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Maitrāyaṇīya Āraṇyaka 6.7

Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka 6.7

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Sanskrit

6.7

cavibhurvignahe saṃniviṣṭa ityevaṃ hyāha | atha yatra dvaitībhūtaṃ vijñānaṃ tatra
hiśṛṇoti paśyati jighrati rasayati caiva sparśayati sarvamātmā
jānītetiyatrādvaitībhūtaṃ vijñānaṃ kāryakāraṇakarmanirmuktaṃ nirvacanamanaupamyaṃ
nirupākhyaṃ kiṃtadavācyam

and the omnipresent one is situated in the body; so indeed it is said. Now, where knowledge is dual, there indeed one hears, sees, smells, tastes, and touches; the Self knows everything. Where knowledge is non-dual, free from cause, effect, and action, ineffable, beyond compare, indefinable—what is that? It cannot be said.

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eṣa hi khalvātmeśānaḥ śaṃbhurbhavo rudraḥ prajāpatirviśvasṛgghiraṇyagarbhaḥ satyaṃ
prāṇo haṃsaḥ śāstā viṣṇurnārāyaṇo'rkaḥ savitā dhātāvidhātā samrāḍindra
induriti | ya eṣa tapatyagnirivāgninā pihitaḥsahasrākṣeṇa
hiraṇmayenāṇḍena | eṣa vāva jijñāsitavyo'nveṣṭavyaḥ sarvabhūtebhyo'bhayaṃ

For this Self indeed is Īśāna, Śaṃbhu, Bhava, Rudra, Prajāpati, the creator of all, Hiraṇyagarbha, truth,
vital breath, Haṃsa, the ruler, Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, the sun, Savitṛ, the creator, the disposer, the sovereign, Indra,
[and] the moon. He who shines here like fire covered by fire, by the thousand-eyed,
golden egg. He indeed is to be sought, to be inquired into. Having given fearlessness to all beings,

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