Upaniṣads · Maitrāyaṇī 1
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Maitrāyaṇī 1.1
ॐ बृहद्रथो ह वै नाम राजा राज्ये ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं निधापयित्वेदमशाश्वतं मन्यमानः शारीरं वैराग्यमुपेतोऽरण्यं निर्जगाम स तत्र परमं तप आस्थायादित्यमीक्षमाण ऊर्ध्वबाहुस्तिष्ठत्यन्ते सहस्रस्य मुनिरन्तिकमाजगामाग्निरिवाधूमकस्तेजसा निर्दहन्निवात्मविद्भगवाञ्च्हाकायन्य उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ वरं वृणीश्वेति राजानमब्रवीत्स तस्मै नमस्कृत्योवाच भगवन्नाहमात्मवित्त्वं तत्त्वविच्च्हृणुमो वयं स त्वं नो ब्रूहीत्येतद्वृतं पुरस्तादशक्यं मा पृच्च्ह प्रश्नमैक्ष्वाकान्यान्कामान्वृणीश्वेति शाकायन्यस्य चरणवभिमृश्यमानो राजेमां गाथां जगाद ॥ १.१ ॥
Om. King Bṛhadratha, having placed his eldest son in charge of the kingdom and regarding this impermanent, attained dispassion toward the body and went forth into the forest. There he undertook supreme austerity, standing with arms raised, gazing at the sun. At the end of a thousand years, the sage Śākāyanya, a knower of the self, came near him, blazing with radiance like a smokeless fire. He said to the king, 'Rise, rise, choose a boon.' The king bowed to him and said, 'Venerable one, I am not a knower of the self; you are a knower of truth. We wish to hear; please tell us.' ('This vow was formerly impossible; do not ask the question; choose other desires suited to the descendants of Ikṣvāku,' said Śākāyanya.) Touching Śākāyanya's feet, the king spoke this verse.
Maitrāyaṇī 1.2
भगवन्नस्थिचर्मस्नायुमज्जामांसशुक्रशोणितश्लेष्माश्रुदू षिते विण्मूत्रवातपित्तकफसङ्घाते दुर्गन्धे निःसारेऽस्मिञ्च्हरीरे किं कामोपभोगैः ॥ १.२ ॥
Venerable one, in this body, defiled with bone, skin, sinew, marrow, flesh, semen, blood, phlegm and tears, a heap of excrement, urine, wind, bile and phlegm, foul-smelling and without essence, what is the use of enjoying desires?
Maitrāyaṇī 1.3
कामक्रोधलोभभयविषादेर्ष्येष्टवियोगानिष्टसंप्रयोगक्षु त्पिपासाजरामृत्युरोगशोकाद्यैरभिहतेऽस्मिञ्च्हरीरे किं कामोपभोगैः ॥ १.३ ॥
In this body, struck by desire, anger, greed, fear, despondency, envy, separation from the beloved, contact with the unwelcome, hunger, thirst, old age, death, disease, grief and the like, what is the use of enjoying desires?
Maitrāyaṇī 1.4
सर्वं चेदं क्षयिष्णु पश्यामो यथेमे दंशमशकादयस्तृणवन्नश्यतयोद्भूतप्रध्वंसिनः ॥ १.४ ॥
And we see that all this is perishable, just as these gnats, mosquitoes and the like, arisen, perish like grass.
Maitrāyaṇī 1.5
अथ किमेतैर्वा परेऽन्ये महाधनुर्धराश्चक्रवर्तिनः केचित्सुद्युम्नभूरिद्युम्नेन्द्रद्युम्नकुवलयाश्वयौवनाश्ववद्धिया श्वाश्वपतिः शशबिन्दुर्हारिश्चन्द्रोऽम्बरीषो ननूक्तस्वयातिर्ययातिनरण्योक्षसेनोत्थमरुत्तभरतप्रभृतयो राजानो मिषतो बन्धुवर्गस्य महतीं श्रियं त्यक्त्वास्माल्लोकादमुं लोकं प्रयान्ति ॥ १.५ ॥
Then what use are these, or the other great bow-bearing universal emperors? Sudyumna, Bhūridyumna, Indradyumna, Kuvalayāśva, Yauvanāśva, Vadhryaśva, Aśvapati, Śaśabindu, Hariścandra, Ambarīṣa, Yayāti also called Svayāti, Naraṇya, Akṣasena, Marutta, Bharata and other kings, while their kinsmen looked on, abandoned great prosperity, departed from this world to that world.
Maitrāyaṇī 1.6
अथ किमेतैर्वा परेऽन्ये गन्धर्वासुरयक्षराक्षसभूतगणपिशाचोरगग्रहादीनां निरोधनं पश्यामः ॥ १.६ ॥
Then what use are these, or others, when we see the subjugation of Gandharvas, Asuras, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, host of spirits, Piśācas, serpents, planetary beings and the like?
Maitrāyaṇī 1.7
अथ किमेतैर्वान्यानां शोषणं महार्णवानां शिखरिणां प्रपतनं ध्रुवस्य प्रचलनं स्थानं वा तरूणां निमज्जनं पृथिव्याः स्थानादपसरणं सुराणं सोऽहमित्येतद्विधेऽस्मिन्संसारे किं कामोपभोगैर्यैरेवाश्रितस्यासकृदिहावर्तनं दृश्यत इत्युद्धर्तुमर्हसीत्यन्धोदपानस्थो भेक इवाहमस्मिन्संसारे भगवंस्त्वं नो गतिस्त्वं नो गतिः ॥ १.७ ॥
Then what use are these, or others, when we see the oceans drying up, mountain peaks falling, the pole star moving or changing its place, trees sinking, the earth moving from its place, and the gods falling? In this cycle of rebirth, where one who is 'I am that' and who clings to the enjoyments of desire is seen turning around here again and again, what use are those enjoyments? You are able to lift me up. In this cycle of rebirth I am like a frog in a blind well. Venerable one, you are our refuge; you are our refuge.