उपनिषद् · Mahā 5.43
॥
देवनागरी
सप्तभूमिः स विज्ञेयः कथितास्ताश्च भूमिकाः एतासां भूमिकानां तु गमं ब्रह्माभिधं पदम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
saptabhūmiḥ sa vijñeyaḥ kathitāstāśca bhūmikāḥ etāsāṃ bhūmikānāṃ tu gamaṃ brahmābhidhaṃ padam
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सप्त-भूमिः सः विज्ञेयःsapta-bhūmiḥ saḥ vijñeyaḥit is to be known as seven-staged; it should be understood as having seven steps
कथिताः ताः च भूमिकाःkathitāḥ tāḥ ca bhūmikāḥand those stages have been told; and the said steps have been related
एतासाम् भूमिकानाम् तुetāsām bhūmikānām tubut of these stages; of these steps, however
गमम् ब्रह्म-अभिधम् पदम्gamam brahma-abhidham padamthe goal is the state named Brahman; the issue is the station called Brahman
अनुवाद
“It is to be known as seven-staged, and those stages have been told; and the goal of these stages is the state named Brahman.”
संस्करण
d6d63899aca8 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The conclusion to the list, and in it the goal is named: brahma-abhidham padam — “the state called Brahman”.
Note the word abhidha — “called, named”. Even here the book remembers its own proviso of 4.44: the names are contrived for usage.
Gama — “going, arrival, terminus”. The stages lead somewhere, and that “somewhere” is named.
The next verses will describe it, and the description will follow the familiar pattern — through negations.
It is worth noting that the whole chapter is built symmetrically: seven steps down, seven up, and at the end — that which is no step.