Upaniṣads · Mahā 5.76
॥
Devanāgarī
मनसो विजयान्नान्या गतिरस्ति भवार्णवे महानरकसाम्राज्ये मत्तदुष्कृतवारणाः
Transliteración (IAST)
manaso vijayānnānyā gatirasti bhavārṇave mahānarakasāmrājye mattaduṣkṛtavāraṇāḥ
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
मनसः विजयात् न अन्याmanasaḥ vijayāt na anyābesides victory over the mind, no other; apart from the conquest of consciousness, no different
गतिः अस्ति भव-अर्णवेgatiḥ asti bhava-arṇaveway is there in the ocean of becoming; issue exists in the sea of existence
महा-नरक-साम्राज्येmahā-naraka-sāmrājyein the empire of the great hell; in the dominion of the vast underworld
मत्त-दुष्कृत-वारणाःmatta-duṣkṛta-vāraṇāḥthe frenzied elephants of misdeeds; the raging elephants of evil acts
Traducción
“Besides victory over the mind there is no other way in the ocean of becoming; in the empire of the great hell rage the elephants of misdeeds…”
Versión
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The first half repeats 4.106: there is no other crossing.
The second begins an image to be completed in the next verse, and it is martial.
Mahā-naraka-sāmrājya — “the empire of the great hell”. The word sāmrājya occurred already in 4.97, where it named the empire of designlessness. Here — the opposite realm.
Matta-duṣkṛta-vāraṇāḥ — “the frenzied elephants of misdeeds”. The elephant in battle-madness is the image of unrestrainable destructive force; matta means “intoxicated, in rut”.
Note that the misdeeds are depicted not as lapses but as a force: elephants are not shamed, they are fought.
The next verse will name the second arm of the host.