Upanishads · Mahā 5.45
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Devanāgarī
सर्वं शान्तं निरालम्बं व्योमस्थं शाश्वतं शिवम् अनामयमनाभासमनामकमकारणम्
Transliteration (IAST)
sarvaṃ śāntaṃ nirālambaṃ vyomasthaṃ śāśvataṃ śivam anāmayamanābhāsamanāmakamakāraṇam
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सर्वम् शान्तम् निरालम्बम्sarvam śāntam nirālambamall is stilled, without support; everything pacified, devoid of prop
व्योम-स्थम् शाश्वतम् शिवम्vyoma-stham śāśvatam śivamabiding in the expanse, everlasting, benign; set in the firmament, perpetual, gracious
अनामयम् अनाभासम्anāmayam anābhāsamflawless, without reflection; untouched by blemish, without a gleam
अनामकम् अकारणम्anāmakam akāraṇamnameless, causeless; having no name, having no cause
Translation
“…all stilled, without support, abiding in the expanse, everlasting, benign, flawless, without reflection, nameless, causeless.”
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Eight attributes in a row, and of them two deserve taking.
Śiva — “benign”. It stood already in 2.68 and was noted there: behind the negations the book still says that the goal is good.
Akāraṇa — “causeless”. This is essential: He has no cause, and therefore the question “whence is He?” is illegitimate. A cause belongs to the produced.
Anābhāsa — “without reflection”. The word ābhāsa in 4.120 meant the gleam by which everything here is named. Here it is said: He Himself has no gleam, for a gleam comes from something else.
Note too nirālamba — “without support”. Not “hanging in the void”, but “needing no prop”. The same was said otherwise in 2.8: He is not, for there is no support; and He is, for being is His nature.