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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 25.4.4.3

मूल पाठSource scriptureOriginal Sanskritमूल संस्कृत

तद्यथा तृणजलायुका तृणस्यान्तं गत्वाऽन्यमाक्रममाक्रम्यात्मानमुपसँहरत्येवमेवायमात्मेदँ शरीरं निहत्याविद्यां गमयित्वाऽन्यमाक्रममाक्रम्याऽऽत्मानमुपसँहरति

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अनुवादTranslationLiteral English TranslationLiteral Text

'And as a caterpillar, after having reached the end of a blade of grass, and after having made another approach (to another blade) , draws itself together towards it, thus does this Self, after having thrown off this body and dispelled all ignorance, and after making another approach (to another body), draw himself together towards it.

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'जैसे तृण-जलायुका (घास का कीड़ा, जोंक) तृण के अन्त तक पहुँचकर दूसरे सहारे को पकड़कर अपने को उस ओर समेट लेती है, वैसे ही यह आत्मा इस शरीर को गिराकर, अविद्या (अचेतना) को दूर करके, दूसरे सहारे को पकड़कर अपने को उस ओर समेट लेता है।'

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Sanskrit Text (मूल श्लोक / मंत्र)

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः

Translation / Meaning (भावार्थ)

The Self is never born and never dies. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, it is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.

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