Upanishads · Mahā 5.59
॥
Devanāgarī
विश्रान्तोऽस्मि चिरं श्रान्तश्चिन्मात्रान्नास्ति किंचन पश्य विश्रान्तसन्देहं विगताशेषकौतुकम्
Transliteration (IAST)
viśrānto'smi ciraṃ śrāntaścinmātrānnāsti kiṃcana paśya viśrāntasandehaṃ vigatāśeṣakautukam
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
विश्रान्तः अस्मि चिरम् श्रान्तःviśrāntaḥ asmi ciram śrāntaḥI am at rest, long wearied; I have found repose, worn out this long while
चित्-मात्रात् न अस्ति किंचनcit-mātrāt na asti kiṃcanabesides consciousness there is nothing; apart from mere awareness nothing exists
पश्य विश्रान्त-सन्देहम्paśya viśrānta-sandehambehold one whose doubt is laid to rest; look upon him whose doubting has subsided
विगत-अशेष-कौतुकम्vigata-aśeṣa-kautukamfrom whom all curiosity has departed; in whom every inquisitiveness has vanished
Translation
“I am at rest, long wearied: besides consciousness there is nothing. Behold one whose doubts are laid to rest and from whom all curiosity has gone.”
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The verse is spoken in the first person, and this is a rarity.
Viśrānto'smi ciraṃ śrāntaḥ — “I am at rest, long wearied”.
The word viśrānta is the very one Śuka begged of Janaka (2.35) and which he found (2.74).
Note the pair: śrānta and viśrānta, “wearied” and “rested”. The play of roots conveys everything at once.
And two marks of rest, both through absence.
Viśrānta-sandeha — “doubt laid to rest”. Not “answers received”.
Vigata-aśeṣa-kautuka — “all curiosity gone”. Kautuka means “inquisitiveness, appetite for the new, interest”.
Here is a token rarely thought of. He who has found is no longer curious. Not because he is bored, but because there is nothing left to seek.