Upanishads · Mahā 4.65
॥
Devanāgarī
चित्तमेव हि संसारो रोगादिक्लेशदूषितम् तदेव तैर्विनिर्मुक्तं भवान्त इति कथ्यते
Transliteration (IAST)
cittameva hi saṃsāro rogādikleśadūṣitam tadeva tairvinirmuktaṃ bhavānta iti kathyate
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SanskritIASTMeaning
चित्तम् एव हि संसारःcittam eva hi saṃsāraḥfor the mind itself is saṁsāra; since consciousness is itself the round
रोग-आदि-क्लेश-दूषितम्roga-ādi-kleśa-dūṣitamspoiled by diseases and afflictions; corrupted by sicknesses and torments
तत् एव तैः विनिर्मुक्तम्tat eva taiḥ vinirmuktamit too, released from them; the same, wholly freed of them
भव-अन्तः इति कथ्यतेbhava-antaḥ iti kathyateis called the end of becoming; is named the close of existence
Translation
“For the mind, spoiled by diseases and afflictions, is itself saṁsāra; and the same mind, released from them, is called the end of becoming.”
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The verse gathers the whole inquiry into one equation, and the equation is worth remembering.
The sick mind is saṁsāra.
The healthy mind is its end.
One and the same thing, in two states. Not two different objects and not two realms.
The word dūṣita means “spoiled, fouled”, and beside it stands roga — “disease”. This returns to 3.21, where the mind was called cikitsya, “to be treated”.
The conclusion is important and consoling: what one must be rid of is neither something external nor oneself. The round is not a place you have landed in; it is a state you are in.
Hence bhava-anta, “the end of becoming”, is no departure to anywhere. It is recovery.