Chandogya Upanishad 4.15.5

4.15.5

atha yad u caivāsmiñ chavyaṃ kurvanti yadi ca nārciṣam (S ) \
arciṣo 'haḥ \
ahna āpūryamāṇapakṣam \
āpūryamāṇapakṣād yān ṣaḍ udaṅṅ eti māsāṃs tān \
māsebhyaḥ saṃvatsaram \
saṃvatsarād ādityam \
ādityāc candramasam \
candramaso vidyutam \
tat puruṣo 'mānavaḥ \
sa (S ) brahma gamayati \
eṣa devapatho brahmapathaḥ \
etena pratipadyamānā imaṃ mānavam āvartaṃ (S ) \\415.5\

'Nowfootnote{The path which is to be taken by the aspirant who is devoted to meditations and practices described above follows now.}, as for such persons, whether the cremation rites are performed or not,footnote{Here the idea is to praise the meditation and not to deprecate the funeral rites. The scripture itself cannot blame or show the futility of any of its own injunctions. This indifference to rites is only to point out the importance of the particular topic dealt with. Here it has been said that through the} they go to light; from light to the day; from the day to the bright fortnight; from the bright fortnight to those six months during which (the sun) rises towards the north; from the months to the year; from the year to the sun; from the sun to the moon; from the moon to the lightning. (From the region of Brahman) a person, who is other than human, (comes and) causes them, existing there, to realize Brahman. This is the path of the gods and the path to Brahman. Those who go by this path do not return to this human whirlpool—yea, they do not return.'