Upanishads · Mahā 5.61
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Devanāgarī
महाधियः शान्तधियो ये याता विमनस्कताम् जन्तोः कृतविचारस्य विगलद्वृत्तिचेतसः
Transliteration (IAST)
mahādhiyaḥ śāntadhiyo ye yātā vimanaskatām jantoḥ kṛtavicārasya vigaladvṛtticetasaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
महा-धियः शान्त-धियःmahā-dhiyaḥ śānta-dhiyaḥgreat of reason, stilled of reason; mighty in understanding, calm in understanding
ये याताः विमनस्कताम्ye yātāḥ vimanaskatāmwho have come to mindlessness; who have arrived at the state without mind
जन्तोः कृत-विचारस्यjantoḥ kṛta-vicārasyaof the creature that has performed the inquiry; of the being that has carried out the examination
विगलत्-वृत्ति-चेतसःvigalat-vṛtti-cetasaḥwhose mind's movements are melting away; whose consciousness has its stirrings dissolving
Translation
“The great of reason, the stilled of reason, who have come to mindlessness; of the creature that has performed the inquiry, whose movements of mind are melting away…”
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A long period begins that will stretch over several verses: the list of the marks of one who has walked the path.
It is built as a chain of genitives: “of him who has performed the inquiry”, “of him who leaves off contemplating”, “of him who sees the seer”, and so on. All refer to one man, and the subject will be long in coming.
This is a device of Sanskrit poetry: a long enumeration holding the listener in suspense.
Note the pair mahā-dhī and śānta-dhī — “great of reason” and “stilled of reason”. Both qualities together: the mind is great and quiet.
Vigalad-vṛtti — “with melting movements”. The word vṛtti is the very one by which Patañjali names the fluctuations of the mind that are to cease.
And vimanaskatā — “mindlessness”, the same as acittatva.