Upaniṣads · Praśna 5
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Praśna 5.1
अथ हैनं शैब्यः सत्यकामः पप्रच्छ ।
स यो ह वै तद्भगवन्मनुष्येषु प्रायणान्तमोङ्कारमभिध्यायीत ।
कतमं वाव स तेन लोकं जयतीति ।
तस्मै स होवाच ॥ ५.१ ॥
Then Satyakāma, son of Śibi, asked him: Venerable one, the man among men who meditates on the syllable Om until the end of life — by it, which world does he win? To him he said:
Praśna 5.2
एतद्वै सत्यकाम परं चापरं च ब्रह्म यदोङ्कारः ।
तस्माद्विद्वानेतेनैवायतनेनैकतरमन्वेति ॥ ५.२ ॥
This indeed, Satyakāma, is the higher and the lower brahman — namely the syllable Om. Therefore the wise man, by this very support, attains one or the other.
Praśna 5.3
स यध्येकमात्रमभिध्यायीत स तेनैव संवेदितस्तूर्णमेव जगत्याभिसंपध्यते ।
तमृचो मनुष्यलोकमुपनयन्ते स तत्र तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रद्धया संपन्नो महिमानमनुभवति ॥ ५.३ ॥
If he meditates on one mātrā (one measure of Om), then, made known by that alone, he is quickly reborn in this world. The Ṛg verses lead him up to the human world; there, endowed with austerity, celibacy and faith, he experiences greatness.
Praśna 5.4
अथ यदि द्विमात्रेण मनसि संपद्यते सोऽन्तरिक्षं यजुर्भिरुन्नीयते सोमलोकम् ।
स सोमलोके विभुतिमनुभूय पुनरावर्तते ॥ ५.४ ॥
And if he is united in mind with two measures, the Yajur verses lead him up through the atmosphere to the moon-world. Having experienced glory in the moon-world, he returns again.
Praśna 5.5
यः पुनरेतं त्रिमात्रेणोमित्येतेनैवाक्षरेण परं पुरुषमभिध्यायीत स तेजसि सूर्ये संपन्नः ।
यथा पादोदरस्त्वचा विनिर्मुच्यत एवं ह वै स पाप्मना विनिर्मुक्तः स सामभिरुन्नीयते ब्रह्मलोकं स एतस्माज्जीवघनात् परात्परं पुरुशयं पुरुषमीक्षते ।
तदेतौ श्लोकौ भवतः ॥ ५.५ ॥
He who meditates on the supreme Person with this single syllable om, of three morae, becomes established in light, in the sun. As a snake is freed from its skin, so is he freed from evil. He is led by the sāman chants to the world of Brahman. From this multitude of living beings he beholds the Person who dwells in the body, higher than the higher. On this there are two verses.
Praśna 5.6
तिस्रो मात्रा मृत्युमत्यः प्रयुक्ता
अन्योन्यसक्ताः अनविप्रयुक्ताः ।
क्रियासु बाह्याभ्यन्तरमध्यमासु
सम्यक् प्रयुक्तासु न कम्पते ज्ञः ॥ ५.६ ॥
Three morae, subject to death, are used. They are mutually connected and not used separately. When they are properly applied in external, internal, and middle actions, the knower does not waver.
Praśna 5.7
ऋग्भिरेतं यजुर्भिरन्तरिक्षं
सामभिर्यत् तत् कवयो वेदयन्ते ।
तमोङ्कारेणैवायतनेनान्वेति विद्वान्
यत्तच्छान्तमजरममृतमभयं परं चेति ॥ ५.७ ॥
Through the ṛg verses one knows this, through the yajus formulas the atmospheric realm, and through the sāman chants that which the seers make known. The knower attains it by the very support of om — that which is tranquil, ageless, immortal, fearless, and supreme.