उपनिषद् · Mahā 6.31
॥
देवनागरी
गृहीततृष्णाशबरीवासनाजालमाततम् संसारवारिप्रसृतं चिन्तातन्तुभिराततम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
gṛhītatṛṣṇāśabarīvāsanājālamātatam saṃsāravāriprasṛtaṃ cintātantubhirātatam
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
गृहीत-तृष्णा-शबरीgṛhīta-tṛṣṇā-śabarīheld by the huntress craving; gripped by the wild-woman thirst
वासना-जालम् आततम्vāsanā-jālam ātatamthe net of vāsanās, outspread; the toils of inclinations, stretched wide
संसार-वारि-प्रसृतम्saṃsāra-vāri-prasṛtamspread over the waters of the round; laid out upon the flood of the whirl
चिन्ता-तन्तुभिः आततम्cintā-tantubhiḥ ātatamstretched with the threads of care; extended with the filaments of anxiety
अनुवाद
“The net of vāsanās, stretched with the threads of care and spread over the waters of the round, is held by the huntress craving…”
संस्करण
24a4c1a8f4e3 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A fishing image, repeating 3.46, where the line was the evil inclinations and the bait the object of desire.
Here the net is held by a śabarī — “a wild-woman, a woman of the forest tribe of the Śabaras”. In Sanskrit letters the Śabaras are hunters and fowlers.
Note what the net is woven of: cintā-tantu — “the threads of care”.
Care is named a thread because it is thin, long, and does not break of itself.
Ātatam — “stretched” — is repeated twice, and it gives the verse the feel of an expanse flooded with nets.
The next verse will give the tool with which it is cut.