atha yad u caivāsmiñ chavyaṃ kurvanti yadi ca nārciṣam evābhisaṃbhavanti |
arciṣo ’haḥ |
ahna āpūryamāṇapakṣam |
āpūryamāṇapakṣād yān ṣaḍ udaṅṅ eti māsāṃs tān |
māsebhyaḥ saṃvatsaram |
saṃvatsarād ādityam |
ādityāc candramasam |
candramaso vidyutam |
tat puruṣo ’mānavaḥ |
sa enān brahma gamayati |
eṣa devapatho brahmapathaḥ |
etena pratipadyamānā imaṃ mānavam āvartaṃ nāvartante nāvartante ||

athedānīṃ yathoktabrahmavido gatirucyate | yadyadi u caivāsminnevaṃvidi śavyaṃ śavakarma mṛte kurvanti yadi ca na kurvanti ṛtvijaḥ sarvathāpyevaṃvittena śavakarmaṇākṛtenāpi pratibaddho na brahma[dmaṭaprāpnoti | na ca kṛtena śavakarmaṇāsya kaścanābhyadhiko lokaḥ | "na karmaṇā vardhate no kanīyān"iti śrutyantarāt | śavakarmaṇyanādaraṃ darśayanvidyāṃ stauti na punaḥ śavakarmaivaṃvido na kartavyamiti | akriyamāṇe hi śavakarmaṇi karmaṇā phalārambhe pratibandhaḥ kaścidanumīyate ’nyatra | yata iha vidyāphalārambhakāle śavakarma syādvā na veti vidyāvato ’pratibandhena phalārambhaṃ darśayati | ye sukhākāśamakṣisthaṃ saṃyadvāmo vāmanīrbhāmanīrityevaṅguṇamupāsate prāṇasahitāmagnividyāṃ ca teṣāmanyatkarma bhavatu mā vā bhūtsarvathāpi te ’rciṣamevābhisambhavantyarcirabhimāninīṃ devatāmabhisambhavanti pratipadyanta ityarthaḥ | arciṣo ’rcirdevatāyā aharaharabhimāninīṃ devatāmahna āpūryamāṇapakṣaṃ śuklapakṣadevatāmāpūryamāṇapakṣādyānṣaṇmāsānudaṅṅuttarāṃ diśameti savitā tānmāsānuttarāyaṇadevatāṃ tebhyo māsebhyaḥ saṃvatsaraṃ saṃvatsaradevatāṃ tataḥ saṃvatsarādādidityamādityāccandramasaṃ candramaso vidyutaṃ tattatrasthāṃstānpuruṣaḥ kaścidbrahmalokādetyāmānavo mānavyāṃ sṛṣṭau bhavo mānavo na mānavo ’mānavaḥ sa puruṣa enānbrahma satyalokasthaṃ gamayati gantṛgantavyagamayitṛtvavyapadeśebhyaḥ | sanmātrabrahmaprāptau tadanupapatteḥ | brahmaiva sanbrahmāpyetīti hi tatra vaktuṃ nyāyyam | sarvabhedanirāsena sanmātrapratipattiṃ vakṣyati | na cādṛṣṭo mārgo ’gamanāyopatiṣṭhate | "sa enamavidito na bhunakti"iti śrutyantarāt | eṣa devapathaḥ devairarcirādibhiḥ gamayitṛtvenādhikṛtaiḥ upalakṣitaḥ panthā devapatha ucyate | brahma gantavyaṃ tena copalakṣita iti brahmapathaḥ | etena pratipadyamānā gacchanto brahmemaṃ mānavaṃ manusambandhinaṃ manoḥ sṛṣṭilakṣaṇamāvata nā’vartanta āvartante ’smiñjananamaraṇaprabandhacakrārūḍhā ghaṭīyantravatpunaḥ punarityārvatastaṃ na pratipadyante | nāvartante nā’vartante iti dviruktiḥ saphalāyā vidyāyāḥ parisamāptipradarśanārthā || 5 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi caturthādhyāyasya pañcadaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