Shvetashvatara Upanishad — Chapter 6

SvetUp 6.1

स्वभावम् एके कवयो वदन्ति कालं तथान्ये परिमुह्यमानाः देवस्यैष महिमा तु लोके येनेदं भ्राम्यते ब्रह्मचक्रम्

svabhāvam eke kavayo vadanti kālaṃ tathānye parimuhyamānāḥ devasyaiṣa mahimā tu loke yenedaṃ bhrāmyate brahmacakram

Some sages say it is (inherent) nature, and others, being quite deluded, say it is time; but it is the greatness of God in the world by which this wheel of brahman is made to turn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.2

येनावृतं नित्यम् इदं हि सर्वं ज्ञः कालकालो गुणी सर्वविद्यः तेनेशितं कर्म विवर्तते ह पृथिव्याप्तेजोऽनिलखानि चिन्त्यम्

yenāvṛtaṃ nityam idaṃ hi sarvaṃ jñaḥ kālakālo guṇī sarvavidyaḥ teneśitaṃ karma vivartate ha pṛthivyāptejo'nilakhāni cintyam

For he by whom all this is forever enveloped is the knower, the time of time, possessed of the qualities, all-knowing; ruled by him, action unfolds — earth, water, fire, air and space are to be thought of (as that).

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

SvetUp 6.3

तत् कर्म कृत्वा विनिवर्त्य भूयस् तत्त्वस्य तत्त्वेन समेत्य योगम् एकेन द्वाभ्यां त्रिभिर् अष्टभिर् वा कालेन चैवात्मगुणैश् च सूक्ष्मैः

tat karma kṛtvā vinivartya bhūyas tattvasya tattvena sametya yogam ekena dvābhyāṃ tribhir aṣṭabhir vā kālena caivātmaguṇaiś ca sūkṣmaiḥ

Having done that work and withdrawn (from it) again, having come into union of (one) reality with (another) reality — with one, with two, with three, or with eight, and with time too, and with the subtle qualities of the self...

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

SvetUp 6.4

आरभ्य कर्माणि गुणान्वितानि भावांश् च सर्वान् विनियोजयेद् यः तेषाम् अभावे कृतकर्मनाशः कर्मक्षये याति स तत्त्वतो ऽन्यः

ārabhya karmāṇi guṇānvitāni bhāvāṃś ca sarvān viniyojayed yaḥ teṣām abhāve kṛtakarmanāśaḥ karmakṣaye yāti sa tattvato 'nyaḥ

He who, having begun the works that are joined with the qualities, allots all the states of being — in the absence of those, there is the destruction of the work that was done; and when the work is exhausted, he departs, being in truth other (than it).

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

SvetUp 6.5

आदिः स संयोगनिमित्तहेतुः परस् त्रिकालाद् अकलो ऽपि दृष्टः तं विश्वरूपं भवभूतम् ईड्यं देवं स्वचित्तस्थम् उपास्य पूर्वम्

ādiḥ sa saṃyoganimittahetuḥ paras trikālād akalo 'pi dṛṣṭaḥ taṃ viśvarūpaṃ bhavabhūtam īḍyaṃ devaṃ svacittastham upāsya pūrvam

He is the beginning, the efficient cause of the conjunction; he is seen as beyond the three times and also as partless. Having first worshipped that god, who is of all forms, who is the origin of existence, who is to be praised, who dwells in one's own mind —

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

SvetUp 6.6

स वृक्षकालाकृतिभिः परो ऽन्यो यस्मात् प्रपञ्चः परिवर्तते ऽयं धर्मावहं पापनुदं भगेशं ज्ञात्वात्मस्थम् अमृतं विश्वधाम

sa vṛkṣakālākṛtibhiḥ paro 'nyo yasmāt prapañcaḥ parivartate 'yaṃ dharmāvahaṃ pāpanudaṃ bhageśaṃ jñātvātmastham amṛtaṃ viśvadhāma

— he is higher, other than the tree, time, and the forms, (he) from whom this manifold expansion revolves; having known (him as) the bringer of dharma, the remover of evil, the lord of fortune, as dwelling in oneself, immortal, the abode of all —

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

SvetUp 6.7

तम् ईश्वराणां परमं महेश्वरं तं देवतानां परमं च दैवतं पतिं पतीनां परमं परस्ताद् विदाम देवं भुवनेशम् ईड्यम्

tam īśvarāṇāṃ paramaṃ maheśvaraṃ taṃ devatānāṃ paramaṃ ca daivataṃ patiṃ patīnāṃ paramaṃ parastād vidāma devaṃ bhuvaneśam īḍyam

