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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad / Adhyāya 4 · Brāhmaṇa 3

BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA UPANISHAD · 4.3.22

अत्र पितापिता भवति मातामाता लोका अलोका देवा अदेवा वेदा अवेदाः ।
अत्र स्तेनो ऽस्तेनो भवति भ्रूणहाभ्रूणहा चाण्ड्यालो ऽचण्ड्यालः पौल्कसो ऽपौल्कसः श्रमणो ऽश्रमणस् तापसो ऽतापसः ।
अनन्वागतं पुण्येनानन्वागतं पापेन ।
तीर्णो हि तदा सर्वाञ् शोकान् हृदयस्य भवति ॥

atra pitāpitā bhavati mātāmātā lokā alokā devā adevā vedā avedāḥ ।
atra steno ’steno bhavati bhrūṇahābhrūṇahā cāṇḍyālo ’caṇḍyālaḥ paulkaso ’paulkasaḥ śramaṇo ’śramaṇas tāpaso ’tāpasaḥ ।
ananvāgataṃ puṇyenānanvāgataṃ pāpena ।
tīrṇo hi tadā sarvāñ śokān hṛdayasya bhavati ॥

'Then a father is not a father, a mother not a mother, the worlds not worlds, the gods not gods, the Vedas not Vedas. Then a thief is not a thief, a murderer not a murderer, a Kândâla not a Kândâla, a Paulkasa not a Paulkasa, a Sramana not a Sramana, a Tâpasa not a Tâpasa. He is not followed by good, not followed by evil, for he has then overcome all the sorrows of the heart.

F. Max Müller · The Upanishads, Sacred Books of the East 15 (1884)

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