उपनिषद् · Mahā 6.35
॥
देवनागरी
दृश्यमाश्रयसीदं चेत्तत्सच्चितोऽसि बन्धवान् दृश्यं सन्त्यजसीदं चेत्तदाऽचित्तोऽसि मोक्षवान्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
dṛśyamāśrayasīdaṃ cettatsaccito'si bandhavān dṛśyaṃ santyajasīdaṃ cettadā'citto'si mokṣavān
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
दृश्यम् आश्रयसि इदम् चेत्dṛśyam āśrayasi idam cetif thou resortest to this seen; shouldst thou take refuge in the visible here
तत् स-चित्तः असि बन्धवान्tat sa-cittaḥ asi bandhavānthen thou art with mind and bound; then thou art possessed of mind and fettered
दृश्यम् सन्त्यजसि इदम् चेत्dṛśyam santyajasi idam cetif thou leavest this seen; shouldst thou relinquish the visible here
तदा अ-चित्तः असि मोक्ष-वान्tadā a-cittaḥ asi mokṣa-vānthen thou art mindless and free; then thou art without mind and possessed of freedom
अनुवाद
“If thou resortest to this seen — thou art with mind and bound; if thou leavest it — thou art without mind and free.”
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The verse gathers the whole teaching into one fork.
Hold to the seen — there is mind, there is bondage. Leave it — no mind, and freedom.
Note the verb āśrayasi — “thou resortest, takest refuge”. The same root as āśraya.
An important word in such a place. The question is not whether you look at things, but what you resort to, what you lean upon.
Recall 6.24, where the question was put exactly so: to what one thing shall I resort.
Sa-citta and a-citta — “with mind” and “without mind”. The pair has been examined already (4.6, 4.51).
All is said in four words, and therefore this verse is easy to remember.