उपनिषद् · Mahā 6.36
॥
देवनागरी
नाहं नेदमिति ध्यायंस्तिष्ठ त्वमचलाचलः आत्मनो जगतश्चान्तर्द्रष्टृदृश्यदशान्तरे
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
nāhaṃ nedamiti dhyāyaṃstiṣṭha tvamacalācalaḥ ātmano jagataścāntardraṣṭṛdṛśyadaśāntare
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
न अहम् न इदम्na aham na idam“neither I nor this”; “not I and not this”
इति ध्यायन्iti dhyāyanso contemplating; musing thus
तिष्ठ त्वम् अचल-अचलःtiṣṭha tvam acala-acalaḥstand, more motionless than the motionless; abide, stiller than the still
आत्मनः जगतः च अन्तःātmanaḥ jagataḥ ca antaḥwithin the Ātman and the world; inside the self and the world
द्रष्टृ-दृश्य-दशा-अन्तरेdraṣṭṛ-dṛśya-daśā-antarein the interval between the states of seer and seen; in the between-time of the conditions of looker and looked-upon
अनुवाद
“Contemplating ‘neither I nor this’, stand more motionless than the motionless — within the Ātman and the world, in the interval between the states of seer and seen.”
संस्करण
12f9b357e76a · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Again the pointing to the interval, now the fourth time in the book (4.58, 5.5, 5.49, here).
Here it is called daśā-antara — “the between-time, the interval of states”.
Note the expression acala-acalaḥ — “more motionless than the motionless”. Intensification by repetition.
And the formula of contemplation: nāhaṃ nedam — “neither I nor this”.
It is the shortest of all in the book and perhaps the fullest. Both poles are denied at once.
The next two verses will develop this pointing into a whole exercise.