Upanishads · Mahā 5.25
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Devanāgarī
सत्त्वापत्तिश्चतुर्थी स्यात्ततोऽसंसक्तिनामिका पदार्थभावना षष्ठी सप्तमी तुर्यगा स्मृता
Transliteration (IAST)
sattvāpattiścaturthī syāttato'saṃsaktināmikā padārthabhāvanā ṣaṣṭhī saptamī turyagā smṛtā
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सत्त्व-आपत्तिः चतुर्थी स्यात्sattva-āpattiḥ caturthī syātthe fourth would be the attainment of being; the fourth is the winning of sattva
ततः असंसक्ति-नामिकाtataḥ asaṃsakti-nāmikāthen the one named non-attachment; next the one bearing the name of non-clinging
पदार्थ-भावना षष्ठीpadārtha-bhāvanā ṣaṣṭhīthe sixth — the penetration of things; the sixth is the discernment of objects
सप्तमी तुर्य-गा स्मृताsaptamī turya-gā smṛtāthe seventh is held to lead into the fourth state; the seventh is reckoned as going into turya
Translation
“The fourth is the attainment of being; then the one named non-attachment; the sixth is the penetration of things; the seventh is held to lead into the fourth state.”
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The list continues: the four last stages.
The fourth — sattva-āpatti. The word sattva means both “being” and “goodness”, the first of matter's three strands. Both senses fit here: the man has settled in what is, and has become bright.
The fifth — asaṃsakti, “non-clinging”. From saṅga, “sticking”; cf. gata-sneha in 2.47.
The sixth — padārtha-bhāvanā. The name deceives: literally “the thinking of things”, but meaning, as 5.33 will explain, the seeing of what is behind them; things cease to screen.
The seventh — turya-gā, “going into the fourth”, that is, into turya, the state beyond the usual three (cf. 4.39).
Note the ladder's design. The first three are work on oneself. The fourth is the turning-point. The last three are no longer work but a state of affairs; they, as 5.36 will say, come of themselves.