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

అంతులేని కర్మాచరణములు, శౌచశుద్ధులు, జపము యజ్ఞము, అలాగే తీర్థయాత్రలు—తత్త్వాన్ని కనుగొనని వరకు ఇవన్నీ కొనసాగుతాయి।

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)