Upanishads · Mahā 5.64
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Devanāgarī
सुप्तस्य धनसंमोहमये संसारवर्त्मनि अत्यन्तपक्ववैराग्यादरसेषु रसेष्वपि
Transliteration (IAST)
suptasya dhanasaṃmohamaye saṃsāravartmani atyantapakvavairāgyādaraseṣu raseṣvapi
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सुप्तस्य धन-संमोह-मयेsuptasya dhana-saṃmoha-mayeof one asleep in the daze of riches; of him who slumbers in the stupor of wealth
संसार-वर्त्मनिsaṃsāra-vartmanion the road of the round; upon the path of the whirl
अत्यन्त-पक्व-वैराग्यात्atyanta-pakva-vairāgyātfrom fully ripened dispassion; out of detachment perfectly matured
अ-रसेषु रसेषु अपिa-raseṣu raseṣu apiin the savourless and the savoury alike; in the insipid as in the delicious
Translation
“…of one who sleeps on the road of the round amid the daze of riches, and to whom, from fully ripened dispassion, the savoury and the savourless are alike…”
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The list continues, and here is a subtlety easily missed.
Suptasya — “of one asleep”. He sleeps on the road of the round.
This is no vice but a virtue: he sleeps where all are awake. The world's affairs are for him what one does not notice in sleep.
Recall 2.46: “who moves as in deep sleep”.
The second half is of taste, and it repeats 2.54: he eats the pungent, the sour and the insipid as equal.
The word atyanta-pakva — “fully ripened”. Dispassion is named a fruit that has matured.
A good image. The unripe fruit is bitter and holds fast to the branch; the ripened one is sweet and falls of itself.