Upaniṣads · Brahma 4.7
॥
Devanāgarī
तिलेषु तैलं दधिनीव सर्पिरापः स्रोतःस्वरणीषु चाग्निः । एवमात्माऽऽत्मनि गृह्यतेऽसौ सत्येनैनं तपसा योऽनुपश्यति
Transliteración (IAST)
tileṣu tailaṃ dadhinīva sarpirāpaḥ srotaḥsvaraṇīṣu cāgniḥ | evamātmā''tmani gṛhyate'sau satyenainaṃ tapasā yo'nupaśyati
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तिलेषु तैलम् दधिनि इव सर्पिःtileṣu tailam dadhini iva sarpiḥas oil in sesame, as ghee in curds; like oil in the sesame seed, ghee in the sour milk
आपः स्रोतःसु अरणीषु च अग्निःāpaḥ srotaḥsu araṇīṣu ca agniḥwater in the streams, and fire in the fire-sticks; water in the currents, flame in the araṇis
एवम् आत्मा आत्मनि गृह्यते असौevam ātmā ātmani gṛhyate asauso is the Ātman grasped in oneself; so is the ātman apprehended within oneself
सत्येन एनम् तपसा यः अनुपश्यतिsatyena enam tapasā yaḥ anupaśyatiwho beholds him by truth and austerity; he who sees him by truthfulness and tapas
Traducción
As oil in sesame, as ghee in curds, as water in the streams, as fire in the fire-sticks — so is the Ātman grasped within oneself by him who beholds him with truth and austerity.
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Four similes in a row, all to one point: what is sought is already in the place where one seeks.
Oil in the sesame seed: it is not brought — it is pressed out. Ghee in the curds: churned out. Water in the streams: it is the stream. Fire in the sticks: kindled by friction, as the previous verse said.
This verse stands in the Śvetāśvatara too, and there it is followed by the conclusion implied here: “that God, hidden in one's own nature, the devotees of yoga see”.
Note the structure of the similes. The first two are of what is extracted from a substance; the second two, of what is itself the substance in motion.
The image, that is, is given twice and from two sides: as extraction and as discovery.
And two conditions are named at the end: satyena tapasā — “by truth and austerity”.
Not by contemplation and not by knowledge: by truthfulness and by labour. These are the simplest words in the chapter, and they stand in its most important place.