Upanishads · Mahā 6.1
॥
Devanāgarī
अन्तरास्थां परित्यज्य भावश्रीं भावनामयीम् योऽसि सोऽसि जगत्यस्मिंल्लीलया विहरानघ
Transliteration (IAST)
antarāsthāṃ parityajya bhāvaśrīṃ bhāvanāmayīm yo'si so'si jagatyasmiṃllīlayā viharānagha
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अन्तः-आस्थाम् परित्यज्यantaḥ-āsthām parityajyahaving relinquished the inner reliance; having cast off the inward clinging
भाव-श्रीम् भावना-मयीम्bhāva-śrīm bhāvanā-mayīmthe splendour of states, woven of contemplation; the pomp of dispositions, made of imagining
यः असि सः असिyaḥ asi saḥ asiwho thou art, that thou art; who thou art, that very one thou art
जगति अस्मिन्jagati asminin this world; within this world
लीलया विहर अनघlīlayā vihara anaghawander in play, O sinless one; roam at sport, O blameless one
Translation
“Having relinquished the inner reliance — the splendour of states woven of contemplation — who thou art, that thou art; wander in play through this world, O sinless one.”
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The last chapter opens with the same line that closed the first half of the fifth: yo'si so'si — “who thou art, that thou art” (5.51).
And something is added that was not there: līlayā vihara — “wander in play”.
This is the key to the whole chapter. Till now it was said what not to do; here for the first time it is said how to live.
Note the word vihara — “stroll, wander, take thy pleasure”. Not “abide” and not “sit”: stroll.
And līlayā — “in play” — is the very word by which in 5.145 and 5.162 the doings of the Supreme are described.
That is, man is invited to live as He lives.
Antaḥ-āsthā — “the inner reliance”. The last thing ordered left is not things, but the calculation within.