Paingala Upanishad: Verse 3.7
पञ्चीकृतमहाभूतसम्भवकर्मसञ्चितस्थूलदेहः कर्मक्षयात् सत्कर्मपरिपाकतोऽपञ्चीकरणं प्राप्य सूक्ष्मेणैकीभूत्वा कारणरूपत्वमासाद्य तत्कारणं कूटस्थे प्रत्यगात्मनि विलीयते। विश्वतैजसप्राज्ञाः स्वस्वोपाधिलयात् प्रत्यगात्मनि लीयन्ते॥७॥
पञ्चीकृत-महाभूत-सम्भव-कर्म-सञ्चित-स्थूल-देहः । कर्म-क्षयात् । सत्-कर्म-परिपाकतः । अपञ्चीकरणम् प्राप्य । सूक्ष्मेण ऐकीभूत्वा । कारण-रूपत्वम् आसाद्य । तत्-कारणम् कूटस्थे प्रत्यगात्मनि विलीयते । विश्व-तैजस-प्राज्ञाः । स्व-स्व-उपाधि-लयात् । प्रत्यगात्मनि लीयन्ते ॥७॥
pañcīkṛta-mahābhūta-sambhava-karma-sañcita-sthūla-dehaḥ karma-kṣayāt sat-karma-paripākato’pañcīkaraṇaṃ prāpya sūkṣmeṇaikībhūtvā kāraṇa-rūpatvam āsādya tat-kāraṇaṃ kūṭasthe pratyag-ātmani vilīyate | viśva-taijasa-prājñāḥ sva-svopādhi-layāt pratyag-ātmani līyante ||7||
यह बॉडी जो पाँच एलिमेंट्स से बनी है, उसमें बहुत सारी कर्म की लेयर जमी हुई है। जब कर्म खत्म हो जाते हैं और अच्छे कर्म पक जाते हैं, तब यह बॉडी वापस एलिमेंट्स में घुलने लगती है। पहले यह सब्टल बॉडी के साथ एक हो जाती है। फिर वो भी कॉज़ वाली स्टेट में पहुँच जाती है। और आखिरी में वह चेंजलेस सेल्फ में मिल जाती है। विश्व, तेजस, प्राज्ञ - यह तीन भी अपने लिमिटेशन्स छोड़ के अंदर वाले सेल्फ में घुल जाते हैं।
The gross body—accumulated through karma and produced from the five great elements that have undergone quintuplication—through the exhaustion of karma and through the maturation of meritorious action, attains de-quintuplication; becoming one with the subtle (body), it reaches the state of being causal; and that cause dissolves into the immutable inner Self (pratyagātman), the Kūṭastha. Viśva, Taijasa, and Prājña, through the dissolution of their respective limiting adjuncts, merge into the inner Self.
- sat-karma-paripākato’pañcīkaraṇam = sat-karma-paripākataḥ + apañcīkaraṇam (visarga→’ before vowel)
- sūkṣmeṇaikībhūtvā = sūkṣmeṇa + ekībhūtvā (a+e→ai)
- pratyag-ātmani (compound with hyphen)
- viśva-taijasa-prājñāḥ (dvandva)
- sva-svopādhi-layāt = sva-sva-upādhi-layāt (a+u→o)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Laya (dissolution) of upādhis into pratyagātman; the three avasthās and their resolution; mokṣa as recognition of the Kūṭastha
- The mahavakyas
- Supports ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya) by identifying the inner Self as the final locus into which all states and causes dissolve; also aligns with ‘tat tvam asi’ via dissolution of upādhis revealing identity.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Vairāgya toward body-state identifications; nididhyāsana on the witness (sākṣin) beyond waking/dream/sleep; contemplative tracing of experience from gross to subtle to causal to the changeless Self (avasthā-traya-viveka).
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