Maitreya Upanishad 9 — Verse 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आश्रयाश्रयहीनोऽस्मि आधाररहितोऽस्म्यहम् । बन्धमोक्षादिहीनोऽस्मि शुद्धब्रह्मास्मि सोऽस्म्यहम् ॥९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

आश्रय-आश्रय-हीनः अस्मि । आधार-रहितः अस्मि अहम् । बन्ध-मोक्ष-आदि-हीनः अस्मि । शुद्ध-ब्रह्म अस्मि । सः अस्मि अहम् ॥९॥

IAST Transliteration

āśrayāśrayahīno ’smi ādhārarahito ’smy aham | bandhamokṣādihīno ’smi śuddhabrahmāsmi so ’smy aham ||9||

Translation

เราปราศจากทั้งผู้พึ่งพาและสิ่งที่พึ่งพา; เราไร้ฐานรองรับ. เราเหนือพันธนาการและโมกษะและสิ่งทั้งปวง. เราคือพรหมันอันบริสุทธิ์; เราคือพระองค์—เรานั่นเอง.

Academic Translation

I am without support and supported (i.e., free from the relation of substratum and dependent); I am without any basis. I am devoid of bondage, liberation, and the like. I am pure Brahman; I am He.

Verse Context

• Asaṅgatva (non-relation), śuddha-brahman, transcendence of bondage/liberation as conceptual categories
• Mahavakya: Directly echoes «सोऽहम्» (So’ham) and supports «अहं ब्रह्मास्मि» by affirming identity with pure Brahman after negating relational structures (āśraya/āśrita) and soteriological dualities (bandha/mokṣa).
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style; Upaniṣadic metrical verse)