उपनिषद् · Aitareya 2.6
॥
देवनागरी
सः एवम् विद्वान् अस्मात् शरीरभेदात् ऊर्ध्वम् उत्क्रम्य अमुष्मिन् स्वर्गे लोके सर्वान् कामान् आप्त्वा अमृतः समभवत् समभवत्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
saḥ evam vidvān asmāt śarīrabhedāt ūrdhvam utkramya amuṣmin svarge loke sarvān kāmān āptvā amṛtaḥ samabhavat samabhavat
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सःsaḥhe; that one
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
अस्मात्asmātfrom this; out of this
शरीरभेदात्śarīrabhedātat the dissolution of the body (śarīra-bheda); from the breaking up of the body; after the body's dissolution
ऊर्ध्वम्ūrdhvamupward; on high
उत्क्रम्यutkramyahaving ascended (ud-√kram); having risen; mounting up
अमुष्मिन्amuṣminin that; in the other
स्वर्गेsvargeheavenly; shining
लोकेlokeworld; abode
सर्वान्sarvānall; entire
कामान्kāmāndesires; aims
आप्त्वाāptvāhaving obtained (from √āp); having gained; having won
अमृतःamṛtaḥimmortal; imperishable
समभवत्samabhavatbecame (sam-√bhū); was made; came to be
समभवत्samabhavatbecame (sam-√bhū); was made; came to be
अनुवाद
Thus knowing, he, when this body is dissolved, ascends on high and, obtaining all desires in that heavenly world, becomes immortal. Becomes [immortal].
संस्करण
a6777779a067 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 7:36:16 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The close of the second chapter — the destiny of the knower: sa evaṁ vidvān — "thus knowing" (the three births, through and through, like Vāmadeva) — asmāc charīra-bhedāt ūrdhvam utkramya — "at the dissolution of the body, ascending on high" (ūrdhvam — by that same vertical path of the falcon and the door in the crown!) — amuṣmin svarge loke sarvān kāmān āptvā — "obtaining all desires in that shining world" — amṛtaḥ samabhavat — "he became immortal".
Note the link: "having obtained all desires — he became immortal": this is not a renunciation of desires but their fulfilment to the last drop: the fullness after which there is nothing left to desire is the very threshold of immortality (the Taittirīya: "he enjoys all desires together with Brahman"; the Muṇḍaka: āpta-kāma — "one whose desires are fulfilled"). Immortality is not hunger raised to eternity but the eternal satiety of a meeting.
samabhavat samabhavat — the doubling is a seal: the chapter is closed. The road has been travelled: the first birth into the mother, the second into the world, the third in death; and above all three a fourth, which is none at all: the flight of the knower, who needs no fortresses any more. One chapter remains — with a direct question: who then is this Ātman whom we revere?