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Aitareya Upaniṣad 2.1.4

Aitareyopaniṣad 2.1.4

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2.1.4

so 'syāyam ātmā puṇyebhyaḥ karmebhyaḥ pratidhīyate.
athāsyāyam itara ātmā kṛtakṛtyo vayogataḥ praiti.
sa itaḥ prayann eva punar jāyate.
tad asya tṛtīyaṃ janma.

4. This self of one is put in one's place for pious deeds (puṇya karman). Then this other self of one, having done his work (kṛta-kṛtya), having reached his age, deceases. So, deceasing hence indeed, he is born again. This is one's third birth. As to this it has been said by a seer:—

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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