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Maitrāyaṇīya Āraṇyaka 1.4

Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka 1.4

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Sanskrit

1.4

su̱rāṇā̱mitye̍tadvi̱dhe'si̍mansa̱dgasāre
kiṅkāmo̍pabho̱gairyairevāśi̍ta̱syāsa̱kṛdi̍hāva̱rtanaṃ
dṛ̱śyatā̱'ityuddha̍rtuma̱rhasītya̱ndhoda̍pā̱nastho̍ bhe̱ka'i̍vāhama̱sminsa̱dgasāre
bha̱gava̍dgastvaṃ no ga̱tistvaṃ no ga̱tiḥ

In such a cycle of transmigration as this, what is the use of the enjoyment of desires, by which a person, having fed upon them, is seen to return here repeatedly? You ought to rescue me; I am like a frog in a dry well in this cycle of transmigration. Venerable sir, you are our refuge, you are our refuge!'

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1.4.p1

iti meetrāyaṇīyāraṇyake'thavā meetrāyaṇīyaśākhopaniṣadi prathamaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ

Thus [ends the first prapāṭhaka] in the Maitrāyaṇīya Āraṇyaka, or the Upaniṣad of the Maitrāyaṇīya school.
First Lesson.

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