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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Kaivalya Upanishad / Closing recitation

KAIVALYA UPANISHAD · 24

यः शतरुद्रियमधीते सोऽग्निपूतो भवति सुरापानात्पूतो भवति
स ब्रह्महत्यायाः पूतो भवति स सुवर्णस्तेयात्पूतो भवति
स कृत्याकृत्यात्पूतो भवति तस्मादविमुक्तमाश्रितो
भवत्यत्याश्रमी सर्वदा सकृद्वा जपेत् ॥

अनेन ज्ञानमाप्नोति संसारार्णवनाशनम् । तस्मादेवं
विदित्वैनं कैवल्यं पदमश्नुते कैवल्यं पदमश्नुत इति ॥ २४॥

yaḥ śatarudriyamadhīte so’gnipūto bhavati surāpānātpūto bhavati
sa brahmahatyāyāḥ pūto bhavati sa suvarṇasteyātpūto bhavati
sa kṛtyākṛtyātpūto bhavati tasmādavimuktamāśrito
bhavatyatyāśramī sarvadā sakṛdvā japet ॥

anena jñānamāpnoti saṃsārārṇavanāśanam । tasmādevaṃ
viditvainaṃ kaivalyaṃ padamaśnute kaivalyaṃ padamaśnuta iti ॥ 24॥

“Whoever recites this Upanishad belonging to Yajurveda, he becomes as pure as Agni (fire). He becomes purified from the sins of theft of gold. He becomes purified from the sins of drinking alcohol. He becomes purified from the sins of murder of a Brahman. He becomes purified from the sins of commission (of those that ought not to be done) and the sins of omission (of those that ought to be done). Therefore he becomes a follower of Brāhman. Were one who has stepped beyond the duties of the four orders of life to recite (this Upanishad) always or even once, he acquires the wisdom that destroys the ocean of Samsāra. Therefore having known Him, he attains the Kaivalya State (or state of isolation or emancipation)—yea, he attains the Kaivalya State.”

K. Narayanasvami Aiyar · Thirty Minor Upanishads (1914), pp. 31–33

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