Maitrayaniya Upanishad 4.4

4.4

tairbhūtapariṇāmaiḥ, vā eveti chedaḥ, vāśabdo'pyarthe, tairapi mukta evetyanvayaḥ | tuśabdaḥ punarbandhaśaṅkāvyāvṛttyarthaḥ | ātmanaivetyādi vyākhyātam |
evamātmānātmanostattvamātmatattvabrahmajñānaṃ ca sasādhanamupaśrutya kiṃ kṛtavanto vālakhilyā ityapekṣāyāṃ tadvṛttamanuvadantī śrutirlabdhavidyaiḥ śiṣyairgurau kartavyamupadiśati “te hocuḥ 0 abhivādyasauti” iti | punarvacanamādarārtham | abhivādī abhivadanaśīlaḥ ābhimukhyena śrotṝṇāmanubhavaparyantaṃ tattvavadanasvabhāvo'si kṛpayaiva sarvopadeṣṭāsi nāsmadguṇāpekṣayetyarthaḥ | evaṃ gurumabhipūjya kiṃ kṛtavanta ityapekṣāyāṃ gurūpadiṣṭasarvārthāvadhāraṇektyā taṃ prasādayantaḥ punaḥ kiñcinmanogataṃ pṛcchanti dhyeyasvarūpavipratipattinirāsena manaḥsamādhānārthamityāha “nihitaṃ 0 brūhīti” iti | he bhagavan yaduktaṃ bhavatā etadasmābhirmanasi svacitte yathāvadānupūrveṇa nihitaṃ dhṛtaṃ, atrāsmākaṃ nāsti saṃśaya ityarthaḥ | atha idānīmuttaramitaḥ parama-