Atma Upanishad: Verse 14
शरीर्यप्यशरीर्येष परिच्छिन्नोऽपि सर्वगः । अशरीरं सदा सन्तमिदं ब्रह्मविदं क्वचित् ॥ प्रियाप्रिये न स्पृशतस्तथैव च शुभाशुभे । तमसा ग्रस्तवद्भानादग्रस्तोऽपि रविर्जनैः ॥ ग्रस्त इत्युच्यते भ्रान्त्या ह्यज्ञात्वा वस्तुलक्षणम् । तद्वद्देहादिबन्धेभ्यो विमुक्तं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् ॥ पश्यन्ति देहिवन्मूढाः शरीराभासदर्शनात् । अहिनिर्ल्वयनीवायं मुक्तदेहस्तु तिष्ठति ॥
शरीरी । अपि । अशरीरी । एषः । परिच्छिन्नः । अपि । सर्व-गः । अशरीरम् । सदा । सन्तम् । इदम् । ब्रह्म-विदम् । क्वचित् । प्रिया-अप्रिये । न । स्पृशतः । तथा । एव । च । शुभ-अशुभे । तमसा । ग्रस्त-वत् । भानात् । अग्रस्तः । अपि । रविः । जनैः । ग्रस्तः । इति । उच्यते । भ्रान्त्या । हि । अज्ञात्वा । वस्तु-लक्षणम् । तत्-वत् । देह-आदि-बन्धेभ्यः । विमुक्तम् । ब्रह्म-वित्-तमम् । पश्यन्ति । देहि-वत् । मूढाः । शरीर-आभास-दर्शनात् । अहि-निर्ल्वयनी-इव । अयम् । मुक्त-देहः । तु । तिष्ठति ।
śarīry apy aśarīry eṣa paricchinno 'pi sarvagaḥ | aśarīraṃ sadā santam idaṃ brahmavidaṃ kvacit || priyāpriye na spṛśatas tathaiva ca śubhāśubhe | tamasā grastavad bhānād agrasto 'pi ravir janaiḥ || grasta ity ucyate bhrāntyā hy ajñātvā vastulakṣaṇam | tadvad dehādibandhebhyo vimuktaṃ brahmavittamam || paśyanti dehivam mūḍhāḥ śarīrābhāsadarśanāt | ahinirlayanīvāyaṃ muktadehas tu tiṣṭhati ||
Choć ucieleśniony, ten jest bezcielesny; choć ograniczony, jest wszechprzenikający. Zawsze bezcielesny, ten poznawca Brahmana jawi się tu i tam jakby ucieleśniony. To, co drogie i niedrogie, nie dotyka go, podobnie pomyślne i niepomyślne. Choć słońce nie jest zaćmione, z powodu ciemności ludzie mówią o nim jako o „zaćmionym”. Nazywa się je „zaćmionym” z ułudy, nie znając natury rzeczy. Także najwyższy poznawca Brahmana, wyzwolony z więzów począwszy od ciała, głupcy, widząc pozór ciała, postrzegają go jakby ucieleśnionego. Jak wylinka węża, stoi z ciałem wyzwolonym, jako zwykły pozostały pozór.
Though embodied, this one is bodiless; though limited, he is all-pervading—ever bodiless, this knower of Brahman (appears) somewhere (as if embodied). The dear and the not-dear do not touch him, nor likewise the auspicious and inauspicious. Though the sun is not eclipsed, because of darkness people speak of it as ‘eclipsed’. It is called ‘eclipsed’ through delusion, not knowing the nature of the thing. So too, the supreme knower of Brahman, freed from bonds beginning with the body—fools, seeing the appearance of a body, perceive him as if embodied. Like a snake’s sloughed skin, this one stands with the body freed (i.e., as a mere remnant-appearance).
- śarīry apy = śarīrī + api
- aśarīry eṣa = aśarīrī + eṣaḥ
- paricchinno 'pi = paricchinnaḥ + api
- priyāpriye = priya + apriye (द्वन्द्व, dual)
- grastavad = grasta + vat
- bhānād agrasto 'pi = bhānāt + agrastaḥ + api
- bhrāntyā hy = bhrāntyā + hi
- tadvad = tad + vat
- dehādibandhebhyo = deha-ādi-bandhebhyaḥ (panchami plural)
- dehivam corrected to dehivat (as in IAST)
- ahinirlayanīvāyaṃ = ahi-nirlayanī + iva + ayam
- muktadehas tu = mukta-dehaḥ + tu
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