Upanishads · Mahā 5.53
॥
Devanāgarī
संकल्पसंक्षयद्गलिते तु चित्ते संसारमोहमिहिका गलिता भवन्ति स्वच्छं विभाति शरदीव खमागतायां चिन्मात्रमेकमजमाद्यमनन्तमन्तः
Transliteration (IAST)
saṃkalpasaṃkṣayadgalite tu citte saṃsāramohamihikā galitā bhavanti svacchaṃ vibhāti śaradīva khamāgatāyāṃ cinmātramekamajamādyamanantamantaḥ
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SanskritIASTMeaning
सङ्कल्प-संक्षयात् गलितेsaṅkalpa-saṃkṣayāt galitewhen, by the perishing of designs, has melted; when, through the exhaustion of intents, has dissolved
तु चित्ते संसार-मोह-मिहिकाtu citte saṃsāra-moha-mihikāthe mind — the fog of the round's delusion; consciousness — the mist of the whirl's blinding
गलिता भवन्तिgalitā bhavantiturns out to have melted away; proves to have thawed away
स्वच्छम् विभाति शरदि इवsvaccham vibhāti śaradi ivait shines clear, as in autumn; it gleams limpid, as in the fall
खम् आगतायाम् चित्-मात्रम्kham āgatāyām cit-mātramthe sky at her coming — consciousness alone; the heavens at her arrival — nothing but awareness
एकम् अजम् आद्यम् अनन्तम् अन्तःekam ajam ādyam anantam antaḥone, unborn, primal, endless within; single, birthless, first, boundless inside
Translation
“When by the perishing of designs the mind has melted, the fog of the round's delusion melts too; and clear within — like the sky at autumn's coming — shines consciousness alone, unborn, primal, endless.”
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Another autumn image — the third in this book (cf. 4.17, 4.95).
In India autumn comes after the rains, when the sky, covered for months, suddenly becomes transparent to its very depth.
This is the image of clearing.
The word mihikā — “fog, drizzle”. The blinding is named neither a wall nor a darkness, but a fog: it does not hinder walking; it hinders seeing far.
Note the causal chain: the perishing of designs — the melted mind — the melted fog — the clear sky.
All four links are one event, described from different sides.
And the last word: antaḥ, “within”. The autumn sky in question is within.