Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4,4.19
॥
Devanāgarī
मनसैव अनुद्रष्टव्यं न इह नानास्ति किं चन मृत्योः सः मृत्युम् आप्नोति यः इह नानेव पश्यति
Transliteración (IAST)
manasaiva anudraṣṭavyaṃ na iha nānāsti kiṃ cana mṛtyoḥ saḥ mṛtyum āpnoti yaḥ iha nāneva paśyati
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
मनसैवmanasaivaby the mind alone (manasā eva); with the mind only; by the mind itself
अनुद्रष्टव्यंanudraṣṭavyaṃit is to be perceived (anu-draṣṭavya); one must behold; it is to be seen
नnanot; no
इहihahere; in this world
नानास्तिnānāstithere is no multiplicity (nānā asti na — 'there is nothing separate'); there is no difference; there is no multiplicity
किंkiṃwhat; which
चनcanaeven; at all
मृत्योःmṛtyoḥfrom death (mṛtyu, abl.); from death; from death
सःsaḥhe; that one
मृत्युम्mṛtyumdeath; dying
आप्नोतिāpnotihe goes and attains (from √āp); obtains; attains
यःyaḥwho; the one who
इहihahere; in this world
नानेवnānevaas it were a multiplicity (nānā iva); as though separate; as it were manifold
पश्यतिpaśyatisees; beholds
Traducción
By the mind alone is this to be beheld: there is no manifoldness here at all. From death to death he goes who sees here as it were manifoldness.
Versión
83e3c5d08aad · publicado 27 jul 2026, 1:17:00 UTC
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A stern verse about seeing: manasaivānudraṣṭavyam — "by the [purified] mind is this to be beheld": neha nānāsti kiṁcana — "there is no manifoldness here at all", with a formidable consequence: mṛtyoḥ sa mṛtyum āpnoti ya iha nāneva paśyati — "from death to death goes he who sees here as it were manifoldness" (the Kaṭha repeats the verse, 2.1.11).
What is condemned? Not the distinguishing of things (iva! — "as it were"): what is condemned is the seeing of disconnectedness — the world as a heap of unrelated pieces with no single Owner. Such sight is the very engine of repeated death: he who sees pieces lives and dies in pieces. The unified seeing — everything in Him and He in everything — takes one off that assembly line: death finds no part in one who has stopped being a part.