Him, the supreme great Lord of lords, him, the supreme deity of deities, the master of masters, supreme beyond the highest — (so) we know the god, the lord of the world, to be praised.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.8

न तस्य कार्यं करणं च विद्यते न तत्समश् चाभ्यधिकश् च दृश्यते परास्य शक्तिर् विविधैव श्रूयते स्वाभाविकी ज्ञानबलक्रिया च

na tasya kāryaṃ karaṇaṃ ca vidyate na tatsamaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate svābhāvikī jñānabalakriyā ca

He has no effect and no instrument; no one is seen who is his equal or his superior. His supreme power is heard to be of many kinds, and natural to him are knowledge, strength, and action.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.9

न तस्य कश्चित् पतिर् अस्ति लोके न चेशिता नैव च तस्य लिङ्गं स कारणं करणाधिपाधिपो न चास्य कश्चिज् जनिता न चाधिपः

na tasya kaścit patir asti loke na ceśitā naiva ca tasya liṅgaṃ sa kāraṇaṃ karaṇādhipādhipo na cāsya kaścij janitā na cādhipaḥ

He has no master in the world, nor any ruler, nor is there any mark of him. He is the cause, the overlord of the lords of the organs; and he has no begetter, nor any overlord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.10

यस् तन्तुनाभ इव तन्तुभिः प्रधानजैः स्वभावतः देव एकः स्वम् आवृणोति स नो दधाद् ब्रह्माप्ययम्

yas tantunābha iva tantubhiḥ pradhānajaiḥ svabhāvataḥ deva ekaḥ svam āvṛṇoti sa no dadhād brahmāpyayam

The one god who, like a spider with threads produced from the primary matter (pradhāna), covers himself by his own nature — may he grant us the merging into brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.11

एको देवः सर्वभूतेषु गूढः सर्वव्यापी सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा कर्माध्यक्षः सर्वभूताधिवासः साक्षी चेता केवलो निर्गुणश् च

eko devaḥ sarvabhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ sarvavyāpī sarvabhūtāntarātmā karmādhyakṣaḥ sarvabhūtādhivāsaḥ sākṣī cetā kevalo nirguṇaś ca

One god, hidden in all beings, pervading all, the inner self of all beings, the overseer of actions, dwelling in all beings, the witness, the knower, alone and without qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.12

एको वशी निष्क्रियाणां बहूणाम् एकं बीजं बहुधा यः करोति तम् आत्मस्थं ये ऽनुपश्यन्ति धीरास् तेषां सुखं शाश्वतं नेतरेषां

eko vaśī niṣkriyāṇāṃ bahūṇām ekaṃ bījaṃ bahudhā yaḥ karoti tam ātmasthaṃ ye 'nupaśyanti dhīrās teṣāṃ sukhaṃ śāśvataṃ netareṣāṃ

(He is) the one controller of the many who are inactive, who makes the one seed manifold; the steadfast ones who perceive him as standing in the self — to them belongs lasting happiness, and not to others.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.13

नित्यो नित्यानां चेतनश् चेतनानाम् एको बहूनां यो विदधाति कामान् तत् कारणं सांख्ययोगाधिगम्यं ज्ञात्वा देवं मुच्यते सर्वपाशैः

nityo nityānāṃ cetanaś cetanānām eko bahūnāṃ yo vidadhāti kāmān tat kāraṇaṃ sāṃkhyayogādhigamyaṃ jñātvā devaṃ mucyate sarvapāśaiḥ

The eternal one among the eternal, the conscious one among the conscious, the one among the many, who allots their desires — having known that god, the cause, who is to be reached through Sāṃkhya and Yoga, one is freed from all bonds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.14

न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतो ऽयम् अग्निः तम् एव भान्तम् अनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वम् इदं विभाति

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto 'yam agniḥ tam eva bhāntam anubhāti sarvaṃ tasya bhāsā sarvam idaṃ vibhāti

There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars, nor do these lightnings shine — how then this fire? Everything shines only in the wake of that shining one; by its shining all this shines forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.15

एको हंसो भुवनस्यास्य मध्ये स एवाग्निः सलिले संनिविष्टः तम् एव विदित्वाति मृत्युम् एति नान्यः पन्था विद्यते ऽयनाय

eko haṃso bhuvanasyāsya madhye sa evāgniḥ salile saṃniviṣṭaḥ tam eva viditvāti mṛtyum eti nānyaḥ panthā vidyate 'yanāya

