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Maitreya Upanishad 17: Verse 17

वर्णाश्रमाचारयुता विमूढाः कर्मानुसारेण फलं लभन्ते ।

वर्णादिधर्मं हि परित्यजन्तः स्वानन्दतृप्ताः पुरुषा भवन्ति ॥१७॥

वर्ण-आश्रम-आचार-युताः । विमूढाः । कर्म-अनुसारेण । फलम् । लभन्ते ।

वर्ण-आदि-धर्मम् । हि । परित्यजन्तः । स्व-आनन्द-तृप्ताः । पुरुषाः । भवन्ति ॥१७॥

Sanskrit recitationMaitreya Upanishad 17

varṇāśramācārayutā vimūḍhāḥ karmānusāreṇa phalaṃ labhante |

varṇādidharmaṃ hi parityajantaḥ svānandatṛptāḥ puruṣā bhavanti ||17||

వర్ణాశ్రమ ఆచారాలలో మునిగిన మోహితులు కర్మానుసారం ఫలాన్ని పొందుతారు. కానీ వర్ణాది ధర్మాలను విడిచి, వారు తమ స్వానందంలో తృప్తులైన పురుషులవుతారు.

Those deluded persons, engaged in the observances of caste and life-stage, obtain results in accordance with their actions. But abandoning the duties beginning with caste, they become persons satisfied in their own bliss.

Karma-phala bondage vs mokṣa; transcendence of varṇāśrama-identification; svānanda (Self-bliss) as liberation; jñāna over ritualismMahavakya: Indirectly supports all Mahāvākyas by prioritizing Brahma-jñāna over karma; especially consistent with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ as the basis for freedom from obligatory identity-based duties at the level of realization.YajurKṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇī/Maitrāyaṇīya tradition; received as Maitrī/Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad) ShakhaChandas: Mixed/Upaniṣadic verse (non-strict; anuṣṭubh-like)

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