Maitrāyaṇīya Āraṇyaka 3.2
Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka 3.2
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3.2
sambhū̍ḍhatvādā̱tmasthaṃ pra̱bhuṃ bhaga̍vantaṃ kārayi̱tāraṃ nāpa̍śyadgu̱ṇaughairu̍hyamā̱naḥ
kalu̍ṣīkṛ̱taścāsthi̱raśca̍ñca̱lo lu̍pyamā̱naḥ sa̍spṛ̱ho vya̱graścā̍bhimā̱nitvaṃ
pra̱yāta̱'itya̱ham̐ so ma̱meda̱mitye̍vaṃ ma̱nyamā̍no̱ niba̍dhnā̱tyātma̍nā̱tmā̱naṃ
jāle̍neva kha̱cara̍ḥ kṛ̱tasyā̍nu pha̱laira̍bhibhū̱yamā̍naḥ paribhrama̱tīti̍
Because of being confounded, he did not see the master, the lord, the instigator residing within the self. Borne along by the flood of constituent qualities, defiled, unsteady, wavering, crippled, covetous, distracted, and fallen into self-conceit, thinking thus: 'This is I' and 'This is mine,' he binds himself by himself like a bird in a snare. Overwhelmed by the fruits of what was done, he wanders about.
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athā̍nya̱trāpyu̍kta̱m̐ yaḥ ka̱rtā so̱'yam̐ vai bhū̱tātmā̍ ka̱raṇai̍ḥ
kārayi̱tā'nta̍ḥpu̱ruṣo'tha̱ yathā̍'gni̍nā'yaṣpi̱ṇḍo vā̍'bhibhū̱taḥ
ka̱rtṛbhi̍rha̱nyamā̍no̱ nānātva̍mu̱paitye̍va̱m̐ vā̍va kha̱lvasau̍
bhū̱tātmā'nta̍ḥpu̱ruṣeṇā̍bhibhū̱to gu̱ṇairha̱nyamā̍no̱ nānātva̍mu̱paiti̱ catu̍rjālaṃ
And it is said elsewhere also: 'He who is the doer, this indeed is the elemental Self; he who causes action through the organs
is the inner Puruṣa. Now, just as a lump of iron overcome by fire
and beaten by blacksmiths assumes manifoldness, even so indeed that
elemental Self, overcome by the inner Puruṣa and beaten by the constituent qualities, assumes manifoldness. The fourfold net, divided fourteenfold, transformed into eighty-four [classes]—the multitude of beings—this indeed is the form of manifoldness. These indeed
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