उपनिषद् · Varāha 2.60
॥
देवनागरी
बुद्धेः पूर्णविकासोऽयं जागरः परिकीर्त्यते । विकारादिविहीनत्वाज्जागरो मे न विद्यते
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
buddheḥ pūrṇavikāso'yaṃ jāgaraḥ parikīrtyate | vikārādivihīnatvājjāgaro me na vidyate
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
बुद्धेः पूर्ण-विकासः अयंbuddheḥ pūrṇa-vikāsaḥ ayaṃfull unfolding of the intellect, this
जागरः परिकीर्त्यतेjāgaraḥ parikīrtyateis proclaimed waking
विकार-आदि-विहीनत्वात्vikāra-ādi-vihīnatvātby being devoid of change and the rest
जागरः मे न विद्यतेjāgaraḥ me na vidyatewaking does not exist for me
अनुवाद
"Full unfolding of the intellect is proclaimed waking; by being devoid of change and the rest, waking does not exist for me."
संस्करण
f9d3ed208618 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Worth noting is the definition of waking: buddheh purna-vikasa, "full unfolding of the intellect." Vikasa means "unfolding, blossoming" — said of a flower. This image is good and precise: waking is a state in which the mind is unfolded, like a flower by day; in sleep it is closed.
Let us add the argument by which the speaker denies himself waking: vikara-adi-vihinatvat, "by being devoid of change." That is, I do not wake, for I do not change; and unfolding is a change. The argument is consistent, and rests on the six changes discussed when reading the first chapter (1.8): what these six happen to is matter.
The Vaishnava side accepts the argument and applies it likewise: the soul does not change, the mind changes. But it adds a distinction worth stating. There is the change vikara, "transformation of substance," and there is vilasa, "manifestation, play."
The first is a corruption: milk that has become yogurt has ceased to be milk. The second is a revealing: the sun emerging from behind a cloud has not changed. And hence, it says, the absence of change does not mean the absence of action and state: He does not change — and yet He watches, permits, sustains, enjoys; and that list was cited when reading the Jabala-darshana (8.7).