Atma Upanishad: Verse 28
नावृत्तिर्ब्रह्मणः क्वाचिदन्याभावादनावृतम् । अस्तीति प्रत्ययो यश्च यश्च नास्तीति वस्तुनि ॥
बुद्धेरेव गुणावेतौ न तु नित्यस्य वस्तुनः । अतस्तौ मायया क्लृप्तौ बन्धमोक्षौ न चात्मनि ॥ २८–२९ ॥
न । आवृत्तिः । ब्रह्मणः । क्वचित् । अन्य-अभावात् । अनावृतम् ।
अस्ति-इति । प्रत्ययः । यः । च । यः । च । न-अस्ति-इति । वस्तुनि ।
बुद्धेः । एव । गुणौ । एतौ । न । तु । नित्यस्य । वस्तुनः ।
अतः । तौ । मायया । क्लृप्तौ । बन्ध-मोक्षौ । न । च । आत्मनि ।
nāvṛttir brahmaṇaḥ kvacid anyābhāvād anāvṛtam | astīti pratyayo yaś ca yaś ca nāstīti vastuni ||
buddher eva guṇāv etau na tu nityasya vastunaḥ | atas tau māyayā klṛptau bandhamokṣau na cātmani || 28–29 ||
พรหมันไม่มีม่านบังอยู่ที่ใดเลย เพราะเมื่อไม่มีสิ่งอื่นนอกจากพรหมัน จึงเป็นผู้เปิดเผยอยู่เสมอ ความรู้สึกว่า ‘มีอยู่’ และความรู้สึกว่า ‘ไม่มีอยู่’ ต่อสิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่ง ทั้งสองเป็นเพียงคุณลักษณะของพุทธิ (ปัญญา) มิใช่ของสัจธรรมอันนิรันดร์ ดังนั้นความผูกพันและโมกษะทั้งสองจึงเป็นสิ่งที่มายาปรุงแต่ง และมิได้มีอยู่ในอาตมัน
There is no covering of Brahman anywhere, for, due to the absence of anything other (than Brahman), it is uncovered. The cognition ‘it exists’ and the cognition ‘it does not exist’ with regard to a thing—both are qualities of the intellect alone, not of the eternal Reality. Therefore those two—bondage and liberation—are fabricated by māyā and are not in the Self.
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