Paingala Upanishad 19 — Verse 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्र यत्र मृतो ज्ञानी येन वा केन मृत्युना । यथा सर्वगतं व्योम तत्र तत्र लयं गतः ॥१९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यत्र । यत्र । मृतः । ज्ञानी । येन । वा । केन । मृत्युना । यथा । सर्व-गतम् । व्योम । तत्र । तत्र । लयम् । गतः ॥१९॥

IAST Transliteration

yatra yatra mṛto jñānī yena vā kena mṛtyunā | yathā sarvagataṃ vyoma tatra tatra layaṃ gataḥ ||19||

Translation

حيثما يموت العارفُ—وبأيِّ موتٍ كان—فكما أنَّ الفضاءَ الشاملَ لكلِّ شيءٍ حاضرٌ في كلِّ موضع، كذلك هناكَ وهناكَ يدخلُ في الفناءِ (لايا).

Academic Translation

Wherever the knower dies—by whatever death—just as all-pervading space (vyoman) [is everywhere], there, there he has entered dissolution (laya).

Verse Context

• Moksha (videha-mukti), laya in Brahman; all-pervasiveness of Ātman/Brahman
• Mahavakya: Supports the import of ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ and ‘tat tvam asi’ by implying the jñānī’s identity with all-pervading Brahman beyond locality and death.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Paippalāda tradition; commonly grouped among Atharvaṇic Sannyāsa Upaniṣads) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)