उपनिषद् · Mahā 6.33
॥
देवनागरी
मनसैव मनश्छित्त्वा कुठारेणेव पादपम् पदं पावनमासाद्य सद्य एव स्थिरो भव
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
manasaiva manaśchittvā kuṭhāreṇeva pādapam padaṃ pāvanamāsādya sadya eva sthiro bhava
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
मनसा एव मनः छित्त्वाmanasā eva manaḥ chittvāhaving cut the mind with the mind itself; having severed consciousness with consciousness itself
कुठारेण इव पादपम्kuṭhāreṇa iva pādapamas a tree with an axe; just as a tree with the hatchet
पदम् पावनम् आसाद्यpadam pāvanam āsādyahaving reached the purifying state; having attained the hallowing station
सद्यः एव स्थिरः भवsadyaḥ eva sthiraḥ bhavaat once be firm; immediately be unshaken
अनुवाद
“Having cut the mind with the mind, as a tree with an axe, and reached the purifying state — at once be firm.”
संस्करण
1f0c51ae8760 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A second tool in two verses running, and this time an axe.
Note the difference from the previous. A net is unpicked with a needle; a tree is felled with an axe.
No contradiction: different hindrances demand different means.
The image of axe and tree is from the Bhagavad-gītā, where the banyan of the world is ordered felled “with the strong weapon of non-attachment”.
The first line repeats 4.106: to cut the mind with the mind.
Note the word sadyaḥ — “at once”. In the book it occurred with the promise of liberation (2.37).
Here it attends the command: do not postpone the standing until all is done. The moment you have felled it — stand.