Yogatattva Upanishad — Verse 77

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा मूढो यथा मूर्खो यथा बधिर एव वा ।

तथा वर्तेत लोकस्य स्वसामर्थ्यस्य गुप्तये ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यथा । मूढः । यथा । मूर्खः । यथा । बधिरः । एव । वा ।

तथा । वर्तेत । लोकस्य । स्व-सामर्थ्यस्य । गुप्तये ।

IAST Transliteration

yathā mūḍho yathā mūrkho yathā badhira eva vā |

tathā varteta lokasya svasāmarthyasya guptaye ||

Translation

ดุจคนทึบ ดุจคนโง่ หรือดุจคนหูหนวกโดยแท้—พึงประพฤติตนต่อโลกเช่นนั้น เพื่อปกปิดกำลังและความสามารถของตนเอง

Academic Translation

As one who is dull, as one who is foolish, or as one who is indeed deaf—so should one behave toward the world, for the concealment of one’s own powers.

Verse Context

• Vairagya (dispassion) and humility as supports to Moksha; guarding against ahaṅkāra
• Mahavakya: Indirect: encourages non-identification with attributes and social validation, aligning with mahāvākya-based inwardness (ātma-niṣṭhā) rather than outward power.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)