Shvetashvatara Upanishad — Chapter 5

SvetUp 5.1

द्वे अक्षरे ब्रह्मपरे त्व् अनन्ते विद्याविद्ये निहिते यत्र गूढे क्षरं त्व् अविद्या ह्य् अमृतं तु विद्या विद्याविद्ये ईशते यस् तु सो ऽन्यः

dve akṣare brahmapare tv anante vidyāvidye nihite yatra gūḍhe kṣaraṃ tv avidyā hy amṛtaṃ tu vidyā vidyāvidye īśate yas tu so 'nyaḥ

Two imperishable things, beyond which is brahman, infinite—knowledge and ignorance—lie hidden there; ignorance is the perishable, but knowledge is the immortal; and he who rules over knowledge and ignorance is another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 5.2

यो योनिं योनिम् अधितिष्ठत्य् एको विश्वानि रूपाणि योनीश् च सर्वाः ऋषिं प्रसूतं कपिलं यस् तम् अग्रे ज्ञानैर् बिभर्ति जायमानं च पश्येत्

yo yoniṃ yonim adhitiṣṭhaty eko viśvāni rūpāṇi yonīś ca sarvāḥ ṛṣiṃ prasūtaṃ kapilaṃ yas tam agre jñānair bibharti jāyamānaṃ ca paśyet

He who, one alone, presides over every womb, over all forms and all wombs, who at the beginning bore with (his) knowledge the seer Kapila who was brought forth, and would see him being born—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SvetUp 5.3

एकैकं जालं बहुधा विकुर्वन्न् अस्मिन् क्षेत्रे संहरत्य् एष देवः भूयः सृष्ट्वा पतयस् तथेशः सर्वाधिपत्यं कुरुते महात्मा

ekaikaṃ jālaṃ bahudhā vikurvann asmin kṣetre saṃharaty eṣa devaḥ bhūyaḥ sṛṣṭvā patayas tatheśaḥ sarvādhipatyaṃ kurute mahātmā

Unfolding each single net in many ways, this god draws (it) together again in this field; having created the lords anew, the Lord, the great Self, exercises sovereignty over all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SvetUp 5.4

सर्वा दिश ऊर्ध्वम् अधश् च तिर्यक् प्रकाशयन् भ्राजते यद् वानड्वान् एवं स देवो भगवान् वरेण्यो योनिस्वभावान् अधितिष्ठत्य् एकः

sarvā diśa ūrdhvam adhaś ca tiryak prakāśayan bhrājate yad vānaḍvān evaṃ sa devo bhagavān vareṇyo yonisvabhāvān adhitiṣṭhaty ekaḥ

As the draught-ox (or: the sun) shines, illuminating all the directions, above and below and across, so that god, blessed and to be chosen, being one, rules over the natures of the wombs (i.e. over things born of wombs).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SvetUp 5.5

यच् च स्वभावं पचति विश्वयोनिः पाच्यांश् च सर्वान् परिणामयेद् यः सर्वम् एतद् विश्वम् अधितिष्ठत्य् एको गुणांश् च सर्वान् विनियोजयेद् यः

yac ca svabhāvaṃ pacati viśvayoniḥ pācyāṃś ca sarvān pariṇāmayed yaḥ sarvam etad viśvam adhitiṣṭhaty eko guṇāṃś ca sarvān viniyojayed yaḥ

And he who, being the womb of the universe, ripens (each thing's) own nature, and who brings to maturity all that is to be ripened — he, being one, rules over all this universe and allots all the qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 5.6

तद् वेदगुह्योपनिषत्सु गूढं तद् ब्रह्मा वेदते ब्रह्मयोनिं ये पूर्वं देवा ऋषयश् च तद् विदुस् ते तन्मया अमृता वै बभूवुः

tad vedaguhyopaniṣatsu gūḍhaṃ tad brahmā vedate brahmayoniṃ ye pūrvaṃ devā ṛṣayaś ca tad vidus te tanmayā amṛtā vai babhūvuḥ

That, hidden in the Upaniṣads that are the secret of the Veda — Brahmā knows that as the source of the Veda (or: as the womb of brahman). Those gods and seers who formerly knew it became of its nature, (became) immortal indeed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SvetUp 5.7

गुणान्वयो यः फलकर्मकर्ता कृतस्य तस्यैव स चोपभोक्ता स विश्वरूपस् त्रिगुणस् त्रिवर्त्मा प्राणाधिपः संचरति स्वकर्मभिः

guṇānvayo yaḥ phalakarmakartā kṛtasya tasyaiva sa copabhoktā sa viśvarūpas triguṇas trivartmā prāṇādhipaḥ saṃcarati svakarmabhiḥ

