Maitreya Upanishad 29: Verse 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्रष्टृदर्शनदृश्यानि त्यक्त्वा वासनया सह । दर्शनप्रथमाभासमात्मानं केवलं भज ॥२९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

द्रष्टृ-दर्शन-दृश्यानि । त्यक्त्वा । वासनया । सह । दर्शन-प्रथम-आभासम् । आत्मानम् । केवलम् । भज ॥२९॥

Sanskrit recitationMaitreya Upanishad 29

IAST Transliteration

draṣṭṛ-darśana-dṛśyāni tyaktvā vāsanayā saha | darśana-prathama-ābhāsam ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ bhaja ||29||

Translation

دیکھنے والے، دیکھنے کے عمل اور دیکھی جانے والی شے کو—واسناؤں (پوشیدہ سنسکاروں) سمیت—ترک کر کے، ادراک کی پہلی جھلک کے طور پر ظاہر ہونے والے صرف آتما/خود ہی کا بھجن و سہارا لے۔

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Academic Translation

Having abandoned the seer, the seeing, and the seen—together with latent impressions (vāsanā)—worship (or resort to) the Self alone, which is the first appearance underlying perception.

Verse Context

• Atman; non-duality beyond the tripuṭī (knower–knowing–known); vāsanā-kṣaya
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) by negating subject–object duality and affirming the Self as the sole reality underlying cognition.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)