Section 5.10
Original Sanskrit
5.10.1 यदा वै पुरुषोऽस्माल्लोकात्प्रैति स वायुमागच्छति ।तस्मै स तत्र विजिहीते यथा रथचक्रस्य खम् ।तेन स ऊर्ध्व आक्रमते ।स आदित्यमागच्छति ।तस्मै स तत्र विजिहीते ।यथा लम्बरस्य खम् ।तेन स ऊर्ध्व आक्रमते ।स चन्द्रमसमागच्छति ।तस्मै स तत्र विजिहीते ।यथा दुन्दुभेः खम् ।तेन स ऊर्ध्व आक्रमते ।स लोकमागच्छत्यशोकमहिमम् ।तस्मिन् वसति शाश्वतीः समाः
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.10.1 When a person departs from this world, he comes to the wind. There the wind opens for him a passage like the hub-hole of a chariot wheel. Through it he climbs upward. He comes to the sun. There the sun opens for him a passage like the opening of a lambara drum. Through it he climbs upward. He comes to the moon. There the moon opens for him a passage like the opening of a kettledrum. Through it he climbs upward. He comes to a world without sorrow, without cold. There he dwells for unending years.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.10.1 When a person leaves this world, they reach the wind.The wind opens a space for them like the hole in a chariot wheel.They go up through it.They reach the sun.The sun opens a space for themlike the opening in a lambara drum.They go up through it.They reach the moon.The moon opens a space for themlike the opening in a kettledrum.They go up through it.They reach a world without sorrow or cold.They live there for endless years.
About this section
Section 5.10 is part of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 37 of 47 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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