Upaniṣads · Mahā 5.72
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Devanāgarī
अशङ्कितापि सम्प्राप्ता ग्रामयात्रा यथाध्वगैः प्रेक्ष्यते तद्वदेव ज्ञैर्भोगश्रीरवलोक्यते
Transliteración (IAST)
aśaṅkitāpi samprāptā grāmayātrā yathādhvagaiḥ prekṣyate tadvadeva jñairbhogaśrīravalokyate
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अशङ्किता अपि सम्प्राप्ताaśaṅkitā api samprāptāthough arrived unlooked-for; however unexpectedly befallen
ग्राम-यात्रा यथा अध्वगैःgrāma-yātrā yathā adhvagaiḥas travellers view a village on the road; just as wayfarers the passing of a hamlet
प्रेक्ष्यते तद्वत् एव ज्ञैःprekṣyate tadvat eva jñaiḥis viewed — just so by the knowing; is regarded, in the same way by the wise
भोग-श्रीः अवलोक्यतेbhoga-śrīḥ avalokyatethe splendour of enjoyments is beheld; the pomp of pleasures is surveyed
Traducción
“As travellers look at a village met unexpectedly on the road, so do the knowing look upon the splendour of enjoyments.”
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A second image in a row on the same theme, and gentler than the last.
The traveller goes his way. On the road a village turns up: people, trade, noise, another's life. He looks with interest and walks on.
He neither scorns the village nor stays in it.
Note the word aśaṅkitā — “unlooked-for, unsuspected”. The village was neither sought nor avoided; it happened.
Bhoga-śrī — “the splendour of enjoyments”, and the word śrī, as in 3.8, means magnificence. The book concedes that delights are beautiful; it does not pretend otherwise.
The whole question is whether you are going anywhere. He who has a road passes through the village; he who has none stays there to live.