उपनिषद् · Mahā 6.37
॥
देवनागरी
दर्शनाख्यं स्वमात्मानं सर्वदा भावयन्भव स्वाद्यस्वादकसंत्यक्तं स्वाद्यस्वादकमध्यगम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
darśanākhyaṃ svamātmānaṃ sarvadā bhāvayanbhava svādyasvādakasaṃtyaktaṃ svādyasvādakamadhyagam
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
दर्शन-आख्यम् स्वम् आत्मानम्darśana-ākhyam svam ātmānamthy own Ātman, called seeing; thine own self, named the looking
सर्वदा भावयन् भवsarvadā bhāvayan bhavabe, ever contemplating it; abide, always nurturing it
स्वाद्य-स्वादक-संत्यक्तम्svādya-svādaka-saṃtyaktamthat has left the tasted and the taster; which has abandoned the savoured and the savourer
स्वाद्य-स्वादक-मध्य-गम्svādya-svādaka-madhya-gamand goes between the tasted and the taster; and moves midway between the savoured and the savourer
अनुवाद
“Be, ever contemplating thy own Ātman called seeing — which has left both the tasted and the taster and abides between them…”
संस्करण
c85b328f1cd5 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The pointing is transferred from sight to taste, and not without reason.
Svādya and svādaka — “the tasted and the taster”. Between them is the same as between the seen and the seer.
Note why the change of image was needed. Sight is parted from its object by distance; taste is not. The tasted is in the mouth.
So the interval in question is no distance between two things, but something more intimate.
The next verse will name it in one word.
Darśana-ākhya svaḥ ātmā — “thy own Ātman called seeing”. That is, thou art the looking itself, not the looker.
This repeats 2.69 and 5.48.