Upaniṣads · Mahā 6.41
॥
Devanāgarī
अहमेषां पदार्थानामेते च मम जीवितम् नाहमेभिर्विना किंचिन्न मयैते विना किल
Transliteración (IAST)
ahameṣāṃ padārthānāmete ca mama jīvitam nāhamebhirvinā kiṃcinna mayaite vinā kila
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अहम् एषाम् पदार्थानाम्aham eṣām padārthānām“I belong to these things”; “I am these objects' own”
एते च मम जीवितम्ete ca mama jīvitam“and they are my life”; “and they are the life of me”
न अहम् एभिः विना किंचित्na aham ebhiḥ vinā kiṃcit“without them I am nothing”; “apart from them I am nothing at all”
न मया एते विना किलna mayā ete vinā kila“and they without me are nothing, surely”; “and they without me, truly, are nothing”
Traducción
“‘I belong to these things, and they are my life; without them I am nothing, and they without me are nothing’ —”
Versión
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Four turns of phrase, and all of them about the coupling with things.
Note their construction: the first two and the last two are mirrored. I belong to them — they belong to me. I am nothing without them — they are nothing without me.
This is the exact picture of what we call attachment: a mutual surety.
The word padārtha — “thing”, literally “what stands behind the word” (cf. 2.41).
Note too ete ca mama jīvitam — “they are my life”. A phrase every one of us has spoken aloud.
The next verse will say what to do with this.