奥义书 · Mahā 5.93
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जीव एव दुरात्मासौ कन्दः संसारदुस्तरोः अनेनाभिहतो जन्तुरधोऽधः परिधावति
转写 (IAST)
jīva eva durātmāsau kandaḥ saṃsāradustaroḥ anenābhihato janturadho'dhaḥ paridhāvati
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जीवः एव दुरात्मा असौjīvaḥ eva durātmā asauit is the evil-souled jīva itself; it is precisely the ill-natured soul
कन्दः संसार-दुस्-तरोःkandaḥ saṃsāra-dus-taroḥthe tuber of the ill tree of the round; the rootstock of the baneful tree of the whirl
अनेन अभिहतः जन्तुःanena abhihataḥ jantuḥthe creature stricken by it; the being smitten by it
अधः अधः परिधावतिadhaḥ adhaḥ paridhāvatiruns ever lower and lower; dashes ever further down and down
译文
“It is that evil-souled jīva, the tuber of the ill tree of the round; the creature stricken by it runs ever lower and lower.”
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3a177e5e8b8b · 发布于 2026年7月29日 06:29:20 UTC
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A verse on the third selfhood, and its image is botanical.
Kanda — “a tuber, a rootstock”. From it grows the tree of the round.
The image is chosen exactly. The tuber lies underground; cut the tree — and it sends up a new shoot. That is why changes of circumstance do not help: while the bodily selfhood is intact, everything grows back.
Note the expression jīva eva durātmā — “that very evil-souled jīva”. The word jīva is used here not in the usual sense of “the eternal soul”, but in the sense of “the living being as it fancies itself”.
Adhaḥ adhaḥ paridhāvati — “it runs ever lower and lower”. The word paridhāvati occurred already in 3.18, where the mind darted about as a village dog.
Here the darting has received a direction: downward.