Self Discovery

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणोन हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे

Literal TranslationIt is never born; it never dies; having come into existence once, it never ceases to exist. Unborn, eternal, perpetual, and primordial, it is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहायनवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही

Literal TranslationAs a man casts off worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so does the embodied self cast off its worn-out bodies and enter into new ones.

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः

Literal TranslationWeapons cannot cleave It, fire cannot burn It, waters cannot wet It, and wind cannot dry It.

उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत ।क्षुरस्य धारा निशिता दुरत्यया दुर्गं पथस्तत्कवयो वदन्ति

Literal TranslationArise! Awake! Having reached the wise ones, learn! The sharpened edge of a razor — hard to cross — difficult is the path, say the wise.

सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च।वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम्

Literal TranslationAnd I am seated in the hearts of all. From Me come memory, knowledge, and their removal too. Indeed, I alone am to be known from all the Vedas. I bring about the fruition of the Vedic rituals; I alone am the knower of the Vedas.