Upaniṣads · Muṇḍaka 3.1.10
॥
Devanāgarī
यं यं लोकं मनसा संविभाति विशुद्धसत्त्वः कामयते यान् च कामान् ।
तं तं लोकं जयते तान् च कामान् तस्मात् आत्मज्ञं हि अर्चयेत् भूतिकामः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
yaṃ yaṃ lokaṃ manasā saṃvibhāti viśuddhasattvaḥ kāmayate yān ca kāmān |
taṃ taṃ lokaṃ jayate tān ca kāmān tasmāt ātmajñaṃ hi arcayet bhūtikāmaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
यम् यम्yam yamto whatever; this or that
लोकम्lokamthe world; dwelling
मनसाmanasāwith the mind; with thought
संविभातिsaṃvibhātiillumines (sam-vi-√bhā); lights up [with the mind]; presents in light
विशुद्धसत्त्वःviśuddhasattvaḥpure in essence; cleansed in heart
कामयतेkāmayatedesires (from √kam); craves; wants
यान् चyān caand whichever; and those
कामान्kāmāndesires; aims
तम् तम्tam tamthat very one; each such
लोकम्lokamthe world; dwelling
जयतेjayatewins (from √ji); gains by conquest; takes
तान् चtān caand those; and these
कामान्kāmāndesires; aims
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore; for that reason
आत्मज्ञम्ātmajñamthe knower of the Ātman (ātma-jña); one who has realised the Self; the ātma-jña
हिhiindeed; indeed
अर्चयेत्arcayetlet him honour (from √arc); let him revere; let him worship
भूतिकामःbhūtikāmaḥdesirous of welfare (bhūti-kāma); longing for prosperity; seeking good things
Traducción
Whatever world a man of purified being illumines with his mind, and whatever desires he desires — that world he wins and those desires [he gains]. Therefore let him who desires prosperity honour the knower of the Ātman.
Versión
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An unexpected verse about the power of purity — and about what to do with it. yaṁ yaṁ lokaṁ manasā saṁvibhāti viśuddha-sattvaḥ — "whatever world the purified man illumines with his mind": for a pure consciousness what is conceived comes to pass: a will not pulled apart by passions acts as a beam, not as scattered light; kāmayate yāṁś ca kāmān — "and whatever desires he desires" — taṁ taṁ lokaṁ jayate tāṁś ca kāmān — "that world he wins, and those desires".
But the Upaniṣad instantly turns this power away from where self-interest would reach: tasmād ātmajñaṁ hy arcayet bhūti-kāmaḥ — "therefore let him who desires prosperity honour the knower of the Ātman": not "become pure so that your wishes come true", but "honour him who is pure and knows": the householder who longs for good (bhūti — prosperity) most surely obtains it through service to the knower; nearness to the pure purifies the desires of the one who draws near.
Here the great social axis of Vedic culture is legislated: the alliance of those who seek goods and those who have found the Good: the first support the second with gifts, the second the first with light; the Gītā (4.34) commands one to go to the knowers, the Bhāgavatam calls it sādhu-saṅga — association with saints, out of which, in Caitanya's word, everything grows.