उपनिषद् · Mahā 5.150
॥
देवनागरी
मनस्ताद्दृग्गुणगतं रसतन्मात्रवेदनम् क्षणाच्चेतत्यपां शैत्यं जलसंवित्ततो भवेत्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
manastāddṛgguṇagataṃ rasatanmātravedanam kṣaṇāccetatyapāṃ śaityaṃ jalasaṃvittato bhavet
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
मनः तादृक्-गुण-गतम्manaḥ tādṛk-guṇa-gatamthe mind, having entered such qualities; consciousness, having taken on the said properties
रस-तन्मात्र-वेदनम्rasa-tanmātra-vedanamthe knowing of the subtle element of taste; the apprehension of the first-element of savour
क्षणात् चेतति अपाम् शैत्यम्kṣaṇāt cetati apām śaityamin an instant is aware of the coolness of waters; in a moment cognizes the coolness of the waters
जल-संवित् ततः भवेत्jala-saṃvit tataḥ bhavetthence arises the awareness of water; from that comes about the consciousness of water
अनुवाद
“The mind, having entered such qualities, in an instant is aware of the coolness of waters — the knowing of the subtle element of taste; thence arises the awareness of water.”
संस्करण
a77764e76333 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fourth element: water, and its property is taste.
Note the detail: apāṃ śaityam — “the coolness of waters”. Before the taste is named, the sensation of coolness is named.
Rightly so: we recognize water first of all by the cold on the skin.
And note the verb cetati — “is aware of”. Not “produces” and not “creates”. The element arises as an awareness.
Nowhere in this whole section is it said that the mind makes matter. It is aware of it — and it is.
Recall 5.47: the being of things is no other than cognition.
Jala-saṃvit — “the awareness of water”, not “water”.