyaktvā vāsanayā saha | darśana-prathama-ābhāsam ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ bhaja ||29||

Translation

Setelah meninggalkan si pelihat, perbuatan melihat dan yang dilihat—bersama segala vāsanā (kesan terpendam); bernaung dan berbhakti hanya kepada Diri (Ātman) semata, iaitu pancaran pertama yang menjadi dasar segala persepsi.

Academic Translation

Having abandoned the seer, the seeing, and the seen—together with latent impressions (vāsanā)—worship (or resort to) the Self alone, which is the first appearance underlying perception.

Verse Context

• Atman; non-duality beyond the tripuṭī (knower–knowing–known); vāsanā-kṣaya
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) by negating subject–object duality and affirming the Self as the sole reality underlying cognition.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)