Chānd-Mül, 1879-845. With twenty-one syllables a man reaches the sun (and death), for the sun is the twenty-first from here; with the twenty-second he conquers what is beyond the sun: that is blessedness, that is freedom from grief.
Chānd-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.tatraikaviṃśatyakṣarasaṃkhyayā’dityamāpnoti mṛtyum | yasmādekaviṃśa ito ’smāllokādasāvādityaḥ saṃkhyayā | "dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavasraya ime lokā asāvāditya ekaviṃśa"iti śruteratiśiṣṭena dvāviṃśenākṣareṇa paraṃ mṛtyorādityājjayatyāpnotītyarthaḥ | yacca tadādityātparaṃ kiṃ tat?nākaṃ kamiti sukhaṃ tasya pratiṣedho ’kaṃ tanna bhavatīti nākaṃ kamevetyarthaḥ | mṛtyuviṣayatvādduḥkhasya viśokaṃ ca tadvigataśokaṃ mānasaduḥkharahitamityarthaḥ | tadāpnotīti || 5 ||
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Prapāṭhaka 1
