Upanishads · Mahā 6.11
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Devanāgarī
न तदस्ति न यत्राहं न तदस्ति न तन्मयम् किमन्यदभिवाञ्छामि सर्वं सच्चिन्मयं ततम्
Transliteration (IAST)
na tadasti na yatrāhaṃ na tadasti na tanmayam kimanyadabhivāñchāmi sarvaṃ saccinmayaṃ tatam
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न तत् अस्तिna tat astithere is nothing; nothing exists
न यत्र अहम्na yatra ahamwhere I am not; in which I should not be
न तत् अस्ति न तन्मयम्na tat asti na tanmayamthere is nothing not made of That; nothing exists that is not woven of it
किम् अन्यत् अभिवाञ्छामिkim anyat abhivāñchāmiwhat else should I desire; what more am I to crave
सर्वम् सत्-चित्-मयम् ततम्sarvam sat-cit-mayam tatamall is outspread, made of being and consciousness; everything is stretched forth, woven of the existent and aware
Translation
“There is nothing where I am not; there is nothing not made of That. What else should I desire? All is outspread, made of being and consciousness.”
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The verse is spoken in the first person, and in it is heard the voice of one who has arrived.
Note the question: kim anyad abhivāñchāmi — “what else should I desire?”
This is neither renunciation nor prohibition. It is bafflement: there is nothing to desire, for there is no other.
All the book's chapters taught the letting go of desires; here it turns out that desire falls away of itself when the “other” disappears.
Recall 4.115: ignorance is icchā-mātra, “nothing but wanting”. Wanting is possible only where there is an other.
Sat-cin-mayam — “woven of being and consciousness”. Two of the three; bliss is not named.
Nor is it needed: the third is the very state out of which the verse is spoken.