奥义书 · Mahā 5.180
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भावयन्ति चितिश्चैत्यं व्यतिरिक्तमिवात्मनः संकल्पतामिवायाति बीजमङ्कुरतामिव
转写 (IAST)
bhāvayanti citiścaityaṃ vyatiriktamivātmanaḥ saṃkalpatāmivāyāti bījamaṅkuratāmiva
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भावयन्ति चितिः चैत्यम्bhāvayanti citiḥ caityamconsciousness contemplates the cognizable; awareness nurtures the object of awareness
व्यतिरिक्तम् इव आत्मनःvyatiriktam iva ātmanaḥas if distinct from itself; as though separate from its own self
सङ्कल्पताम् इव आयातिsaṅkalpatām iva āyātiit comes as it were to design; it arrives, so to speak, at intent
बीजम् अङ्कुरताम् इवbījam aṅkuratām ivaas a seed to sprouthood; just as a seed to the state of a shoot
译文
“Consciousness contemplates the cognizable as if distinct from itself, and comes as it were to design — as a seed comes to the sprout.”
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080b90e486f0 · 发布于 2026年7月29日 06:29:20 UTC
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The verse repeats 5.178 and adds the deciding word: iva — “as if”.
The cognizable is contemplated vyatiriktam iva — “as if distinct”.
Not distinct, but “as if”.
Note that from this “as if” everything proceeded. Not from an actual division, but from a seeming one.
And this is what makes the return possible. What must be undone is not a fact but an appearance.
The second iva — with the seed and the sprout: saṅkalpatām iva āyāti. Even the passage to design is called “as it were”.
The book stays true to itself to the end: nothing really happened (5.165).
And still, here we are.