Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4,3.34
॥
Devanāgarī
सः वा एषः एतस्मिन् स्वप्नान्ते रत्वा चरित्वा दृष्ट्वैव पुण्यं च पापं च पुनः प्रतिन्यायं प्रतियोन्य् आद्रवति बुद्धान्तायैव
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ vā eṣaḥ etasmin svapnānte ratvā caritvā dṛṣṭvaiva puṇyaṃ ca pāpaṃ ca punaḥ pratinyāyaṃ pratiyony ādravati buddhāntāyaiva
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
वाvātruly; surely
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
एतस्मिन्etasminin this; upon this
स्वप्नान्तेsvapnāntein the dream state (svapna-anta, loc.); within the bound of dream; in the state of dream
रत्वाratvāhaving enjoyed; having stayed a while
चरित्वाcaritvāhaving roamed; having been abroad
दृष्ट्वैवdṛṣṭvaivahaving seen (from √dṛś); having beheld; having seen
पुण्यंpuṇyaṃmerit (puṇya); the wholesome; the good
चcaand; as well as
पापंpāpaṃevil (pāpa); the evil; evil
चcaand; as well as
पुनःpunaḥagain; once more
प्रतिन्यायंpratinyāyaṃback by the same way; returning
प्रतियोन्य्pratiyonyto the corresponding womb; to its own source
आद्रवतिādravatidarts; he returns
बुद्धान्तायैवbuddhāntāyaivato waking itself; to the waking state
Translation
Having taken his pleasure and roamed about in this state of dream, having seen good and evil, he hastens back by the same way to the former place — to waking.
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Available inRUENPage between verses with
After the summit, a return: the shuttle of states works even for one who has seen the depth; out of dream back into waking, "by the same way to the former place". An excursion to the world of Brahman does not abolish the morning.
But now this familiar verse reads differently: the one returning knows where he is returning from. Waking after the depth is not the whole of reality but one of the stations; and the conversation is ready for the last transition — the one from which there is no return to this waking: death. The verses that follow will begin to analyse it in the same calm tone in which they analysed sleep.