Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,2.5
॥
Devanāgarī
चक्षुर् वै ग्रहः सः रूपेणातिग्रहेण गृहीतः चक्षुषा हि रूपाणि पश्यति
Transliteración (IAST)
cakṣur vai grahaḥ saḥ rūpeṇātigraheṇa gṛhītaḥ cakṣuṣā hi rūpāṇi paśyati
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
चक्षुर्cakṣurthe eye; sight
वैvaitruly; indeed
ग्रहःgrahaḥthe seizer; the organ of seizing
सःsaḥhe; that one
रूपेणातिग्रहेणrūpeṇātigraheṇaby form as over-grasper (rūpeṇa atigraheṇa); by the form-seizer; by form
गृहीतःgṛhītaḥis grasped; is caught
चक्षुषाcakṣuṣāwith the eye; with sight
हिhiindeed; truly
रूपाणिrūpāṇithe forms (rūpa, acc. pl.); of the form; the forms
पश्यतिpaśyatithey see (from √paś); they behold; they see
Traducción
The eye is a grasper; it is grasped by form as the over-grasper: for by the eye one sees forms.
Versión
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The fourth pair: eye and form. The one who looks supposes that he takes the world with his gaze — but the gaze is chained to the visible: wherever a form beckons, the eye is drawn; beauty leads the looker on an invisible leash.
That is why all the schools of inner life begin at the gates of the eyes: not because the visible is bad, but because the leash is shortest just here. And the summit of the same science is to give the eyes the best of forms: the dark-hued Lord, whose image, as the devotees say, "captivates the captivator" — takes captive the very power of sight, and by that captivity sets it free.