Kshurika Upanishad: Verse 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा निर्वाणकाले तु दीपो दग्ध्वा लयं व्रजेत् । तथा सर्वाणि कर्माणि योगी दग्ध्वा लयं व्रजेत् ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यथा । निर्वाण-काले । तु । दीपः । दग्ध्वा । लयम् । व्रजेत् । तथा । सर्वाणि । कर्माणि । योगी । दग्ध्वा । लयम् । व्रजेत् ।

Recitation with translationKshurika Upanishad 23

IAST Transliteration

yathā nirvāṇakāle tu dīpo dagdhvā layaṃ vrajet | tathā sarvāṇi karmāṇi yogī dagdhvā layaṃ vrajet ||23||

Translation

जैसे जब दिया बुझने लगता है, वो जल के खत्म हो जाता है। वैसे ही योगी जब अपने सारे करम जला देता है, वो भी खत्म हो जाता है। उसका करम का सिलसिला रुक जाता है।

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Academic Translation

Just as, at the time of extinction, a lamp—having burned—goes to dissolution, so the yogin, having burned up all actions, goes to dissolution (i.e., cessation of karmic continuity).

Verse Context

• Karma-kṣaya and Moksha (burning of karma through knowledge/yoga)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: the ‘burning of karma’ is a preparatory/confirmatory motif for realization implied by mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘tat tvam asi’), where knowledge nullifies doership and thus karmic binding.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)