Paingala Upanishad 10 — Verse 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दग्धस्य दहनं नास्ति पक्वस्य पचनं यथा। ज्ञानाग्निदग्धदेहस्य न च श्राद्धं न च क्रिया॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

दग्धस्य । दहनम् । न । अस्ति । पक्वस्य । पचनम् । यथा । ज्ञान-अग्नि-दग्ध-देहस्य । न । च । श्राद्धम् । न । च । क्रिया ।

IAST Transliteration

dagdhasya dahanaṃ nāsti pakvasya pacanaṃ yathā | jñānāgni-dagdha-dehasya na ca śrāddhaṃ na ca kriyā ||10||

Translation

كما أنّ ما قد احترق لا يُحرق ثانيةً، وما قد نضج لا يُطبخ من جديد؛ كذلك من أُحرِقَ جسدُه—أي إحساسُ الفاعلية المتجسّدة—بنار المعرفة، فلا شَرادّها له ولا عملٌ طقوسيّ.

Academic Translation

Just as there is no burning for what has been burnt, and no cooking for what has been cooked, so for one whose body (sense of embodied agency) has been burnt by the fire of knowledge, there is neither śrāddha (funerary rite) nor (ritual) action.

Verse Context

• Moksha (jñāna-nisṭhā; transcendence of karma and ritual obligation)
• Mahavakya: Supports the import of mahāvākyas such as “अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)” by asserting that realization nullifies doership and ritual compulsion.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)