Upaniṣads · Bhasmajābāla 2.29
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Devanāgarī
अचक्षुर्विश्वतश्चक्षुरकर्णो विश्वतः कर्णोऽपादो विश्वतःपादोऽपाणिर्विश्वतःपाणिराहमशिरा विश्वतःशिरा विद्यामन्त्रैकसंश्रयो विद्यारूपो विद्यामयो विश्वेश्वरोऽहमजरोऽहम्
Transliteración (IAST)
acakṣurviśvataścakṣurakarṇo viśvataḥ karṇo'pādo viśvataḥpādo'pāṇirviśvataḥpāṇirāhamaśirā viśvataḥśirā vidyāmantraikasaṃśrayo vidyārūpo vidyāmayo viśveśvaro'hamajaro'ham
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अ-चक्षुः विश्वतः चक्षुःa-cakṣuḥ viśvataḥ cakṣuḥeyeless — the eye everywhere
अ-कर्णः विश्वतः कर्णःa-karṇaḥ viśvataḥ karṇaḥearless — the ear everywhere
अ-पाणिः विश्वतः पाणिःa-pāṇiḥ viśvataḥ pāṇiḥhandless — the hand everywhere
अ-शिराः विश्वतः शिराःa-śirāḥ viśvataḥ śirāḥheadless — the head everywhere
विश्व-ईश्वरः अहम् अ-जरः अहम्viśva-īśvaraḥ aham a-jaraḥ ahamI am the lord of the world, I am the unaging one
Traducción
«Eyeless — the eye everywhere; earless — the ear everywhere; footless — the foot everywhere; handless — the hand everywhere; headless — the head everywhere; the sole support of knowledge and mantra, having the form of knowledge, consisting of knowledge, I am the lord of the world, I am the unaging one».
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Here is a line for the sake of which this whole speech is worth reading: in every member, negation and affirmation stand side by side. «Eyeless — the eye everywhere»; «earless — the ear everywhere»; «handless — the hand everywhere». This is the answer to every list of negations discussed when reading Rudra-hṛdaya (31) and Yoga-kuṇḍalinī (3.35); and the answer is given not by us, but by the book itself.
What is negated is our own configuration: He has no eyes like the two a man has, and no hands like the two a man has. What is affirmed is action: He sees, hears, takes. The Śvetāśvatara says the same, in almost the same words: «without hands and feet He is swift and grasps; without eyes He sees; without ears He hears» (3.19).
Compare the Gītā: «His hands and feet are everywhere, His eyes, heads, and faces are everywhere, His ears are everywhere; He encompasses all» (13.14) — and there it adds: «devoid of all the senses, He shines by the properties of all the senses» (13.15). This coincidence is word for word and not accidental: the turn sarvataḥ-pāṇi-pādam is common property. And the conclusion from it is one, and deserves stating. Qualitylessness in these books nowhere means inaction. Every time negations are listed, a verb stands beside them; and this verb — sees, hears, takes, rules — is the verb of a person.