Upanishads · Mahā 6.66
॥
Devanāgarī
पूर्वां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य ध्येयत्यागविलासिनीम् जीवन्मुक्ततया स्वस्थो लोके विहर विज्वरः
Transliteration (IAST)
pūrvāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya dhyeyatyāgavilāsinīm jīvanmuktatayā svastho loke vihara vijvaraḥ
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SanskritIASTMeaning
पूर्वाम् दृष्टिम् अवष्टभ्यpūrvām dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhyaleaning upon the former vision; braced upon the earlier seeing
ध्येय-त्याग-विलासिनीम्dhyeya-tyāga-vilāsinīmwhich sports in leaving the object of meditation; that plays at renouncing the object of contemplation
जीवन्मुक्ततया स्वस्थःjīvanmuktatayā svasthaḥself-possessed in liberation-in-life; at home in the freedom-while-alive
लोके विहर विज्वरःloke vihara vijvaraḥwander the world without fever; roam the world free of the burning
Translation
“Leaning on the former vision that sports in leaving the object of meditation, self-possessed as one liberated in life — wander the world without fever.”
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A series of four verses begins with the refrain loke vihara — “wander the world”.
It returns to the chapter's first verse: līlayā vihara anagha (6.1).
Note vijvara — “without fever”, the word that has run through the whole chapter (6.14, 6.15, 6.47).
And dhyeya-tyāga — “the leaving of the object of meditation”, the mark from 2.45 and 6.45.
All this has been said before. One thing here is new: the command to stroll about the world.
After six chapters on how to leave, the book ends by sending the man back into the world.
This is perhaps the kindest thing it does.