उपनिषद् · 1.13
॥
देवनागरी
अन्यद् एवाहुः संभवाद् अन्यद् आहुर् असंभवात् ।
इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस् तद् विचचक्षिरे
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
anyad evāhuḥ saṃbhavād anyad āhur asaṃbhavāt |
iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nas tad vicacakṣire
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अन्यत्anyatone thing; another; something different
एवevaprecisely; truly; quite
आहुःāhuḥthey say; they declare; they hand down
संभवात्saṃbhavātfrom the manifest; from becoming (sam-√bhū — 'to arise'); from what has come to be
अन्यत्anyatanother thing; something else; something different
आहुःāhuḥthey say; they declare; they hand down
असंभवात्asaṃbhavātfrom the unmanifest; from non-becoming; from what has not come to be
इतिitithus; in this way; this is what
शुश्रुमśuśrumawe have heard (perfect of √śru — 'to hear'); we have received by hearing; it was handed down to us
धीराणाम्dhīrāṇāmfrom the wise; from the steadfast (dhīra — 'unshaken in mind'); from the self-possessed
येyewho; they who; the sages who
नःnaḥto us; for us; us
तत्tatthis; that; this meaning
विचचक्षिरेvicacakṣireexplained (vi-√cakṣ — 'to disclose, to expound'); expounded; laid open
अनुवाद
One thing, they say, comes from the manifest, and another from the unmanifest; so have we heard from the wise who explained it to us.
संस्करण
10501c5a6ac8 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 7:17:19 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Like the tenth, the thirteenth mantra secures the distinction by an appeal to tradition: the worship of the manifest has one fruit, the worship of the unmanifest another — "so have we heard from the wise". The fruits are indeed different: one who worships the manifest gains power and prosperity within the world — and loses them together with the world; one who worships the unmanifest attains dissolution in the undifferentiated — a peace bought at the price of the very capacity to see, to love and to serve. Neither is the immortality that the Upaniṣad promises.
The repetition of the formula śuśruma dhīrāṇām in the second triad is no accident: the subtler the matter, the more one needs the support of hearing. About the fruits of activity one may judge from experience; but of the posthumous lot of those who worship the manifest or the unmanifest the traveller has no experience of his own and can have none — here only the testimony of those who see can guide. So the Upaniṣad once again humbles the self-satisfied intellect: in the highest questions an honest reason leans on revelation as the eye leans on light.