Paingala Upanishad 6 — Verse 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रारब्धकर्मपर्यन्तमहिनिर्मोकवद्व्यवहरति। चन्द्रवच्चरते देही स मुक्तश्चानिकेतनः॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्रारब्ध । कर्म । पर्यन्तम् । अहि । निर्मोकवत् । व्यवहरति । चन्द्रवत् । चरते । देही । सः । मुक्तः । च । अनिकेतनः ॥

IAST Transliteration

prārabdha-karma-paryantam ahi-nirmokavad vyavaharati | candravat carate dehī sa muktaś cāniketanaḥ ||6||

Translation

إلى أن ينفدَ براربدها-كارما، يتعامل كأنه غلافُ حيّةٍ مطروح. ويسير المتجسِّد كالقمر؛ فهو متحرّرٌ ولا مأوى له.

Academic Translation

Until the exhaustion of prārabdha-karma, he conducts himself like a snake’s slough (cast-off skin). The embodied one moves about like the moon; he is liberated and without a dwelling.

Verse Context

• Jīvanmukti; prārabdha-karma; non-identification with body (deha-abhimāna-tyāga)
• Mahavakya: Application of mahāvākya-realization: after ‘aham brahmāsmi’/‘ayam ātmā brahma’ is known, prārabdha sustains appearance of embodiment while the knower remains free.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)