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 dit : «Le chercheur de délivrance, pourvu d’humilité et de vertus semblables, fait traverser vingt et une générations de sa lignée. Par le seul fait d’être connaisseur de Brahman, il fait traverser cent une générations de la famille.»

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