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Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.1
(ज्योतिर्ब्राह्मणम्)
जनकं ह वैदेहं याज्ञवल्क्यो जगाम ।
समेनेन वदिष्य इति ।
अथ ह यज्जनकश्च वैदेहो याज्ञवल्क्यश्चाग्निहोत्रे समूदाते ।
तस्मै ह याज्ञवल्क्यो वरं ददौ ।
स ह कामप्रश्नमेव वव्रे ।
तं हास्मै ददौ ।
तं ह सम्राडेव पूर्वः पप्रच्छ ॥ ४.३.१ ॥
The chapter on light. Yājñavalkya went to Janaka, the king of Videha, thinking: 'I will speak with him.' When Janaka, king of Videha, and Yājñavalkya were conversing at the fire-offering, Yājñavalkya granted him a boon. He chose only a question about desire, and it was given to him. Then the sovereign himself asked first.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.2
याज्ञवल्क्य किंज्योतिरयं पुरुष इति ।
आदित्यज्योतिः सम्राडिति होवाच ।
आदित्येनैवायं ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीति ।
एवमेवैतद्याज्ञवल्क्य ॥ ४.३.२ ॥
Janaka asked: 'Yājñavalkya, by what light does this person exist?' Yājñavalkya said: 'The sun is his light, O king. By this light of the sun he sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.' Janaka said: 'Yājñavalkya, it is just so.'
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.3
अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य किंज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इति ।
चन्द्रमा एवास्य ज्योतिर्भवतीति ।
चन्द्रमसैवायं ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीति ।
एवमेवैतद्याज्ञवल्क्य ॥ ४.३.३ ॥
Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set, what is this person's light? The moon becomes his light. By the moon's light alone he sits, moves about, does his work, and returns. So it is, Yājñavalkya.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.4
अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य चन्द्रमस्यस्तमिते किंज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इति ।
अग्निरेवास्य ज्योतिर्भवतीति ।
अग्निनैव ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीति ।
एवमेवैतद्याज्ञवल्क्य ॥ ४.३.४ ॥
Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set and the moon has set, what is this person's light? Fire becomes his light. By fire's light alone he sits, moves about, does his work, and returns. So it is, Yājñavalkya.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.5
अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य चन्द्रमस्यस्तमिते शान्तेऽग्नौ किंज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इति ।
वागेवास्य ज्योतिर्भवतीति ।
वाचैवायं ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येति ।
तस्माद्वै सम्राडपि यत्र स्वः पाणिर्न विनिर्ज्ञायतेऽथ यत्र वागुच्चरत्युपैव तत्र न्येतीति ।
एवमेवैतद्याज्ञवल्क्य ॥ ४.३.५ ॥
Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set, the moon has set, and the fire is extinguished, what is this person's light? Speech becomes his light. By the light of speech alone he sits, moves about, does his work, and returns. Therefore, sovereign, where a man cannot even see his own hand, when speech is uttered he goes straight toward it. So it is, Yājñavalkya.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.6
अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य चन्द्रमस्यस्तमिते शान्तेऽग्नौ शान्तायां वाचि किंज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इति ।
आत्मैवास्य ज्योतिर्भवतीति ।
आत्मनैवायं ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीति ॥ ४.३.६ ॥
Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set, the moon has set, the fire is extinguished, and speech is stilled, what is this person's light? The self becomes his light. By the light of the self alone he sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.7
कतम आत्मेति योऽयं विज्ञानमयः प्राणेषु हृद्यन्तर्ज्योतिः पुरुषः ।
स समानः सन्नुभौ लोकावनुसंचरति ध्यायतीव लेलायतीव ।
स हि स्वप्नो भूत्वेमं लोकमतिक्रामति अद्द्. मृत्यो रूपाणि ॥ ४.३.७ ॥
"What is the self?" It is this person, made of consciousness, the inner light in the heart among the breaths. Remaining the same, he moves through both worlds, seeming to think and to stir. Becoming a dream, he passes beyond this world and the forms of death.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.8
स वा अयं पुरुषो जायमानः शरीरमभिसम्पद्यमानः पाप्मभिः संसृज्यते ।
स उत्क्रामन्म्रियमाणः पाप्मनो विजहाति ॥ ४.३.८ ॥
This person, when born and entering a body, is joined with evils. And when departing at death, he abandons evils.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.9
तस्य वा एतस्य पुरुषस्य द्वे एव स्थाने भवतः ।
इदं च परलोकस्थानं च ।
सन्ध्यं तृतीयं स्वप्नस्थानम् ।
तस्मिन्सन्ध्ये स्थाने तिष्ठनुभे स्थाने पश्यतीदं च परलोकस्थानं च ।
अथ यथाक्रमोऽयं परलोकस्थाने भवति ।
तमाक्रममाक्रम्योभयान् पाप्मन आनन्दांश्च पश्यति ।
स यत्र प्रस्वपित्यस्य लोकस्य सर्वावतो मात्रामपादाय स्वयं विहत्य स्वयं निर्माय स्वेन भासा स्वेन ज्योतिषा प्रस्वपिति ।
अत्रायं पुरुषः स्वयंज्योतिर्भवति ॥ ४.३.९ ॥
This person has in truth only two states: this world and the state of the other world. A third, the intermediate state, is the dream state. Standing in that intermediate state, he sees both states: this world and the other world. Then, in order, this happens in the state of the other world. Having passed over that transition, he sees both the evils and the joys. Where he sleeps deeply, taking up the whole measure of this world, destroying it himself and creating it himself, he sleeps by his own light, by his own radiance. Here this person becomes self-luminous.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.10
न तत्र रथा न रथयोगा न पन्थानो भवन्ति ।
अथ रथान् रथयोगान् पथः सृजते ।
न तत्रानन्दा मुदः प्रमुदो भवन्ति ।
अथानन्दान्मुदः प्रमुदः सृजते ।
न तत्र वेशान्ताः पुष्करिण्यः स्रवन्त्यो भवन्ति ।
अथ वेशान्तान् पुष्करिणीः स्रवन्तीः सृजते ।
स हि कर्ता ॥ ४.३.१० ॥
There are no chariots there, no teams for chariots, no roads. Then he creates chariots, teams for chariots, and roads. There are no joys there, no delights, no great delights. Then he creates joys, delights, and great delights. There are no tanks there, no lotus-ponds, no flowing streams. Then he creates tanks, lotus-ponds, and flowing streams. For he is indeed the creator.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.11
तदेते श्लोका भवन्ति
स्वप्नेन शारीरमभिप्रहत्यासुप्तः सुप्तानभिचाकशीति ।
शुक्रमादाय पुनरैति स्थानं हिरण्मयःपुरुष एकहंसः ॥ ४.३.११ ॥
On this there are these verses: Overpowering the body by means of dream, the one who does not sleep looks upon the sleepers. Taking up his light, he returns again to his place — that golden person, the one swan.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.12
प्राणेन रक्षन्नवरं कुलायं बहिष्कुलायादमृतश्चरित्वा ।
स ईयतेऽमृतो यत्रकामं हिरण्मयः पुरुष एकहंसः ॥ ४.३.१२ ॥
Protecting the lower nest (the body) by means of breath, moving outside the nest, that immortal one goes wherever he wishes — that immortal golden person, the one swan.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.13
स्वप्नान्त उच्चावचमीयमानो रूपाणि देवः कुरुते बहूनि ।
उतेव स्त्रीभिः सह मोदमानो जक्षदुतेवापि भयानि पश्यन् ॥ ४.३.१३ ॥
At the end of the dream, moving high and low, the god creates many forms — as if rejoicing with women, laughing, and as if also seeing frightening things.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.14
आराममस्य पश्यन्ति न तं पश्यति कश्चनेति ।
तं नायतं बोधयेदित्याहुः ।
दुर्भिषज्यं हास्मै भवति यमेष न प्रतिपद्यते ।
अथो खल्वाहुर्जागरितदेश एवास्यैस इति ।
यानि ह्येव जाग्रत्पश्यति तानि सुप्त इति ।
अत्रायं पुरुषः स्वयंज्योतिर्भवति ।
सोऽहं भगवते सहस्रं ददामि ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं विमोक्षाय ब्रूहीति ॥ ४.३.१४ ॥
Men see his playground, but no one sees him — so it is said. They say one should not wake him, the one who lies stretched out. For him whom this one does not reach, there is an incurable illness. And they say indeed that his place is only in the waking state. Whatever one sees in waking, that one sees as sleeping. Here this person becomes self-luminous. I give the venerable one a thousand (cows); now speak to me for liberation.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.15
स वा एष एतस्मिन् संप्रसादे रत्वा चरित्वा दृष्ट्वैव पुण्यं च पापं च पुनः प्रतिन्यायं प्रतियोन्याद्रवति स्वप्नायैव ।
स यत्तत्र किञ्चित्पश्यत्यनन्वागतस्तेन भवति ।
असङ्गो ह्ययं पुरुष इति ।
एवमेवैतत्याज्ञवल्क्य ।
सोऽहं भगवते सहस्रं ददामि ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं विमोक्षायैव ब्रूहीति ॥ ४.३.१५ ॥
Having delighted and roamed in that deep sleep, having seen merit and demerit, he runs back again, by the same way, to the place of origin, only for dreaming. There, whatever he sees, he is not attached to it, for this person is unattached (asaṅga). Yājñavalkya, so it is indeed. I give the venerable one a thousand (cows). Now speak only for liberation.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.16
स वा एष एतस्मिन् स्वप्ने रत्वा चरित्वा दृष्ट्वैव पुण्यं च पापं च पुनः प्रतिन्यायं प्रतियोन्याद्रवति बुद्धान्तायैव ।
स यत्तत्र किञ्चित्पश्यत्यनन्वागतस्तेन भवति ।
असङ्गो ह्ययं पुरुष इति ।
एवमेवैतत्याज्ञवल्क्य ।
सोऽहं भगवते सहस्रं ददामि ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं विमोक्षायैव ब्रूहीति ॥ ४.३.१६ ॥
Having delighted and roamed in that dream, having seen merit and demerit, he runs back again, by the same way, to the place of origin, only for waking. There, whatever he sees, he is not attached to it, for this person is unattached (asaṅga). Yājñavalkya, so it is indeed. I give the venerable one a thousand (cows). Now speak only for liberation.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.17
स वा एष एतस्मिन् बुद्धान्ते रत्वा चरित्वा दृष्ट्वैव पुण्यं च पापं च पुनः प्रतिन्यायं प्रतियोन्याद्रवति स्वप्नान्तायैव ॥ ४.३.१७ ॥
Having delighted and roamed in that waking state, having seen merit and demerit, he runs back again, by the same way, to the place of origin, only for the end of dreaming.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.18
तद्यथा महामत्स्य उभे कूले अनुसंचरति पूर्वं चापरं च ।
एवमेवायं पुरुष एतावुभावन्तावनुसंचरति स्वप्नान्तं च बुद्धान्तं च ॥ ४.३.१८ ॥
Just as a great fish moves along both banks, the earlier and the later, so this person moves along both these ends, the end of dreaming and the end of waking.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.19
तद्यथास्मिन्नाकाशे श्येनो वा सुपर्णो वा विपरिपत्य श्रान्तः संहत्य पक्षौ संलयायैव ध्रियते ।
एवमेवायं पुरुष एतस्मा अन्ताय धवति ।
यत्र सुप्तो न कं चन कामं कामयते न कं चन स्वप्नं पश्यति ॥ ४.३.१९ ॥
Just as a hawk or an eagle, flying about in the sky and tired, folds its wings and glides down to its resting place, so this person hastens toward that end, where, asleep, he desires no desire and sees no dream.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.20
ता वा अस्यैता हिता नाम नाड्यो यथा केशः सहस्रधा भिन्नस्तावताणिम्ना तिष्ठन्ति ।
शुक्लस्य नीलस्य पिङ्गलस्य हरितस्य लोहितस्य पूर्णाः ।
अथ यत्रैनं घ्नन्तीव जिनन्तीव हस्तीव विच्छाययति गर्तमिव पतति ।
यदेव जाग्रद्भयं पश्यति तदत्राविद्यया मन्यते ।
अथ यत्र देव इव राजेवाहमेवेदं सर्वोऽस्मीति मन्यते ।
सोऽस्य परमो लोकः ॥ ४.३.२० ॥
Those nerves called hitā, split a thousandfold like a hair, stand there as fine as that; they are filled with white, dark, tawny, green and red. When it seems that someone strikes him, overpowers him, an elephant tramples him, he loses his lustre, he falls into a pit, then in waking the fear he sees he here takes through ignorance. And when he thinks, like a god or a king, 'I am all this,' that is his highest world.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.21
तद्वा अस्यैतदतिच्छन्दोऽपहतपाप्माभयं रूपम् ।
तद्यथा प्रियया स्त्रिया संपरिष्वक्तो न बाह्यं किं चन वेद नान्तरम् ।
एवमेवायं पुरुषः प्राज्ञेनात्मना संपरिष्वक्तो न बाह्यं किं चन वेद नान्तरम् ।
तद्वा अस्यैतदाप्तकाममात्मकाममकामं रूपं शोकान्तरम् ॥ ४.३.२१ ॥
This is his form beyond all metre, free from evil, fearless. Just as a man clasped in close embrace by a beloved woman knows nothing outside or inside, so this person, clasped by the self made of consciousness, knows nothing outside or inside. This is his form whose desires are fulfilled, whose desire is the self, who is without desire, beyond sorrow.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.22
अत्र पितापिता भवति मातामाता लोका अलोका देवा अदेवा वेदा अवेदाः ।
अत्र स्तेनोऽस्तेनो भवति भ्रूणहाभ्रूणहा चाण्ड्यालोऽचण्ड्यालः पौल्कसोऽपौल्कसः श्रमणोऽश्रमणस्तापसोऽतापसः ।
अनन्वागतं पुण्येनानन्वागतं पापेन ।
तीर्णो हि तदा सर्वाञ्शोकान् हृदयस्य भवति ॥ ४.३.२२ ॥
Here, in that state, a father becomes no father, a mother no mother, worlds no worlds, gods no gods, the Vedas no Vedas. Here a thief becomes no thief, a killer of an embryo no killer of an embryo, an outcaste no outcaste, a hunter-outcaste no hunter-outcaste, an ascetic no ascetic, a penitent no penitent. He is not followed by merit, nor followed by evil; for then he has crossed beyond all the sorrows of the heart.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.23
यद्वै तन्न पश्यति पश्यन् वै तन्न पश्यति ।
न हि द्रष्टुर्दृष्टेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वान् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यत्पश्येत् ॥ ४.३.२३ ॥
When it does not see anything, then, seeing, it in truth does not see. For the seer's seeing is never destroyed, because it is imperishable. But there is no second thing, separate from it, that it could see.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.24
यद्वै तन्न जिघ्रति जिघ्रन् वै तन्न जिघ्रति ।
न हि घ्रातुर्घ्रातेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यज्जिघ्रेत् ॥ ४.३.२४ ॥
When it does not smell anything, then, smelling, it in truth does not smell. For the smeller's power of smelling is never destroyed, because it is imperishable. But there is no second thing, separate from it, that it could smell.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.25
यद्वै तन्न रसयति रसयन् वै तन्न रसयति ।
न हि रसयितू रसयतेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यद्रसयेत् ॥ ४.३.२५ ॥
When it does not taste anything, then, tasting, it in truth does not taste. For the taster's power of tasting is never destroyed, because it is imperishable. But there is no second thing, separate from it, that it could taste.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.26
यद्वै तन्न वदति वदन् वै तन्न वदति ।
न हि वक्तुर्वक्तेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यद्वदेत् ॥ ४.३.२६ ॥
When it does not speak anything, then, speaking, it in truth does not speak. For the speaker's power of speech is never destroyed, because it is imperishable. But there is no second thing, separate from it, that it could speak.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.27
यद्वै तन्न शृणोति शृण्वन् वै तन्न शृणोति ।
न हि श्रोतुः श्रुतेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यच्छृणुयात् ॥ ४.३.२७ ॥
That which one does not hear, though hearing, one does not truly hear it. For the hearer's hearing is not lost, since it is indestructible (avināśitva). But there is no second thing apart from it that one could hear.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.28
यद्वै तन्न मनुते मन्वानो वै तन्न मनुते ।
न हि मन्तुर्मतेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यन्मन्वीत ॥ ४.३.२८ ॥
That which one does not think, though thinking, one does not truly think it. For the thinker's thinking is not lost, since it is indestructible (avināśitva). But there is no second thing apart from it that one could think.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.29
यद्वै तन्न स्पृशति स्पृशन् वै तन्न स्पृशति ।
न हि स्प्रष्टुः स्पृष्टेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यत्स्पृशेत् ॥ ४.३.२९ ॥
That which one does not touch, though touching, one does not truly touch it. For the toucher's touching is not lost, since it is indestructible (avināśitva). But there is no second thing apart from it that one could touch.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.30
यद्वै तन्न विजानाति विजानन् वै तन्न विजानाति ।
न हि विज्ञातुर्विज्ञातेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् ।
न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यद्विजानीयात् ॥ ४.३.३० ॥
That which one does not know, though knowing, one does not truly know it. For the knower's knowing is not lost, since it is indestructible (avināśitva). But there is no second thing apart from it that one could know.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.31
यत्र वा अन्यदिव स्यात्तत्रान्योऽन्यत्पश्येदन्योऽन्यज्जिघ्रेदन्योऽन्यद्रसयेदन्योऽन्यद्वदेदन्योऽन्यच्छृणुयादन्योऽन्यन्मन्वीतान्योऽन्यत्स्पृशेदन्योऽन्यद्विजानीयात् ॥ ४.३.३१ ॥
Where there is, as it were, another, one sees another, smells another, tastes another, speaks to another, hears another, thinks of another, touches another, and knows another.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.32
सलिल एको द्रष्टाद्वैतो भवति ।
एष ब्रह्मलोकः सम्राट् ।
इति हैनमनुशशास याज्ञवल्क्यः ।
एषास्य परमा गतिः ।
एषास्य परमा संपत् ।
एषोऽस्य परमो लोकः ।
एषोऽस्य परम आनन्दः ।
एतस्यैवानन्दस्यान्यानि भूतानि मात्रामुपजीवन्ति ॥ ४.३.३२ ॥
In the water, the seer who is one becomes non-dual. This is the world of Brahman, O sovereign king. Thus Yājñavalkya instructed him. This is his supreme goal, this is his supreme attainment, this is his supreme world, this is his supreme bliss. On a single measure of this very bliss other beings live.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.33
स यो मनूष्याणां राद्धः समृद्धो भवत्यन्येषामधिपतिः सर्वैर्मानुष्यकैर्भोगैः सम्पन्नतमः स मनुष्याणां परम आनन्दः ।
अथ ये शतं मनुष्याणामानन्दाः स एकः पितॄणां जितलोकानामानन्दः ।
अथ ये शतं पितॄणां जितलोकानामानन्दाः स एको गन्धर्वलोक आनन्दः ।
अथ ये शतं गन्धर्वलोक आनन्दाः स एकः कर्मदेवानामानन्दो ये कर्मणा देवत्वमभिसम्पद्यन्ते ।
अथ ये शतं कर्मदेवानामानन्दाः स एक आजानदेवानामानन्दः ।
यश्च श्रोत्रियोऽवृजिनोऽकामहतः ।
अथ ये शतमाजानदेवानामानन्दाः स एकः प्रजापतिलोक आनन्दः ।
यश्च श्रोत्रियोऽवृजिनोऽकामहतः ।
अथ ये शतं प्रजापतिलोक आनन्दाः स एको ब्रह्मलोक आनन्दः ।
