मूकोपमोऽपि योऽमूको मन्ता योऽप्युपलोपमः । यो भोक्ता नित्यतृप्तोऽपि कर्ता यश्चाऽप्यकिञ्चनः ॥ ६४ ॥
mūkōpamō’pi yō’mūkō mantā yō’pyupalōpamaḥ | yō bhōktā nityatṛptō’pi kartā yaścā’pyakiñcanaḥ || 64 ||
Translation
Who, though like a mute, is not mute; who thinks, though like a stone; who enjoys, though ever content; who acts, though he owns nothing.
Word by word
- mūka
- a mute
- upamō
- like
- api
- though
- yō
- who
- amūkō
- is not mute
- mantā
- thinks
- upala
- a stone
- upamaḥ
- like
- bhōktā
- enjoys
- nitya
- ever
- tṛptō
- content
- kartā
- acts
- yaś
- (yaḥ) who
- ca
- and
- akiñcanaḥ
- he owns nothing
Meaning
The commentary: without speech and the other senses he is like a mute, yet he is not mute, being the cause of all speech; free of the changes of mind, he is like a stone, yet he is the thinker; ever satisfied, he is the enjoyer; beyond action, he is the doer. Each pair holds because he is the awareness in which every speaker, thinker, enjoyer and doer appears.