He who is attended by the qualities is the doer of the deeds that bear fruit, and he is also the enjoyer of what has thus been done; he, of all forms, having the three qualities, going by three paths, the lord of the breaths, moves about by his own deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 5.8

अङ्गुष्ठमात्रो रवितुल्यरूपः संकल्पाहंकारसमन्वितो यः बुद्धेर् गुणेनात्मगुणेन चैव आराग्रमात्रो ह्य् अवरो ऽपि दृष्टः

aṅguṣṭhamātro ravitulyarūpaḥ saṃkalpāhaṃkārasamanvito yaḥ buddher guṇenātmaguṇena caiva ārāgramātro hy avaro 'pi dṛṣṭaḥ

He who is of the measure of a thumb, of form equal to the sun, endowed with will and the sense of 'I' — by the quality of the intellect and by the quality of the self he is seen also as lesser, (only) of the measure of the point of an awl.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 5.9

वालाग्रशतभागस्य शतधा कल्पितस्य च भागो जीवः स विज्ञेयः स चानन्त्याय कल्पते

vālāgraśatabhāgasya śatadhā kalpitasya ca bhāgo jīvaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sa cānantyāya kalpate

(Take) the hundredth part of the tip of a hair, and let that be divided a hundredfold: that part is to be known as the living being, and it (also) extends to infinity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 5.10

नैव स्त्री न पुमान् एष न चैवायं नपुंसकः यद् यच् छरीरम् आदत्ते तेन तेन स युज्यते

naiva strī na pumān eṣa na caivāyaṃ napuṃsakaḥ yad yac charīram ādatte tena tena sa yujyate

This one is neither woman nor man, nor is this one neuter; whatever body it takes on, by that it is bound.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 5.11

संकल्पनस्पर्शनदृष्टिमोहैर् ग्रासाम्बुवृष्ट्या चात्मविवृद्धिजन्म कर्मानुगान्य् अनुक्रमेन देही स्थानेषु रूपाण्य् अभिसंप्रपद्यते

saṃkalpanasparśanadṛṣṭimohair grāsāmbuvṛṣṭyā cātmavivṛddhijanma karmānugāny anukramena dehī sthāneṣu rūpāṇy abhisaṃprapadyate

By willing, touching, seeing, and delusion, and by food, water, and rain, there is the growth and birth of the self (the embodied one); the embodied one attains in due order, in (various) stations, the forms that follow upon its deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SvetUp 5.12

स्थूलानि सूक्ष्माणि बहूनि चैव रूपाणि देही स्वगुणैर् वृणोति क्रियागुणैर् आत्मगुणैश् च तेषां संयोगहेतुर् अपरो ऽपि दृष्टः

sthūlāni sūkṣmāṇi bahūni caiva rūpāṇi dehī svaguṇair vṛṇoti kriyāguṇair ātmaguṇaiś ca teṣāṃ saṃyogahetur aparo 'pi dṛṣṭaḥ

The embodied one chooses forms gross and subtle and many, by its own qualities — by the qualities of its actions and by the qualities of the self; and another is seen as the cause of their conjunction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SvetUp 5.13

अनाद्यनन्तं कलिलस्य मध्ये विश्वस्य स्रष्टारम् अनेकरूपं विश्वस्यैकं परिवेष्टितारं ज्ञात्वा देवं मुच्यते सर्वपाशैः

anādyanantaṃ kalilasya madhye viśvasya sraṣṭāram anekarūpaṃ viśvasyaikaṃ pariveṣṭitāraṃ jñātvā devaṃ mucyate sarvapāśaiḥ

Having known the god who is without beginning and without end, who in the midst of the chaos is the creator of the universe, of many forms, the one encompasser of the universe — one is freed from all bonds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 5.14

भावग्राह्यम् अनीडाख्यं भावाभावकरं शिवं कलासर्गकरं देवं ये विदुस् ते जहुस् तनुम्

bhāvagrāhyam anīḍākhyaṃ bhāvābhāvakaraṃ śivaṃ kalāsargakaraṃ devaṃ ye vidus te jahus tanum

Those who know the god who is to be grasped by (pure) being, who is called 'nestless', who makes being and non-being, the benign one, who makes the creation of the parts — they have left the body behind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain