Upaniṣads · Mahā 4.102
॥
Devanāgarī
पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेन यस्मिन्नैव पदे मनः योज्यते तत्पदं प्राप्य निर्विकल्पो भवानघ
Transliteración (IAST)
pauruṣeṇa prayatnena yasminnaiva pade manaḥ yojyate tatpadaṃ prāpya nirvikalpo bhavānagha
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेनpauruṣeṇa prayatnenaby manliness and by effort; through valour and through exertion
यस्मिन् एव पदे मनःyasmin eva pade manaḥto whatever state the mind; to precisely that condition consciousness
योज्यते तत् पदम् प्राप्यyojyate tat padam prāpyais applied — having reached that state; is joined; having gained that condition
निर्विकल्पः भव अनघnirvikalpaḥ bhava anaghabecome free of distinctions, O sinless one; become a stranger to differentiations, O blameless one
Traducción
“To whatever state the mind is applied by manliness and effort — reach that state and become free of distinctions, O sinless one.”
Versión
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The verse repeats the rule of 4.42: what you gaze into, that you become.
Here it is given as an order, and with an addition: pauruṣeṇa prayatnena — “by manliness and effort”.
That is, the applying of the mind does not happen of itself. The mind goes where it is drawn; to apply it to something else takes effort, and the book does not pretend this is easy.
The conclusion: nirvikalpo bhava — “become free of distinctions”.
Nirvikalpa — without vikalpa, without that dissecting work spoken of since 2.34.
Note the address anagha — “sinless”. The teacher so calls the pupil at whom he has just flung “man-worm” (4.88).
This is no inconsistency. The abuse was at the delay; the address is to the essence. So one speaks with him whom one is leading.