Paingala Upanishad 2 — Verse 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः—अमानित्वादिसम्पन्नो मुमुक्षुरेकविंशतिकुलं तारयति। ब्रह्मविन्मात्रेण कुलमेकोत्तरशतं तारयति ॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सः । ह । उवाच । याज्ञवल्क्यः । अमानित्व-आदि-सम्पन्नः । मुमुक्षुः । एक-विंशति-कुलम् । तारयति । ब्रह्म-वित्-मात्रेण । कुलम् । एक-उत्तर-शतम् । तारयति ॥२॥

IAST Transliteration

sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ—amānitvādisaṃpanno mumukṣur ekaviṃśatikulaṃ tārayati | brahmavinmātreṇa kulam ekottaraśataṃ tārayati ||2||

Translation

Yājñavalkya said: “A seeker of liberation, endowed with humility and the like, delivers twenty-one generations of his lineage. By the mere fact of being a knower of Brahman, one delivers one hundred and one generations of the family.”

Academic Translation

Yājñavalkya said: “A seeker of liberation endowed with humility and the like delivers twenty-one generations (of his family-line). By the mere fact of being a knower of Brahman, one delivers one hundred and one generations of the family.”

Verse Context

• Mumukṣutva, sādhana-catuṣṭaya/virtues (amānitva etc.), Brahmavid’s salvific merit, mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Implied fruition of mahāvākya-realization: the Brahmavid (one who has assimilated ‘tat tvam asi’/‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) is portrayed as supremely efficacious; the verse emphasizes the transformative status of Brahman-knowledge.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose