The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 5.11 As the sun
5.11
सूर्यो यथा सर्वलोकस्य चक्षुर् न लिप्यते चाक्षुषैर् बाह्यदोषैः ।
एकस् तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा न लिप्यते लोकदुःखेन बाह्यः sūryo yathā sarvalokasya cakṣur na lipyate cākṣuṣair bāhyadoṣaiḥ |
ekas tathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā na lipyate lokaduḥkhena bāhyaḥ
The line
As the sun, the eye of all the world, is not smeared by the outer faults of eyes, so the one inner self of all beings is not smeared by the suffering of the world, being outside it.
नेपालीमा
सबै लोकको आँखा सूर्य आँखाका बाहिरी दोषले दाग लाग्दैन जस्तै, सबै प्राणीको एक भित्री आत्मा लोकको दुःखले दाग लाग्दैन, बाहिर भएकाले।
Where it sits
Na karma lipyate nare (न कर्म लिप्यते नरे) in Īśā (ईशा) 2 is this verb. Here the thing not smeared is the inner self, and the smear would have been the world's suffering.
Split: sūryaḥ yathā (सूर्यः यथा) + sarva-lokasya cakṣuḥ (सर्व-लोकस्य चक्षुः) + na lipyate (न लिप्यते) + cākṣuṣaiḥ bāhya-doṣaiḥ (चाक्षुषैः बाह्य-दोषैः) + ekaḥ tathā (एकः तथा) + sarva-bhūta-antarātmā (सर्व-भूत-अन्तरात्मा) + na lipyate loka-duḥkhena (न लिप्यते लोक-दुःखेन) + bāhyaḥ (बाह्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sūryaḥ yathā (सूर्यः यथा) | as the sun | Heard sūryo yathā (सूर्यो यथा). |
| sarva-lokasya cakṣuḥ (सर्व-लोकस्य चक्षुः) | the eye of every world | Nominative. |
| na lipyate (न लिप्यते) | is not smeared | Passive of lip (लिप्). The verb of Īśā (ईशा) 2. |
| cākṣuṣaiḥ bāhya-doṣaiḥ (चाक्षुषैः बाह्य-दोषैः) | by the outer faults that belong to eyes | Instrumental. Heard cākṣuṣair (चाक्षुषैर्). |
| ekaḥ tathā (एकः तथा) | so the one | Heard ekas tathā (एकस् तथा). |
| sarva-bhūta-antarātmā (सर्व-भूत-अन्तरात्मा) | the inner self of all beings | Nominative. |
| na lipyate loka-duḥkhena (न लिप्यते लोक-दुःखेन) | is not smeared by the world's suffering | Instrumental. |
| bāhyaḥ (बाह्यः) | nominative | Outside. Outer. |
The phrases
The sun, eye of every world, is not stained by the eye's outer faults. So the inner self is not stained by the world's suffering.
Sanskrit in this line
Na lipyate (न लिप्यते) is the passive. Cākṣuṣaiḥ (चाक्षुषैः) is 'belonging to the eye.'
Say it back
Say what does not stick to him.