Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7,20.1
॥
Devanāgarī
यदा वै निस्तिष्ठति अथ श्रद्दधाति न अनिस्तिष्ठन् श्रद्दधाति निस्तिष्ठन् एव श्रद्दधाति निष्ठा तु एव विजिज्ञासितव्या इति निष्ठां भगवः विजिज्ञासे इति
Transliteración (IAST)
yadā vai nistiṣṭhati atha śraddadhāti na anistiṣṭhan śraddadhāti nistiṣṭhan eva śraddadhāti niṣṭhā tu eva vijijñāsitavyā iti niṣṭhāṃ bhagavaḥ vijijñāse iti
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
यदाyadāwhen; at the moment when
वैvaiverily; indeed
निस्तिष्ठतिnistiṣṭhatihe cleaves to it (nis + √sthā — 'he stands by it'); is established; he stands firm
अथathathereupon; then
श्रद्दधातिśraddadhātihe believes; he trusts
नnanot; no
अनिस्तिष्ठन्anistiṣṭhanwithout cleaving to it (a-nistiṣṭhat); without standing fast; not having settled
श्रद्दधातिśraddadhātihe believes; he trusts
निस्तिष्ठन्nistiṣṭhanthe one who stands fast; standing firmly
एवevaindeed; surely
श्रद्दधातिśraddadhātihe believes; he trusts
निष्ठाniṣṭhāsteadfastness (niṣṭhā — abiding devotion); steadfastness; establishment
तुtubut; surely
एवevaindeed; surely
विजिज्ञासितव्याvijijñāsitavyāshe must be known; she must be investigated
इतिitithus; how
निष्ठांniṣṭhāṃsteadfastness; establishment
भगवःbhagavaḥvenerable one; sir
विजिज्ञासेvijijñāseI wish to know; I would investigate
इतिitithus; how
Traducción
"When a man cleaves fast, then he has faith; without cleaving fast, he has no faith: only one who cleaves fast has faith. But cleaving fast must be sought to be comprehended." — "I seek to comprehend cleaving fast, sir."
Versión
c136a4e8e031 · publicado 26 jul 2026, 23:46:46 UTC
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The fourth condition: niṣṭhā — steadfast cleaving, a devoted standing-by one thing. Faith does not grow in a deserter: to trust, one must stand by what one trusts — as a pupil "stands by" his teacher (ni-ṣṭhā is literally "a standing near"). The unsteady believes nothing, because he stands by nothing.
This word will become one of the key terms of India's whole spiritual vocabulary: niṣṭhā, the establishedness of which the Gītā says "twofold is the niṣṭhā in this world" (BG 3.3), and which bhakti counts as a stage of maturity on the path (after it come taste, attachment, feeling…). Sanatkumāra discloses its place: steadfastness is the soil of faith. Whoever wants to believe more deeply should seek not proofs but an end to his running from one thing to another.