Maitrāyaṇīya Āraṇyaka 6.23
Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka 6.23
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6.23
athānyatrāpyuktaṃ yaḥ śabdastadomityetadakṣaraṃ yadasyāgraṃ
tacchāntamaśabdamabhayamaśokamānandaṃ tṛptaṃ sthiramacalamamṛtamacyutaṃ dhruvaṃ
viṣṇusaṃjñitaṃ sarvāparatvāya tadetā upāsītetyevaṃ hyāha | yo'sau parāparo
devā oṃkāro nāma nāmataḥ
niḥśabdaḥ śūnyabhūtastu mūrdhni sthāne tato'bhyaset
And elsewhere it has also been said: 'That which is sound is that syllable Oṃ; that which is its tip is tranquil, soundless, fearless, sorrowless, bliss, fulfilled, firm, motionless, immortal, unfallen, steady, named Viṣṇu. For supreme transcendence over all, one should revere those [two].' For thus it is said: / 'He who is the higher and lower deity, / named by name the syllable Oṃ, / soundless, become void: / then let one practice [concentration on him] in the place of the crown of the head.'
6.23.p1
athānyatrāpyuktaṃ--dhanuḥ śarīramomityetaccharaḥśikhā'sya bhanastamolakṣaṇaṃ
And elsewhere it has also been said: 'The body is the bow; that syllable Oṃ is the arrow; its point is the mind. Piercing the darkness whose mark is darkness,
6.23.p2
bhittvā tamo'tamāviṣṭamāgacchatyathāviṣṭaṃ bhittvā'lātacakramiva
one reaches that which is not enveloped in darkness. Then, piercing that which is enveloped, like a firebrand wheel
6.23.p3
sphurantamāditya-varṇamūrjasvantaṃ brahma tamasaḥ paryamapaśyat
flashing, sun-colored, vigorous, one sees Brahman beyond darkness,
6.23.p4
yadamuṣminnāditye'tha some'gnau vidyuti vibhātyatha khalvenaṃ
which shines in yonder sun, then in the moon, in fire, in lightning. Then indeed, having seen this,
6.23.p5
dṛṣṭvā'mṛtatvaṃgacchatītyevaṃ hyāha
one goes to immortality.' For thus it is said:
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- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Upaniṣatsaṃgraha — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā (ed. Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara) — Sanskrit