One swan (is) in the midst of this world; he indeed is the fire that has entered into the water. Knowing him alone one passes beyond death; there is no other path for going.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.16

स विश्वकृद् विश्वविद् आत्मयोनिर् ज्ञः कालकालो गुणी सर्वविद्यः प्रधानक्षेत्रज्ञपतिर् गुणेशः संसारमोक्षस्थितिबन्धहेतुः

sa viśvakṛd viśvavid ātmayonir jñaḥ kālakālo guṇī sarvavidyaḥ pradhānakṣetrajñapatir guṇeśaḥ saṃsāramokṣasthitibandhahetuḥ

He is the maker of all, the knower of all, his own origin, the knowing one, the time of time, possessor of the qualities, holder of all knowledge; lord of the pradhāna (primal matter) and of the knower of the field, ruler of the qualities, the cause of transmigration, of release, of continuance, and of bondage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.17

स तन्मयो ह्य् अमृत ईशसंस्थो ज्ञः सर्वगो भुवनस्यास्य गोप्ता स ईशे अस्य जगतो नित्यम् एव नान्यो हेतुर् विद्यत ईशनाय

sa tanmayo hy amṛta īśasaṃstho jñaḥ sarvago bhuvanasyāsya goptā sa īśe asya jagato nityam eva nānyo hetur vidyata īśanāya

He, consisting of that, immortal, established as the Lord, the knower, all-pervading, the guardian of this world — he rules this world eternally; no other cause is found for (such) ruling.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.18

यो ब्रह्माणं विदधाति पूर्वं यो वै वेदांश् च प्रहिणोति तस्मै तं ह देवम् आत्मबुद्धिप्रकाशं मुमुक्षुर् वै शरणम् अहं प्रपद्ये

yo brahmāṇaṃ vidadhāti pūrvaṃ yo vai vedāṃś ca prahiṇoti tasmai taṃ ha devam ātmabuddhiprakāśaṃ mumukṣur vai śaraṇam ahaṃ prapadye

He who creates Brahmā in the beginning, and who sends forth the Vedas to him — in that god, who is the shining forth of knowledge of the self, I, seeking release, take refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.19

निष्कलं निष्क्रियं शान्तं निरवद्यं निरञ्जनम् अमृतस्य परं सेतुं दग्धेन्धनम् इवानलम्

niṣkalaṃ niṣkriyaṃ śāntaṃ niravadyaṃ nirañjanam amṛtasya paraṃ setuṃ dagdhendhanam ivānalam

— tr. refused: cyber

SvetUp 6.20

यदा चर्मवद् आकाशं वेष्टयिष्यन्ति मानवाः तदा देवम् अविज्ञाय दुःखस्यान्तो भविष्यति

yadā carmavad ākāśaṃ veṣṭayiṣyanti mānavāḥ tadā devam avijñāya duḥkhasyānto bhaviṣyati

When men shall roll up the sky like a hide, then, without having known God, there will be an end of suffering.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.21

तपःप्रभावाद् देवप्रसादात् ब्रह्म ह श्वेताश्वतरो ऽथ विद्वान् अत्याश्रमिभ्यः परमं पवित्रं प्रोवाच सम्यग् ऋषिसङ्घजुष्टम्

tapaḥprabhāvād devaprasādāt brahma ha śvetāśvataro 'tha vidvān atyāśramibhyaḥ paramaṃ pavitraṃ provāca samyag ṛṣisaṅghajuṣṭam

— tr. refused: cyber

SvetUp 6.22

वेदान्ते परमं गुह्यं पुराकल्पे प्रचोदितम् नाप्रशान्ताय दातव्यं नापुत्रायाशिष्याय वा पुनः

vedānte paramaṃ guhyaṃ purākalpe pracoditam nāpraśāntāya dātavyaṃ nāputrāyāśiṣyāya vā punaḥ

The supreme secret in the Vedānta, which was proclaimed in a former age — it should not be given to one who is not calmed, nor again to one who is not a son or not a pupil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SvetUp 6.23

यस्य देवे परा भक्तिर् यथा देवे तथा गुरौ तस्यैते कथिता ह्य् अर्थाः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः

yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

He who has supreme devotion to God, and as toward God so toward his teacher — to him, to that great-souled one, these matters here declared become manifest; they become manifest to the great-souled one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition