उपनिषद् · Mahā 5.20
॥
देवनागरी
सप्तावस्था इमाः प्रोक्ता मया ज्ञानस्य वै द्विज एकैका शतसंख्यात्र नानाविभवरूपिणी
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
saptāvasthā imāḥ proktā mayā jñānasya vai dvija ekaikā śatasaṃkhyātra nānāvibhavarūpiṇī
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सप्त-अवस्थाः इमाः प्रोक्ताःsapta-avasthāḥ imāḥ proktāḥthese seven states have been set forth; these seven conditions have been related
मया ज्ञानस्य वै द्विजmayā jñānasya vai dvijaby me, O twice-born; by me, O twice-born one
एक-एका शत-सङ्ख्या अत्रeka-ekā śata-saṅkhyā atraeach here numbers a hundred; every single one counts a hundred here
नाना-विभव-रूपिणीnānā-vibhava-rūpiṇītaking form in manifold displays; showing itself in a multitude of guises
अनुवाद
“These seven states have been set forth by me, O twice-born; each of them here numbers a hundred kinds, appearing in manifold displays.”
संस्करण
9d2894a6185d · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The conclusion to the lower ladder, and in it the same proviso as in 5.2 and 5.9.
Seven steps is a coarse count. In each are a hundred kinds, and each is many-formed.
Note the word vibhava — “display, power, wealth”. Ignorance is called rich: it has a hundred guises on every step.
This agrees with the observation of everyone who has watched himself. One can err in an endless number of ways; truth is one, and therefore seems poor.
The address dvija — “twice-born” — is said to Nidāgha as a brāhmaṇa. The teacher reminds him of his station at the very end of the heavy catalogue: you are not of those who sleep.
Next comes the second ladder.