Paingala Upanishad 24 — Verse 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनन्तकर्मशौचं च जपो यज्ञस्तथैव च। तीर्थयात्राभिगमनं यावत्तत्त्वं न विन्दति॥२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अनन्त-कर्म-शौचम् । च । जपः । यज्ञः । तथा एव । च । तीर्थ-यात्रा-अभिगमनम् । यावत् । तत्त्वम् । न । विन्दति ॥२४॥

IAST Transliteration

anantakarmaśaucaṃ ca japo yajñas tathaiva ca | tīrthayātrābhigamanaṃ yāvat tattvaṃ na vindati ||24||

Translation

അനന്തമായ കർമ്മാനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളും ശൗചവും, ജപവും യജ്ഞവും, തീർത്ഥയാത്രാഗമനവും—തത്ത്വം (പരമ യാഥാർത്ഥ്യം) കണ്ടെത്തുന്നതുവരെ [ഇവ തുടരും]॥२४॥

Academic Translation

Endless rites and purifications, and japa, and sacrifice likewise, and going on pilgrimages—[all this continues] so long as one does not find the Reality (tattva).

Verse Context

• Karma-kāṇḍa limitation; tattva-jñāna as culmination; mokṣa through knowledge
• Mahavakya: Indirect: implies that the culmination of practice is realization of tattva (Brahman/Ātman) as taught by mahāvākyas; rituals are preparatory until identity-knowledge dawns.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Paippalāda tradition; commonly transmitted as a Sannyāsa Upaniṣad corpus text) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)