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Upanishads · Muktikā 1.15
॥
Devanāgarī
स मत्सायुज्यपदवीं प्राप्नोति मुनिदुर्लभाम् । राम केचिन्मुनिश्रेष्ठा मुक्तिरेकेति चक्षिरे
Transliteration (IAST)
sa matsāyujyapadavīṃ prāpnoti munidurlabhām | rāma kecinmuniśreṣṭhā muktireketi cakṣire
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सः मत्-सायुज्य-पदवींsaḥ mat-sāyujya-padavīṃhe the path of union with me
प्राप्नोति मुनि-दुर्लभाम्prāpnoti muni-durlabhāmattains, hard for sages to reach
राम केचित् मुनि-श्रेष्ठाःrāma kecit muni-śreṣṭhāḥ"Rāma, some among the finest of sages
मुक्तिः एका इति चक्षिरेmuktiḥ ekā iti cakṣirehave said that liberation is one"
Translation
«…he attains the path of union with me, hard for sages to reach». — “Rāma, some among the finest of sages have said that liberation is one…»
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Worth noting the expression muni-durlabha, «hard for sages to reach». That is, one who reads a single verse with devotion attains what ascetics do not attain. This position is standing in Vaishnava writing and is voiced through the comparison of paths: jñāna is hard and gives little, bhakti is easy and gives much.
And its argument was cited at Varāha (4.8): even ātmārāma, «having a garden within himself», steps out of his garden — itthaṃ-bhūta-guṇo hariḥ, «such are the qualities of Hari». Add what begins here: Hanumān asks a question about liberation, and this question will occupy the next ten verses. He says: some call liberation one, others divide it into four; who is right?
The question is put precisely and worth appreciating. It is exactly the question carried through this whole collection: is there someone beyond the limit, or is there only one there. And the answer Rāma is about to give is, I think, the most weighed thing said of this in the upaniṣads: he rejects neither, but arranges them in stages — and names by what each is attained.