Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4,3.25
॥
Devanāgarī
यत् वै तत् न रसयति रसयन् वै तत् न रसयति न हि रसयितू रसयतेर् विपरिलोपो विद्यते अविनाशित्वात् न तु तत् द्वितीयम् अस्ति ततो अन्यद् विभक्तं यत् रसयेत्
Transliteration (IAST)
yat vai tat na rasayati rasayan vai tat na rasayati na hi rasayitū rasayater viparilopo vidyate avināśitvāt na tu tat dvitīyam asti tato anyad vibhaktaṃ yat rasayet
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत्yatthat which; that which
वैvaitruly; indeed
तत्tatthat; this
नnanot; no
रसयतिrasayatienjoys; he tastes
रसयन्rasayanthe taster; tasting
वैvaitruly; indeed
तत्tatthat; this
नnanot; no
रसयतिrasayatienjoys; he tastes
नnanot; no
हिhiindeed; truly
रसयितूrasayitūpartaking; of the one who tastes
रसयतेर्rasayaterof tasting; of the discerning of taste
विपरिलोपोviparilopoextinction; loss
विद्यतेvidyateexists; is to be found
अविनाशित्वात्avināśitvātbecause of indestructibility; since it is not destroyed
नnanot; no
तुtusurely; but
तत्tatthat; this
द्वितीयम्dvitīyama second thing; another
अस्तिastiam; exists
ततोtatofor that reason; from him
अन्यद्anyadanother; other
विभक्तंvibhaktaṃsomething separate; something divided
यत्yatthat which; that which
रसयेत्rasayethe might taste; he would discern a taste
Translation
If [there] he does not taste — then, tasting, he does not taste: for there is no destruction of that power in the taster, since he is indestructible; but there is no second, nothing else, separate, that might be its object.
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The third beat: taste. "Tasting, he does not taste": the power of taste is inextinguishable — but there is nothing there to sample separately: the taster abides in the taste of everything, not divided into dishes.
Beat by beat it is one casting: the faculty is indestructible (avināśitvāt), and only the "second" — the separate object — has disappeared. The depth does not take away powers; it takes away separateness, and in this the repose of the ātman differs from any swoon: there the light goes out, here only the boundaries do.