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अथ यत्रैतदस्माच्छरीरादुत्क्रामत्यथैतैरेव रश्मिभिरूर्ध्वमाक्रमते स ओमिति वा होद्वा मीयते स यावत्क्षिप्येन्मनस्तावदादित्यं गच्छत्येतद्वै खलु लोकद्वारं विदुषां प्रपदनं निरोधोऽविदुषाम्
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atha yatraitadasmAchCharIrAdutkrAmatyathaitaireva rashmibhirUrdhvamAkramate sa omiti vA hodvA mIyate sa yAvatkShipyenmanastAvadAdityaM gachChatyetadvai khalu lokadvAraM viduShAM prapadanaM nirodho.aviduShAm
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But when he departs from this body, then he departs upwards by those very rays (towards the worlds which he has gained by merit, not by knowledge); or he goes out while meditating on Om (and thus securing an entrance into the Brahmaloka). And while his mind is failing,…
विमृतयुिशोको विजिषरसोऽपि- गन, शोकरहित, षार तृषादीन, सत्यकाम नौर सतयसय पास, सत्यकामः सत्यसकर्पः, है, जिसकी उपासना अर्थ् लोकानाभ्चोति सर्वाश्च कामानितीन्द्रो हैव देवाना- समित्पाणी प्रजापति सकाशमाजम्मतुः. परजापते इस वाक्यको देवता ओर अघुर दोनों दीने परम्परासे जान् लिया । वे कहने रुगे- “म उस अप्माको जानना चाहते है जिसे नाननेपर जीव सम्पूणं रोको ओर समस्त भोगोको प्राप्त कर रेता
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But when he departs from this body, then he departs upwards by those very rays (towards the worlds which he has gained by merit, not by knowledge); or he goes out while meditating on Om (and thus securing an entrance into the Brahmaloka). And while his mind is failing, he is going to the sun. For the sun is the door of the world (of Brahman). Those who know, walk in; those who do not know, are shut out. There is this verse 1 : 'There are a hundred and one arteries of the heart; one of them penetrates the crown of the head; moving upwards by it a man reaches the immortal; the others serve for departing in different directions, yea, in different directions 2 .'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
अथ यत्रैतदस्माच्छरीरादुत्क्रामत्यथैतैरेव रश्मिभिरूर्ध्वमाक्रमते स ओमिति वा होद्वा मीयते स यावत्क्षिप्येन्मनस्तावदादित्यं गच्छत्येतद्वै खलु लोकद्वारं विदुषां प्रपदनं निरोधोऽविदुषाम्
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
But when he departs from this body, then he departs upwards by those very rays (towards the worlds which he has gained by merit, not by knowledge); or he goes out while meditating on Om (and thus securing an entrance into the Brahmaloka). And while his mind is failing, he is going to the sun. For the sun is the door of the world (of Brahman). Those who know, walk in; those who do not know, are shut out. There is this verse 1 : 'There are a hundred and one arteries of the heart; one of them penetrates the crown of the head; moving upwards by it a man reaches the immortal; the others serve for departing in different directions, yea, in different directions 2 .'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: But when he departs from this body, then he departs upwards by those very rays (towards the worlds which he has gained by merit, not by knowledge); or he goes out while meditating on Om (and thus securing an entrance into the Brahmaloka). And while his mind is failing,…
Sense: But when he departs from this body, then he departs upwards by those very rays (towards the worlds which he has gained by merit, not by knowledge); or he goes out while meditating on Om (and thus securing an entrance into the Brahmaloka). And while his mind is failing,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
विमृतयुिशोको विजिषरसोऽपि- गन, शोकरहित, षार तृषादीन, सत्यकाम नौर सतयसय पास, सत्यकामः सत्यसकर्पः, है, जिसकी उपासना अर्थ् लोकानाभ्चोति सर्वाश्च कामानितीन्द्रो हैव देवाना- समित्पाण…। देह के पदार्थ बदलते रहते हैं, पर जानने का बोध बना रहता है। यह पंक्ति उसी अंतर को कहती है — जो बदलता है वह आवरण है, जो जानता है वह निरंतर है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
- sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/chhandogya.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
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- 2026-10-16
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