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Upanishads · Muktikā 1.27
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Devanāgarī
तथाप्यसिद्धं चेज्ज्ञानं दशोपनिषदं पठ । ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा चिरादेव मामकं धाम यास्यसि
Transliteration (IAST)
tathāpyasiddhaṃ cejjñānaṃ daśopaniṣadaṃ paṭha | jñānaṃ labdhvā cirādeva māmakaṃ dhāma yāsyasi
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SanskritIASTMeaning
तथा अपि अ-सिद्धम् चेत् ज्ञानंtathā api a-siddham cet jñānaṃif, however, knowledge is not accomplished
दश-उपनिषदं पठdaśa-upaniṣadaṃ paṭharead ten upaniṣads
ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा चिरात् एवjñānaṃ labdhvā cirāt evahaving gained knowledge, soon indeed
मामकं धाम यास्यसिmāmakaṃ dhāma yāsyasiyou will go to my abode
Translation
«…if, however, knowledge is not accomplished — read ten upaniṣads; having gained knowledge, you will soon go to my abode».
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c15b0ca00536 · published Aug 12, 2026, 5:00:00 AM UTC
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The second rung is named: ten upaniṣads. These are the ten called in India daśopaniṣad, expounded by Śaṅkara: Īśā, Kena, Kaṭha, Praśna, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Taittirīya, Aitareya, Chāndogya, Bṛhadāraṇyaka. Worth noting that this list remains basic to this day: one begins with it, and it stands first in our own collection too.
Add what is said of the fruit: māmakaṃ dhāma yāsyasi, «you will go to my abode». Worth noting the word dhāma, «abode, dwelling». It was noted at Jābāli (16) and Muktikā (1.20) that «no return» is a negation, and that in Gītā 15.6 it stands with the word «abode».
Here the same: the fruit of reading is named not «dissolution» and not «cessation», but coming to a dwelling. That is, even where this book leads toward kaivalya, «aloneness», its language remains the language of place and arrival. Add the word cirāt eva, «soon», literally «after some while».
It means the matter is not instantaneous: it is promised not at once but after a period; and this honesty, I think, is worth noting in a book that two verses above promised sālokya to an evildoer for a single name. That is, the book distinguishes: the name works at once, knowledge — over time.