Paingala Upanishad 1: Verse 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ ह पैङ्गलो याज्ञवल्क्यमुपसमेत्य द्वादशवर्षशुश्रूषापूर्वकं परमरहस्यकैवल्यमनुब्रूहीति पप्रच्छ ॥१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । ह । पैङ्गलः । याज्ञवल्क्यम् । उपसमेत्य । द्वादश-वर्ष-शुश्रूषा-पूर्वकम् । परम-रहस्य-कैवल्यम् । अनुब्रूहि । इति । पप्रच्छ ।

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 1

IAST Transliteration

atha ha paiṅgalo yājñavalkyam upasametya dvādaśa-varṣa-śuśrūṣā-pūrvakaṃ parama-rahasya-kaivalyam anubrūhīti papraccha ||1||

Translation

Então, Paiṅgala, aproximando-se de Yājñavalkya após doze anos de serviço e discipulado atento, perguntou: “Instrui-me no supremo segredo — kaivalya, a libertação na absoluta solitude do Ser.”

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Academic Translation

Then indeed Paiṅgala, having approached Yājñavalkya after twelve years of service and attentive discipleship, asked: “Teach me the supreme secret—kaivalya (absolute aloneness/liberation).”

Verse Context

• Mokṣa/Kaivalya; guru-śiṣya-paramparā; adhikāritva (fitness through śuśrūṣā)
• Mahavakya: Preparatory context for mahāvākya-upadeśa (especially ‘aham brahmāsmi’ via Yājñavalkya lineage); not itself a mahāvākya.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyin) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose