The Mukhya Upaniṣads

Maitrī · Prapāṭhaka 6 · Maitrī 6.1

Passage 28

अथान्यत्राप्युक्तम् भूतेन्द्रियार्थानतिक्रम्य ततः प्रव्रज्याज्यं धृतिदण्डं धनुर्गृहीत्वाऽनभिमानमयेन चैवेषुणा तं ब्रह्म द्वारपारं निहत्याद्यं संमोहमौली तृष्णेर्ष्याकुण्डली तन्द्रीराघवेत्र्यभिमानाध्यक्षः क्रोधज्यं प्रलोभदण्डं धनुर्गृहीत्वेच्छामयेन चैवेषुणेमानि खलु भूतानि हन्ति तं हत्वोंकारप्लवेनान्तर्हृदयाकाशस्य पारं तीर्त्वाविर्भूते अन्तराकाशे शनकैरवटैवावटकृद्धातुकामः संविशत्येवं ब्रह्मशालां विशेत् ततश्चतुर्जालं ब्रह्मकोशं प्रणुदेत् गुर्वागमेनेति अतः शुद्धः पूतः शून्यः शान्तोऽप्राणो निरात्माऽनन्तोऽक्षय्यः स्थिरः शाश्वतोऽजः स्वतन्त्रः स्वे महिम्नि तिष्ठति अतः स्वे महिम्नि तिष्ठमानम् दृष्ट्वाऽवृत्तचक्रमिव सञ्चारचक्रमालोकयति इत्येवं ह्याह षड्भिर्मासैस्तु युक्तस्य नित्यमुक्तस्य देहिनः अनन्तः परमो गुह्यः सम्यग्योगः प्रवर्तते ॥रजस्तमोभ्यां विद्धस्य सुसमिद्धस्य देहिनः पुत्रदारकुटुम्बेषु सक्तस्य न कदाचन ॥ ॥६.२८ ॥

In plain words

And it is said elsewhere too: Having passed beyond the elements, the senses and their objects, and having taken up the bow whose string is the going-forth and whose staff is steadfastness, and with the arrow that is made of freedom from self-conceit, let him strike down that first doorkeeper of Brahman — he whose crown is bewilderment, whose earrings are craving and envy, whose staff is sloth, who is the overseer of self-conceit, who, taking up the bow whose string is anger and whose staff is greed, with the arrow that is made of desire slays these beings. Having slain him, and having crossed by the raft of Om to the far shore of the space within the heart, let him enter slowly into the inner space that has come to light, as a digger seeking ore enters a pit; and so let him enter the hall of Brahman. Then let him thrust aside the fourfold net that is the sheath of Brahman, by the coming of a teacher. Thereupon, being pure, cleansed, empty, tranquil, breathless, selfless, endless, imperishable, firm, everlasting, unborn, independent, he abides in his own greatness. And seeing him abiding in his own greatness, he looks upon the wheel of the round of birth as upon a wheel that has ceased to turn. So it is said: "For an embodied one who is yoked six months and ever released, the endless, highest, most hidden, perfect union comes about. But for an embodied one pierced by passion and darkness, though he blaze brightly, and attached to son and wife and household, it never comes about at all."