yadā vai puruṣo 'smāl lokāt praiti sa vāyum āgacchati | tasmai sa tatra vijihīte yathā rathacakrasya kham | tena sa ūrdhva ākramate | sa ādityam āgacchati | tasmai sa tatra vijihīte | yathā lambarasya kham | tena sa ūrdhva ākramate | sa candramasam āgacchati | tasmai sa tatra vijihīte | yathā dundubheḥ kham | tena sa ūrdhva ākramate | sa lokam āgacchaty aśokam ahimam | tasmin vasati śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ||
TENTH BRÂHMANA
1. When the person goes away from this world, he comes to the wind. Then the wind makes room for him, like the hole of a carriage wheel, and through it he mounts higher. He comes to the sun. Then the sun makes room for him, like the hole of a Lambara, and through it he mounts higher. He comes to the moon. Then the moon makes room for him, like the hole of a drum, and through it he mounts higher, and arrives at the world where there is no sorrow, no snow. There he dwells eternal years.
sarveṣāmasminprakaraṇa upāsanānāṃ gatiriyaṃ phalaṃ cocyate-yadā vai puruṣo vidvānasmāllokātpraiti śarīraṃ parityajati sa tadā vāyumāgacchatyantarikṣe tiryagbhūto vāyuḥ stimito 'bhedyastiṣṭhati | sa vāyustatra svātmani tasmai samprāptāya vijihote svātmāvayavānvigamayati cchidrīkarotyātmānamityarthaḥ | kiṃparimāmaṃ chidramiti | ucyate-yathā ratha vakrasya khaṃ chidraṃ prasiddhaparimāṇam | tena chidreṇa sa vidvānūrdhva ākramata ūrdhvaḥ sangacchati sa ādityamāgacchati | ādityo brahmalokaṃ jigamiṣormārganirodhaṃ kṛtvā sthitaḥ so 'pyevaṃvida upāsakāya dvāraṃ prayacchati | tasmai sa tatra vijihote | yathā lambarasya khaṃ vāditraviśeṣasya cchidraparimāmaṃ tena sa ūrdhva ākramate sa candramasamāgacchati | so 'pi tasmai tatra vijihīte | yathā dundubheḥ khaṃ prasiddhaṃ tena sa ūrdhva ākramate sa lokaṃ prajāpatilokamāgacchati | kiṃviśiṣṭam |
aśokaṃ mānasena duḥkhena vivarjitamityetat |
ahimaṃ himavarjitaṃ śārīraduḥkhavarjitamityarthaḥ |
taṃ prāpya tasminvasati śāśvatīrnityāḥ samāḥ saṃvatsarānityarthaḥ |
brahmaṇo bahūnkalpānvasatītyetat || 1 ||
iti śrīmadbṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣye pañcamādhyāyasya daśamaṃ brāhmaṇam || 10 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 5,10.1;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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