Maitreya Upanishad 27 — Verse 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्तःपूर्णो बहिःपूर्णः पूर्णकुम्भ इवार्णवे ।

अन्तःशून्यो बहिःशून्यः शून्यकुम्भ इवाम्बरे ॥२७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अन्तः-पूर्णः । बहिः-पूर्णः । पूर्ण-कुम्भः । इव । अर्णवे ।

अन्तः-शून्यः । बहिः-शून्यः । शून्य-कुम्भः । इव । अम्बरे ॥२७॥

IAST Transliteration

antaḥpūrṇo bahiḥpūrṇaḥ pūrṇakumbha ivārṇave |

antaḥśūnyo bahiḥśūnyaḥ śūnyakumbha ivāmbare ||27||

Translation

เต็มภายในและเต็มภายนอก—ดุจหม้อที่เต็มอยู่ในมหาสมุทร; ว่างภายในและว่างภายนอก—ดุจหม้อว่างอยู่ในเวหา

Academic Translation

Inwardly full and outwardly full—like a filled jar in the ocean; inwardly empty and outwardly empty—like an empty jar in the sky.

Verse Context

• Pūrṇatā (fullness) of Brahman/Ātman; inner-outer non-difference; śūnyatā as privation (absence of realization) in Vedāntic framing
• Mahavakya: Echoes ‘sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma’ and supports ‘tat tvam asi’ by indicating the same fullness within (ātman) and without (brahman/world as brahman) when knowledge dawns.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-śloka (classical śloka style)