Paingala Upanishad 15: Verse 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिमूर्च्छावस्थानामन्या ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं सर्वजीवभयप्रदा स्थूलदेहविसर्जनी मरणावस्था भवति॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

जाग्रत्-स्वप्न-सुषुप्ति-मूर्च्छा-अवस्थानाम् । अन्या । ब्रह्म-आदि-स्तम्ब-पर्यन्तम् । सर्व-जीव-भय-प्रदा । स्थूल-देह-विसर्जनी । मरण-अवस्था । भवति ।

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 15

IAST Transliteration

jāgrat-svapna-suṣupti-mūrcchā-avasthānām anyā brahmādi-stamba-paryantaṃ sarva-jīva-bhaya-pradā sthūla-deha-visarjanī maraṇa-avasthā bhavati ||15||

Translation

ต่างจากภาวะตื่น ฝัน หลับลึก และหมดสติ ยังมีภาวะอีกอย่างคือมรณะ (ความตาย): ตั้งแต่พรหมาไปจนถึงกอหญ้า ย่อมก่อความหวาดหวั่นแก่สรรพชีวิตทั้งปวง และเป็นการสละกายหยาบ (สถูลศรีระ).

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Academic Translation

Distinct from the states of waking, dream, deep sleep, and fainting is the state of death: from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, it bestows fear upon all beings and entails the casting off of the gross body.

Verse Context

• Maraṇa (death) as a distinct avasthā; deha-tyāga (abandonment of gross body); universality of bhaya within saṃsāra
• Mahavakya: Supports the soteriological thrust behind ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’ by implying that fear (including fear of death) belongs to identification with body; realization of Brahman is classically linked with abhaya (fearlessness), though not a direct mahāvākya statement.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose