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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 4.3.19

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.19

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Sanskrit

4.3.19

tadyathāsminnākāśeśyeno vā suparṇo vā viparipatya śrāntaḥ sam̐hatya pakṣau saṃlayāyaiva dhriyata evamevāyaṃ puruṣā etasmā antāya dhāvati yatra supto na kaṃcana kāmaṃ kāmayate na kaṃcana svapnaṃ paśyati

'And as a falcon, or any other (swift) bird, after he has roamed about here in the air, becomes tired, and folding his wings is carried to his nest, so does that person hasten to that state where, when asleep, he desires no more desires, and dreams no more dreams.

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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