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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.3.33

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.33

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4.3.33

sa yo manuṣyāṇām̐ rāddhaḥ samṛddho bhavatyanyeṣāmadhipatiḥ sarvairmānuṣyakairbhogaiḥ saṃpannatamaḥ sa manuṣyāṇāṃ parama ānando'tha ye śataṃ manuṣyāṇāmānandāḥ sa ekaḥ pitṝṇāṃ jitalokānāmānando'tha ye śataṃ pitṝṇāṃ jitalokānāmānandāḥ sa eko gandharvaloka ānando'tha ye śataṃ gandharvaloka ānandāḥ sa ekaḥ karmadevānāmānando ye karmaṇā devatvamabhisaṃpadyante'tha ye śataṃ karmadevānāmānandāḥ sa eka ājānadevānāmānando yaśca śrotriyo'vṛjino'kāmahato'tha ye śatamājānadevānāmānandāḥ sa ekaḥ prajāpatiloka ānando yaśca śrotriyo'vṛjino'kāmahato'tha ye śataṃ prajāpatiloka ānandāḥ sa eko brahmaloka ānando yaśca śrotriyo'vṛjino'kāmahato'thaiṣa eva parama ānanda eṣa brahmalokaḥ samrāḍiti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ so'haṃ bhagavate sahasraṃ dadāmyata ūrdhvaṃ vimokṣāyaiva brūhītyatra ha yājñavalkyo bibhayāṃ cakāra medhāvī rājā sarvebhyomāntebhya udarautsīditi

He who is perfect of body and prosperous among men, the ruler of others, and most lavishly supplied with all human enjoyments, represents the greatest joy among men. This human joy multiplied a hundred times makes one unit of joy for the Manes who have won that world of theirs. The joy of these Manes who have won that world multiplied a hundred times makes one unit of joy in the world of the celestial minstrels. This joy in the world of the celestial minstrels multiplied a hundred times makes one unit of joy for the gods by action—those who attain their godhead by their actions. This joy of the gods by action multiplied a hundred times makes one unit of joy for the gods by birth, as well as of one who is versed in the Vedas, sinless and free from desire. This joy of the gods by birth multiplied a hundred times makes one unit of joy in the world of Prajâpati (Virâj), as well as of one who is versed in the Vedas, sinless and free from desire. This joy in the world of Prajâpati multiplied a hundred times makes one unit of joy in the world of Brahman (Hiranyagarbha), as well as of one who is versed in the Vedas, sinless and free from desire. This indeed is the supreme bliss. This is the state of Brahman, O Emperor, said Yâjñavalkya. 'I give you a thousand (cows), sir. Please instruct me further about liberation itself.' At this Yâjñavalkya was afraid that the intelligent

Swami Madhavananda 1934, The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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