यश्च श्रोत्रियोऽवृजिनोऽकामहतः ।
अथैष एव परम आनन्दः ।
एष ब्रह्मलोकः सम्राट् ।
इति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः ।
सोऽहं भगवते सहस्रं ददामि ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं विमोक्षायैव ब्रूहीति ।
अत्र ह याज्ञवल्क्यो बिभयां चकार मेधावी राजा सर्वेभ्यो मान्तेभ्य उदरौत्सीदिति ॥ ४.३.३३ ॥
He who becomes prosperous and thriving among men, a lord over others, most fully endowed with all human pleasures, he is the supreme bliss of humans. A hundred human blisses are one bliss of the fathers who have won worlds. A hundred blisses of the fathers are one bliss of the Gandharva world. A hundred blisses of the Gandharva world are one bliss of the gods made by works, who attain godhood through action. A hundred blisses of the gods made by works are one bliss of the gods by birth. He who is learned in the Veda, sinless, and free from desire ... a hundred blisses of the gods by birth are one bliss of the world of Prajāpati. A hundred blisses of the world of Prajāpati are one bliss of the world of Brahman. This is indeed the supreme bliss. This is the world of Brahman, O sovereign king, thus said Yājñavalkya. I will give the venerable one a thousand. Now, beyond this, speak only for liberation. Here Yājñavalkya was afraid; the wise king surpassed all the learned.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.34
स वा एष एतस्मिन् स्वप्नान्ते रत्वा चरित्वा दृष्ट्वैव पुण्यं च पापं च पुनः प्रतिन्यायं प्रतियोन्याद्रवति बुद्धान्तायैव ॥ ४.३.३४ ॥
He, indeed, having delighted and moved about in this dream's end, having seen merit and demerit, runs back again in the same way toward that womb, only until the end of waking.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.35
तद्यथानः सुसमाहितमुत्सर्जं यायादेवमेवायं शारीर आत्मा प्राज्ञेनात्मनान्वारूढ उत्सर्जं याति ।
यत्रैतदूर्ध्वोच्छ्वासी भवति ॥ ४.३.३५ ॥
Just as a man, fully composed, departs, so this embodied self, borne up by the intelligent self, departs; there it becomes one whose breath goes upward.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.36
स यत्रायमणिमानं न्येति जरया वोपतपता वाणिमानं निगच्छति ।
तद्यथाम्रं वोदुम्बरं वा पिप्पलं वा बन्धनात्प्रमुच्यते ।
एवमेवायं पुरुष एभ्योऽङ्गेभ्यः संप्रमुच्य पुनः प्रतिन्यायं प्रतियोन्याद्रवति प्राणायैव ॥ ४.३.३६ ॥
When he attains minuteness, through old age or through the heat of fever, he attains minuteness. Just as a mango, a fig, or a pipal fruit is released from its stalk, so this person, completely released from these limbs, runs back again by the same path, toward the place of origin, toward the breath (prāṇa).
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.37
तद्यथा राजानमायन्तमुग्राः प्रत्येनसः सूतग्रामण्योऽन्नैः पानैरवसथैः प्रतिकल्पन्तेऽयमायात्ययमागच्छतीति ।
एवं हैवंविदं सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रतिकल्पन्त इदं ब्रह्मायातीदमागच्छतीति ॥ ४.३.३७ ॥
Just as fierce officials, charioteers and village headmen prepare food, drink and lodging for a king who is approaching, saying 'He comes, he arrives,' so for one who knows thus all beings prepare, saying, 'Brahman comes, brahman arrives here.'
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4.3.38
तद्यथा राजानं प्रयियासन्तमुग्राः प्रत्येनसः सूतग्रामण्योऽभिसमायन्ति ।
एवमेवेममात्मानमन्तकाले सर्वे प्राणा अभिसमायन्ति ।
यत्रैतदूर्ध्वोच्छ्वासी भवति ॥ ४.३.३८ ॥
Just as fierce officials, charioteers and village headmen gather around a king who is about to depart, so at the time of death all the breaths (prāṇas) gather around this self; there it becomes one whose breath goes upward.