Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.4_-4b

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(4b) sa āgacchaty āraṃ hradam /

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taṃ manasātyeti /

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tam ṛtvāsamprativido majjanti /

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sa āgacchati muhūrtān yaṣṭihān /

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te'smād apadravanti /

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sa āgacchati vijarāṃ nadīm /

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tāṃ manasaivātyeti /

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tat sukṛtaduṣkṛte dhunute /

4. Unto him there go forth five hundred Apsarases, one hundred with fruits in their hands, one hundred with ointments in their hands, one hundred with garlands in their hands, one hundred with vestments in their hands, one hundred with powdered aromatics in their hands. They adorn him with the adornment of Brahma. He, having been adorned with the adornment of Brahma, a knower of Brahma, unto Brahma goes on. He comes to the lake Āra. This he crosses with his mind. On coming to it, those who know only the immediate, sink. He comes to the moments Yeshṭiha. These run away from him. He comes to the river Vijarā (‘Ageless’). This he crosses with his mind alone (eva). There he shakes off his

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tasya priyā jñātayaḥ sukṛtam upayanti /

good deeds and his evil deeds. His dear relatives succeed to the good deeds; those not dear, to the evil deeds. Then, just as one driving a chariot looks down upon the two chariot-wheels, thus he looks down upon day and night, thus upon good deeds and evil deeds, and upon all the pairs of opposites. This one, devoid of good deeds, devoid of evil deeds, a knower of Brahma, unto very Brahma goes on.

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apriyā duṣkṛtam /

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tad yathā rathena dhāvayan rathacakre paryavekṣetaivam ahorātre paryavekṣata evaṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛte sarvāṇi ca dvandvāni /

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sa eṣa visukṛto viduṣkṛto brahma vidvān brahmaivābhipraiti /