उपनिषद् · Mahā 6.59
॥
देवनागरी
एतेषां प्रथमः प्रोक्तस्तृष्णया बन्धयोग्यया शुद्धतृष्णास्त्रयः स्वच्छा जीवन्मुक्ता विलासिनः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
eteṣāṃ prathamaḥ proktastṛṣṇayā bandhayogyayā śuddhatṛṣṇāstrayaḥ svacchā jīvanmuktā vilāsinaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एतेषाम् प्रथमः प्रोक्तःeteṣām prathamaḥ proktaḥof these the first is declared; among these the first is pronounced
तृष्णया बन्ध-योग्ययाtṛṣṇayā bandha-yogyayāto be craving fit for binding; a thirst capable of fettering
शुद्ध-तृष्णाः त्रयः स्वच्छाःśuddha-tṛṣṇāḥ trayaḥ svacchāḥthree are of pure craving, limpid; three are of stainless thirst, transparent
जीवन्मुक्ताः विलासिनःjīvanmuktāḥ vilāsinaḥliberated in life, players; free while alive, sporting ones
अनुवाद
“Of these the first is declared a craving fit for binding; the three of pure craving, limpid, are the liberated-in-life, the players.”
संस्करण
3f26d05e14a2 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 6:29:20 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The sum of the analysis, and in it the two moves are joined: the four convictions and the two cravings (6.50).
The first conviction is the binding craving. The other three are śuddha-tṛṣṇā, “pure craving”.
Note: the craving has not vanished even in the three higher. It has become pure.
This repeats 2.40: in the liberated the vāsanās are pure, not absent.
And the last word: vilāsinaḥ — “the players, the sporting ones”.
The liberated are named players. The word vilāsa, “sport”, has run through the whole book — from saṁsāra as the play of the mind (4.67) to the mind as the play of the Lord (4.86); here it is applied to men.
Those who have walked the path live playfully. And that is what the chapter opened with: līlayā vihara (6.1).