Prashna Upanishad 72

72.1

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Atha, now then; among those one hundred and one nerves, ekayā, through that one, which proceeds upward and is known as Suṣumnā; the vital force called udānaḥ, Udāna, which moves everywhere from the sole of the feet to the head; ūrdhvaḥ (san), when it has an upward trend; it nayati, leads; puṇyaṁ lokam, to a virtuous world, such as the world of the gods; puṇyena karmaṇā, as a result of virtuous deeds; (it leads) pāpam, to a sinful world, hell, such as birth among beasts; pāpena, as a result of sin, which is opposed to that (virtuous world); (and it leads) manuṣyalokam, to the human world; ubhābhyām eva, as a result of both virtue and vice, when they predominate equally. The verb "leads" has to be supplied (everywhere).

Atha, now then; among those one hundred and one nerves, ekayā, through that one, which proceeds upward and is known as Suṣumnā; the vital force called udānaḥ, Udāna, which moves everywhere from the sole of the feet to the head; ūrdhvaḥ (san), when it has an upward trend; it nayati, leads; puṇyaṁ lokam, to a virtuous world, such as the world of the gods; puṇyena karmaṇā, as a result of virtuous deeds; (it leads) pāpam, to a sinful world, hell, such as birth among beasts; pāpena, as a result of sin, which is opposed to that (virtuous world); (and it leads) manuṣyalokam, to the human world; ubhābhyām eva, as a result of both virtue and vice, when they predominate equally. The verb "leads" has to be supplied (everywhere).

72.2

athaikayordhva udānaḥ puṇyena puṇyaṃ lokaṃ nayati |
pāpena pāpam |
ubhābhyām eva manuṣyalokam ||