Upanishads · Mahā 6.47
॥
Devanāgarī
द्वावेतौ ब्रह्मतां यातौ द्वावेतौ विगतज्वरौ आपतत्सु यथाकालं सुखदुःखेष्वनारतौ संन्यासियोगिनौ दान्तौ विद्धि शान्तौ मुनीश्वर
Transliteration (IAST)
dvāvetau brahmatāṃ yātau dvāvetau vigatajvarau āpatatsu yathākālaṃ sukhaduḥkheṣvanāratau saṃnyāsiyoginau dāntau viddhi śāntau munīśvara
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
द्वौ एतौ ब्रह्मताम् यातौdvau etau brahmatām yātauthese two have come to Brahman-hood; both of these have attained the state of Brahman
द्वौ एतौ विगत-ज्वरौdvau etau vigata-jvarauthese two are rid of the fever; both of these are free of the burning
आपतत्सु यथा-कालम्āpatatsu yathā-kālamat what befalls in its season; at what arrives in its appointed time
सुख-दुःखेषु अनारतौsukha-duḥkheṣu anāratauin joys and sorrows, unceasingly; amid delights and sufferings, without pause
संन्यासि-योगिनौ दान्तौsaṃnyāsi-yoginau dāntauthe renunciant and the yogin, restrained; the sannyāsī and the yogī, self-mastered
विद्धि शान्तौ मुनि-ईश्वरviddhi śāntau muni-īśvaraknow them as stilled, O lord of sages; understand them as pacified, O master of the silent
Translation
“Both of these have come to Brahman, both are free of the fever amid joys and sorrows that befall each in its season: know, O lord of sages, that the renunciant and the yogin are restrained and stilled.”
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The verse sets two orders on a level: the saṃnyāsin and the yogin.
The first has left everything outwardly; the second labours upon himself without leaving.
And it is said: dvāv etau brahmatāṃ yātau — “both have attained”.
This repeats 4.39, where householder and hermit were likewise levelled.
Note that twice, at important points, the book returns to this levelling. It evidently mattered to it that no one think the matter lies in the dress.
Vigata-jvarau — “rid of the fever”, the same word vijvara as in 6.14–6.15.
And the line about joys and sorrows repeats 2.43 verbatim.
Toward its end the book gathers its own words, as one gathers belongings before a journey.