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Upanishads · Muktikā 2.49
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Devanāgarī
सा हि सर्वगता संवित्प्राणास्पन्देन चाल्यते । चित्तैकाग्र्याद्यतो ज्ञानमुक्तं समुपजायते
Transliteration (IAST)
sā hi sarvagatā saṃvitprāṇāspandena cālyate | cittaikāgryādyato jñānamuktaṃ samupajāyate
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SanskritIASTMeaning
सा हि सर्व-गता संवित्sā hi sarva-gatā saṃvitfor that all-pervading awareness
प्राण-स्पन्देन चाल्यतेprāṇa-spandena cālyateis stirred by the pulsation of breath
चित्त-एक-अग्र्यात् यतः ज्ञानम्citta-eka-agryāt yataḥ jñānamfrom the one-pointedness of mind, knowledge
उक्तं समुपजायतेuktaṃ samupajāyatecalled, arises in due course
Translation
«For that all-pervading awareness is stirred by the pulsation of breath; and from the one-pointedness of mind, the knowledge so called duly arises».
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a7156519e30a · published Aug 12, 2026, 5:00:00 AM UTC
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Worth noting the verb cālyate, «is stirred», from cal, «to move, to tremble». It is said: the awareness is all-pervading, and it is the breath that stirs it. That is, the light is one and steady, and it is that which carries it that trembles; and this is exactly the image examined at Varāha (3.20): the sun is reflected in a pail, the water is shaken — the reflection trembles, and the sun stands still.
Let the main point be repeated from there, for it is to the point here. This comparison explains at once two circumstances that otherwise do not fit together: the disturbance is real, and the awareness is not disturbed. And add what the Vaishnava side draws from it: if the water trembles, the work must be done with the water, not with the sun; that is, with the body and breath, not with consciousness.
This explains why in its usage there is so much of the bodily: they sing with the voice, bow with the body, rise at an appointed hour, walk in procession. Add the word citta-ekāgrya, «one-pointedness of mind», literally «single-pointedness». It was examined at Śāṭyāyanī (14), where ekāgra stood with the word bhakti; and there it was noted that the gathering of the mind is not a technique but a property of the relation.
That is, here too: the point is single not because it was sharpened, but because there is a single goal.