Isha Upanishad 74

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athedānīṃ mama mariṣyato vāyuḥ prāṇo 'dhyātmaparicchedaṃ hitvādhidaivatātmānaṃ sarvātmakamanilamamṛtaṃ sūtrātmānaṃ pratipadyatāmiti vākyaśeṣaḥ /
liṅgaṃ cedaṃ jñānakarmasaṃskṛtamutkrāmatviti draṣṭavyam, mārgayācanasāmarthyāt /
athedaṃ śarīramagnau hutaṃ bhasmāntaṃ bhūyāt /
om iti yathopāsanam oṃpratīkātmakatvātsatyātmakamagnyākhyaṃ brahmābhedenocyate /
he krato! saṅkalpātmaka! smara yanmama smartavyaṃ tasya kālo 'yaṃ pratyupasthito 'taḥ smara /
etāvantaṃ kālaṃ bhāvitaṃ kṛtamagne smara yanmayā bālyaprabhṛtyanuṣṭhitaṃ karma tacca smara /
krato smara kṛtaṃ smareti punarvacanamādarārtham //

Atha, now; as I am dying, let my vāyuḥ, vital force: give up its physical limitation and attain its divine nature which is the all-pervading, amṛtam anilam, immortal Air, i.e. sūtrātmā (Hiraṇyagarbha). The word "attain" has to be supplied to complete the sentence. The idea, "And let this subtle body, purified by rites and meditation, ascend", is also understood, by virtue of the solicitation for the path (to ascend by). Atha, now; idam śarīram, this body; being offered as an oblation to fire; bhasmāntam, may be reduced to ashes. Since Brahman has Om as Its symbol, therefore, consonantly with the meditation followed (by the dying man), Brahman, which is called Fire and is Truth by nature, is presented here as identical with Om. Krato, O mind, whose characteristic is volition; smara, (you) remember; the time has arrived when all that has to be remembered by me should be remembered; therefore (you) remember all that has been thought of so long. And O Fire, smara, remember; kṛtam smara, whatever work has been done from my childhood, that too, thou remember. Krato smara, kṛtam smara—this repetition implies solicitude.

Atha, now; as I am dying, let my vāyuḥ, vital force: give up its physical limitation and attain its divine nature which is the all-pervading, amṛtam anilam, immortal Air, i.e. sūtrātmā (Hiraṇyagarbha). The word "attain" has to be supplied to complete the sentence. The idea, "And let this subtle body, purified by rites and meditation, ascend", is also understood, by virtue of the solicitation for the path (to ascend by). Atha, now; idam śarīram, this body; being offered as an oblation to fire; bhasmāntam, may be reduced to ashes. Since Brahman has Om as Its symbol, therefore, consonantly with the meditation followed (by the dying man), Brahman, which is called Fire and is Truth by nature, is presented here as identical with Om. Krato, O mind, whose characteristic is volition; smara, (you) remember; the time has arrived when all that has to be remembered by me should be remembered; therefore (you) remember all that has been thought of so long. And O Fire, smara, remember; kṛtam smara, whatever work has been done from my childhood, that too, thou remember. Krato smara, kṛtam smara—this repetition implies solicitude.