Upadesa Sahasri 10.5 Translations

 

Translations

śarīra-buddhīndriya-duḥkha-saṃtatir na me na cāham mama nirvikārataḥ asattva-hetoś ca tathaiva santater asattvam asyāḥ svapato hi dṛśyavat 

[5] The succession of sufferings pertaining to the body, senses and intellect is other than myself and does not belong to me, since I am changeless, and also because it is unreal. It is unreal like the succession of visions beheld by a dreamer. ~Alston

5. As I am changeless the series producing pain viz., the body, the intellet and the senses are not myself nor mine. Moreover they are unreal6like dream-objects, there being a reason for inference that they are so. ~Jagadananda

10.5 The body, intellect and senses are the causes of suffering but they are not me nor are they mine for I am changeless. Since the visible objects like the dream objects are not absolutely existent but only relatively so, thus I am indeed one alone. ~Denton

5. The continuous series of pains due to the body, the intellect and the senses is neither I nor ofMe, for I am changeless. And this is because the continual series [of pain] is unreal; it is indeed un¬ real like an object seen by a dreaming man. ~Mayeda

Line 1: śarīra-buddhīndriya-duḥkha-saṃtatir na me

• śarīra (शरीर): Body.
• buddhi (बुद्धि): Intellect / mind.
• indriya (इन्द्रिय): Senses / sense organs.
• duḥkha (दुःख): Suffering / pain / misery.
• saṃtatiḥ (संततिः): Continuous stream / series / succession.
• na (न): Not.
• me (मे): Mine / to me.

Line Translation:
"The continuous stream of body, intellect, senses, and suffering is not mine."

Line 2: na cāham mama nirvikārataḥ

• na (न): Not.
• ca (च): And.
• aham (अहम्): I.
• mama (मम): My / mine.
• nirvikārataḥ (निर्विकारतः): Because of being changeless / immutable / without modification.

Line Translation:
"And I am not that, nor is it mine, because I am completely changeless."

Line 3: asattva-hetoś ca tathaiva santater

• asattva (असत्त्व): Unreality / non-existence / lack of substantiality.
• hetoḥ (हेतोः): Because of / due to the reason of.
• ca (च): And.
• tathā eva (तथैव): In the very same way / similarly.
• santateḥ (सन्ततेः): Of the continuous stream / series.

Line Translation:
"And also due to the unreality of this continuous stream itself..."

Line 4: asattvam asyāḥ svapato hi dṛśyavat

• asattvam (असत्त्वम्): Unreality / illusory nature.
• asyāḥ (अस्याः): Of this (stream).
• svapataḥ (स्वपतः): Of a sleeping person / during dream.
• hi (हि): Indeed / surely.
• dṛśyavat (दृश्यवत्): Like objects seen / like a dream vision.

Line Translation:
"...this stream is indeed unreal, just like objects seen by a person sleeping in a dream."

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My Transcreation in Progress

The continuous suffering of body, intellect, and senses are not mine

and I'm not theirs, for I am changeless

and also because of the unreality of this stream.

It's unreal like the dreamlike visions of a sleeper.

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