Maitrāyaṇīya Āraṇyaka 6.19
Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka 6.19
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6.19
niḥsaṃkalpastatastiṣṭhet | aprāṇādiha yasmātsaṃbhūtaḥ
prāṇasaṃjñakojīvastasmātprāṇo vai turyākhye dhārayetprāṇamityevaṃ hyāha
acittaṃ cittamadhyasthamacintyaṃ
guhyamuttamam | tatra cittaṃ nidhāyeta tacca liṅgaṃ nirāśrayam
remains free from conception—because from the breathless here the living being called the vital breath arose, therefore the vital breath should hold the vital breath in the [state] called the fourth.' For thus it is said: / 'Mindless, situated in the midst of the mind, / unthinkable, hidden, supreme; / there let one place the mind, / and that characteristic mark without support.'
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athānyatrāpyuktam--ataḥ parā'sya dhāraṇā
And elsewhere it has also been said: 'Higher than this is his concentration.
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tālurasanāgnanipīḍamādvāṅmanaḥprāṇanirodhanādbrahma tarkeṇa paśyati
By pressing the tip of the tongue against the palate, by restraining speech, mind, and the vital breath, one sees Brahman through philosophical inquiry.
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Linked texts (5)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā (ed. Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara) — Sanskrit
- Upaniṣatsaṃgraha — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad — Sanskrit