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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 14.3.2.13

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याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच यत्रास्य पुरुषस्य मृतस्याग्निं वागप्येति वातं प्राणश्चक्षुरादित्यं मनश्चन्द्रं दिशः श्रोत्रं पृथिवीँ शरीरमाकाशमात्मौषधीर्लोमानि वनस्पतीन्केशा अप्सु लोहितं च रेतश्च निधीयते क्वायं तदा पुरुषो भवतीत्यहर सौम्य हस्तं आर्तभागेति होवाऽऽचावामेवैतस्य वेदिष्यावो न नावेतत्सजन इति ।तौ होत्क्रम्य मन्त्रयां चक्राते तौ ह यदूचतुः कर्म हैव तदूचतुरथ ह यत्प्रशँसतुः कर्म हैव तत् प्रशँसतुः पुण्यो वै पुण्येन कर्मणा भवति पापः पापेनेति ।ततो ह जारत्कारव आर्तभाग उपरराम

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'Yâgñavalkya,' he said,' when the speech of this dead person enters into the fire , breath into the air, the eye into the sun, the mind into the moon, the hearing into space, into the earth the body, into the ether the self, into the shrubs the hairs of the body, into the trees the hairs of the head, when the blood and the seed are deposited in the water, where is then that person?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Take my hand, my friend. We two alone shall know of this; let this question of ours not be (discussed) in public.' Then these two went out and argued, and what they said was karman (work), what they praised was karman , viz. that a man becomes good by good work, and bad by bad work. After that Gâratkârava Ârtabhâga held his peace.

Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.

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(आर्तभाग ने) कहा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, जब इस मृत पुरुष की वाणी अग्नि में, प्राण वायु में, नेत्र आदित्य में, मन चन्द्रमा में, श्रोत्र दिशाओं में, शरीर पृथिवी में, आत्मा (हृदयाकाश) आकाश में, रोम ओषधियों में, केश वनस्पतियों में लीन हो जाते हैं और रक्त तथा वीर्य जल में रख दिए जाते हैं, तब यह पुरुष कहाँ रहता है?' (याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा,) 'सौम्य आर्तभाग, अपना हाथ दो; इसे हम दोनों ही जानेंगे, यह (प्रश्न) हमारे लिए जन-समूह में (कहने का) नहीं है।' वे दोनों बाहर जाकर विचार करने लगे। उन्होंने जो कहा, वह कर्म को ही कहा, और जिसकी प्रशंसा की, वह कर्म की ही प्रशंसा की: मनुष्य पुण्य कर्म से पुण्यवान् होता है और पाप कर्म से पापी। तब जारत्कारव आर्तभाग चुप हो गया।

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Bhagavad Gita 2.20

Bhagavad Gita (श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता)

Sanskrit Text (मूल श्लोक / मंत्र)

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः

Translation / Meaning (भावार्थ)

The Self is never born and never dies. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, it is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.

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