Upanishads · Mahā 4.97
॥
Devanāgarī
असंकल्पनमात्रैकसाध्ये सकलसिद्धिदे असंकल्पातिसाम्राज्ये तिष्ठवष्टब्धतत्पदः
Transliteration (IAST)
asaṃkalpanamātraikasādhye sakalasiddhide asaṃkalpātisāmrājye tiṣṭhavaṣṭabdhatatpadaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
असङ्कल्पन-मात्र-एक-साध्येasaṅkalpana-mātra-eka-sādhyeachievable by mere non-designing alone; feasible solely through the absence of intents
सकल-सिद्धि-देsakala-siddhi-debestowing every perfection; granting all accomplishment
असङ्कल्प-अति-साम्राज्येasaṅkalpa-ati-sāmrājyein the supreme empire of designlessness; in the paramount sovereignty of intentlessness
तिष्ठ अवष्टब्ध-तत्-पदःtiṣṭha avaṣṭabdha-tat-padaḥstand, established in that state; abide, made firm in that condition
Translation
“Stand established in that state — in the supreme empire of designlessness, achievable by non-designing alone and bestowing every perfection.”
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The word for whose sake the verse deserves reading: ati-sāmrājya — “supreme empire”.
Designlessness is named neither absence nor poverty, but an empire. And not merely a kingdom, but sāmrājya — the sway of a supreme sovereign over other sovereigns.
This is an important correction to all that was said of leaving. He who has left his designs is not destitute: he has found himself on the throne.
Why — is plain from the constitution of power. The king is he who needs nothing and depends on nothing. Every design is a dependence on what is not yet.
Sakala-siddhi-da — “bestowing all perfections”. A turn from the vocabulary of yoga, where the siddhis are supernatural powers. It is said: they attach themselves, and there is no need to seek them separately.
Avaṣṭabdha means “braced, established”. A word of standing firm, on one's feet.