उपनिषद् · Jābāladarśana 5.1
॥
देवनागरी
सम्यक्कथय मे ब्रह्मनाडीशुद्धिं समासतः । यथा शुद्ध्या सदा ध्यायञ्जीवन्मुक्तो भवाम्यहम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
samyakkathaya me brahmanāḍīśuddhiṃ samāsataḥ | yathā śuddhyā sadā dhyāyañjīvanmukto bhavāmyaham
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सम्यक् कथय मे ब्रह्मन्samyak kathaya me brahmanas it should, tell me, O brahmin
नाडी-शुद्धिं समासतःnāḍī-śuddhiṃ samāsataḥthe purification of the passages, in brief
यथा शुद्ध्या सदा ध्यायन्yathā śuddhyā sadā dhyāyanso that, by that purification, always contemplating
जीवत्-मुक्तः भवामि अहम्jīvat-muktaḥ bhavāmi ahamI become liberated while living
अनुवाद
"Tell me, O brahmin, as it should, the purification of the passages, in brief, — so that, purified by it and always contemplating, I become liberated while living."
संस्करण
3d5c1aac1386 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fifth khanda begins with a new question, and it is worth noting that the pupil asks samasatah, "in brief." This request is customary and courteous in such dialogues; but here it comes fittingly, for the preceding khanda was long and detailed beyond measure. Worth noting too is that the goal repeated is the same as at the very start of the book: jivan-mukto bhavami aham, "I shall become liberated while living" (1.3).
The repetition of the goal after sixty lines of description is, in my view, a mark of good construction. The pupil has not lost himself in the details and remembers why he asked. This capacity, it should be said, is rare both in reading and in life. Every detailed teaching has a tendency to draw one in: a person who began seeking liberation, a year later is absorbed in the arrangement of the passages and no longer remembers why he began.
The Vaishnava side holds a rule against this, already discussed: sambandha — abhidheya — prayojana, "relation, means, goal." Three questions one is told to keep constantly before oneself: to whom am I bound, by what do I act, for what purpose. This rule is arranged so that the means never stands alone: it is always squeezed between relation and goal. And the moment a person begins occupying himself with the means for its own sake, this very arrangement at once shows that he has strayed.