Shloka 2

Devanagari script

उच्छवामात्रमपि चेद्‌ यो5न्तकाले समो भवेत्‌ । आत्मानमुपसड्ुम्य सो$मृतत्वाय कल्पते,जो मनुष्य अन्तकालमें आत्माका ध्यान करके, साँस लेनेमें जितनी देर लगती है, उतनी देर भी, समभावमें स्थित होता है, वह अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) प्राप्त करनेका अधिकारी हो जाता है

Transliteration

ucchvāmātram api ced yo 'ntakāle samo bhavet | ātmānam upasaṅgamya so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate ||

Translation

وایو نے کہا— اگر کوئی انسان زندگی کے آخری لمحے میں ایک سانس کے برابر مدت تک بھی ہمہ جہتی (سم بھاؤ) میں قائم رہ کر اپنے ذہن کو اندر کی طرف، آتما میں سمیٹ لے، تو وہ اَمریت—موکش—کا اہل ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

उच्छ्वासमात्रम्even (for) only the duration of a breath

अपिeven; also

चेत्if

यःwho

अन्तकालेat the final time (at death)

समःequanimous

भवेत्would be; may become

आत्मानम्the self

उपसङ्गम्यhaving approached; having resorted to

सःhe

अमृतत्वायfor immortality (liberation)

कल्पतेis fit; becomes qualified

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Ātman (the Self)

Antakāla (time of death)

Amṛtatva (immortality/liberation)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a brief moment of equanimity and inward turning to the Self at the time of death can make one qualified for amṛtatva—deathless liberation—highlighting the transformative power of steady awareness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener on the spiritual efficacy of last-moment composure: if one gathers the mind to the Ātman and remains balanced even for a single breath at life’s end, that state is presented as a gateway to mokṣa.