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Upanishads · Saubhāgyalakṣmī 2.5
॥
Devanāgarī
विचित्रघोषसंयुक्तानाहते श्रूयते ध्वनिः । दिव्यदेहश्च तेजस्वी दिव्यगन्धोऽप्यरोगवान्
Transliteration (IAST)
vicitraghoṣasaṃyuktānāhate śrūyate dhvaniḥ | divyadehaśca tejasvī divyagandho'pyarogavān
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SanskritIASTMeaning
विचित्र-घोष-संयुक्ताvicitra-ghoṣa-saṃyuktājoined with varied resonances
अनाहते श्रूयते ध्वनिःanāhate śrūyate dhvaniḥin the incessant [circle] a sound is heard
दिव्य-देहः च तेजस्वीdivya-dehaḥ ca tejasvīand the body becomes divine, radiant
दिव्य-गन्धः अपि अ-रोगवान्divya-gandhaḥ api a-rogavāndivinely fragrant and free of illness
Translation
"In the incessant [circle] a sound joined with varied resonances is heard; and [the yogī] becomes divine of body, radiant, divinely fragrant, and free of illness."
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d77c449937e4 · published Aug 12, 2026, 5:00:00 AM UTC
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It is worth noting the word anāhata, "incessant," literally "not-struck." This is the name of the fourth, heart circle; and it is so named because every ordinary sound is born from a strike — one thing striking another — while this one sounds without a strike. This definition, to my mind, is precise and beautiful: a sound without a source, for nothing struck against anything.
Let us add what is promised to the body: divya-deha, tejasvī, divya-gandha, arogavān — a divine body, radiance, fragrance, and health. Such promises are constant in yogic books, and how to read them was discussed when reading the Varāha (3.26): perfections come with the technique and testify to nothing. Let us add, however, what is worth noting in this passage's favor.
Fragrance and health are signs observable from outside; and the demand for observable signs is, as we have said more than once, a merit and not a defect. The Vaiṣṇava side does not derive its own signs from the body, but neither does it deny bodily ones; and it is worth noting that in its own descriptions of the accomplished, the body is also spoken of — but differently: there it is tears, trembling, hair standing on end, that is, movements, not properties. The distinction is that the signs here are a state of the body, while its own are the body's response; and the first can be earned by practice, the second cannot.