Shloka 1
अ-क्रा् - एक प्राणायाममें पूरक
yājñavalkya uvāca | tathaivotkramamāṇaṃ tu śṛṇuṣvāvahito nṛpa | padabhyām utkramamāṇasya vaiṣṇavaṃ sthānam ucyate ||
Wika ni Yājñavalkya: “Gayon din, O hari, makinig kang mabuti habang ipinaliliwanag ko ang pag-alis ng kaluluwa sa oras ng kamatayan. Kapag ang hininga ng buhay (prāṇa) ay lumisan sa pamamagitan ng mga paa, ipinahahayag na ang yumao ay nakakamit ang kataas-taasang tahanan ni Viṣṇu.”
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces a doctrine of ‘paths of departure’ at death: the bodily exit-point of the vital breath is linked to the post-mortem destination. Specifically, departure through the feet is said to lead to Viṣṇu’s supreme abode.
Yājñavalkya addresses a king and begins an explanation of how the prāṇa departs the body at death and what results follow from different modes of departure, starting here with the case of exit through the feet.