Upanishads · Mahā 6.63
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Devanāgarī
सर्वातीतपदालम्बी परिपूर्णैकचिन्मयः नोद्वेगी न च तुष्टात्मा संसारे नावसीदति
Transliteration (IAST)
sarvātītapadālambī paripūrṇaikacinmayaḥ nodvegī na ca tuṣṭātmā saṃsāre nāvasīdati
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सर्व-अतीत-पद-आलम्बीsarva-atīta-pada-ālambīholding to the state beyond everything; leaning on the station past all things
परिपूर्ण-एक-चित्-मयःparipūrṇa-eka-cit-mayaḥwholly full, single, made of consciousness; filled to the brim, one, woven of awareness
न उद्वेगी न च तुष्ट-आत्माna udvegī na ca tuṣṭa-ātmāneither anxious nor self-satisfied; neither agitated nor pleased with himself
संसारे न अवसीदतिsaṃsāre na avasīdatihe does not sink in the round; he does not founder in the whirl
Translation
“Holding to the state beyond everything, wholly full, single, made of consciousness, neither anxious nor self-satisfied — he does not sink in the round.”
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The description begins of one who has arrived; it will take several verses and repeats the refrain na avasīdati — “he does not sink, does not founder”.
Note the pair: na udvegī na ca tuṣṭātmā — “neither anxious nor self-satisfied”.
The second is unexpected. Self-satisfaction is set beside anxiety as its pair.
Rightly: complacency and anxiety are two swings of one pendulum, and both depend on how affairs are going.
The word avasīdati is the very one with which the Bhagavad-gītā describes Arjuna lowering his bow: “he sank down”. Here it stands with a negation.
Paripūrṇa — “full to the brim”. Fullness was already a mark of the liberated (2.47, 4.34).