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Upanishads · Muktikā 1.6
॥
Devanāgarī
अनायासेन येनाहं मुच्येयं भवबन्धनात् । कृपया वद मे राम येन मुक्तो भवाम्यहम्
Transliteration (IAST)
anāyāsena yenāhaṃ mucyeyaṃ bhavabandhanāt | kṛpayā vada me rāma yena mukto bhavāmyaham
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अन्-आयासेन येन अहंan-āyāsena yena ahaṃwithout toil, by which I
मुच्येयं भव-बन्धनात्mucyeyaṃ bhava-bandhanātmight be freed from the bonds of existence
कृपया वद मे रामkṛpayā vada me rāmaby grace tell me, Rāma
येन मुक्तः भवामि अहम्yena muktaḥ bhavāmi ahamby which I become free
Translation
«Tell me that by which I might be freed from the bonds of existence without toil; by grace tell me, Rāma — that by which I become free».
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Worth noting the word anāyāsena, «without toil», from āyāsa, «effort, weariness». That is, he asks for an easy means; and this request is rare among the upaniṣads, for other books usually promise something arduous. This detail, I think, is the second peculiarity of this book, and it is worth stating.
We have read books demanding exercise in every watch of day and night (Varāha 5.46), the surrender of breath, honor, eye, and ear (Dattātreya 1.9), a million and two hundred thousand repetitions (Saubhāgyalakṣmī 1.10). Here he asks for what does not demand a rupture; and this is asked not by the weak but by the one who leapt the ocean. That is, the request for ease comes not from laziness, and this is worth noting.
The Vaishnava side stands firmly on this and holds it as its rule: a means available to few is not a means for all; spoken at Varāha (5.8) and Jābāli (15). Add the word kṛpayā, «by grace», which frames the request. It was noted at Jābāli (3) that in this usage knowledge is not owed: it is not demanded but asked for.
And Hanumān, having every right to an answer by his own merits, asks as for a grace; and this, I think, is the best that can be said of his standing.