उपनिषद् · Mahā 4.100
॥
देवनागरी
यत्तु चञ्चलताहीनं तन्मनोऽमृतमुच्यते तदेव च तपः शास्त्रसिद्धान्ते मोक्ष उच्यते
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yattu cañcalatāhīnaṃ tanmano'mṛtamucyate tadeva ca tapaḥ śāstrasiddhānte mokṣa ucyate
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
यत् तु चञ्चलता-हीनम्yat tu cañcalatā-hīnambut what is devoid of restlessness; that, however, which is free of wavering
तत् मनः अमृतम् उच्यतेtat manaḥ amṛtam ucyatethat mind is called immortal; that consciousness is named deathless
तत् एव च तपः शास्त्रtat eva ca tapaḥ śāstrait likewise is austerity; in scripture's; it too is penance; in the writing's
सिद्धान्ते मोक्षः उच्यतेsiddhānte mokṣaḥ ucyatefinal conclusion it is called liberation; ultimate verdict it is named deliverance
अनुवाद
“But what is devoid of restlessness — that mind is called immortal; it likewise is austerity and, by the conclusion of the scriptures, liberation.”
संस्करण
bea105b43f16 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The verse answers the difficulty posed in 4.98, and answers not by cancelling but by relocating.
There it was said: a mind without restlessness does not exist. Here: what is without restlessness is called amṛta manaḥ — “the immortal mind”.
That is, the speech is no longer of the mind that is designing. It is of what remains when the designing has ended — and the book consents to call this “mind”, so as not to lose the thread.
This is exactly the svarūpa of 4.52: one's own nature remains.
And further it is said that this same thing is tapas — austerity, and it too, by the conclusion of the scriptures, is mokṣa — liberation.
Three words for one thing: immortality, austerity, freedom.
Note that austerity is identified not with self-mortification but with the mind's stillness. This is the answer to the whole third chapter, where Nidāgha went round three and a half crores of tīrthas and came back with nothing.