Verse 6

Aitreya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स एवं विद्वानस्माच्छरीरभेदादूर्ध्व उत्क्रम्यामुष्मिन् स्वर्गे लोके सर्वान् कामानाप्त्वाऽमृतः समभवत् समभवत्॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सः । एवम् । विद्वान् । अस्मात् । शरीर-भेदात् । ऊर्ध्वः । उत्-क्रम्य । अमुष्मिन् । स्वर्गे । लोके । सर्वान् । कामान् । आप्त्वा । अमृतः । सम्-अभवत् । सम्-अभवत् ।

IAST Transliteration

sa evaṃ vidvān asmāc charīrabhedād ūrdhva utkramyāmuṣmin svarge loke sarvān kāmān āptvā’mṛtaḥ samabhavat samabhavat ||6||

Translation

Así, quien conoce de este modo—tras la disolución del cuerpo—ascendiendo hacia lo alto y alcanzando todos los deseos en aquel mundo celestial, se vuelve inmortal; en verdad, se vuelve (inmortal).

Academic Translation

Thus, one who knows in this way—after the breaking up of the body—having ascended upward, and having attained all desires in that heavenly world, became immortal; indeed, became (immortal).

Verse Context

• Vidyā leading to amṛtatva (deathlessness); post-mortem ascent; liberation framed as immortality
• Mahavakya: Indirect: points toward the Upaniṣadic conclusion that true immortality is grounded in knowledge of the Self/Brahman (later crystallized as prajñā/Brahman identity).
• Rig
• Śākala (Aitareya tradition of the Ṛgveda) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose