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

لا انتہا کرم و طہارتیں، اور جپ، اور یَجْن بھی، اور تیرتھ یاترا کی حاضری—یہ سب تب تک رہتا ہے جب تک کوئی تتّو، یعنی حقیقت، کو نہ پا لے۔

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)