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Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 1.10

Praśnopaniṣad 1.10

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Sanskrit

1.10

athottareṇatapasābrahmacaryeṇaśraddhayāvidyayātmānamanviṣyādityamabhijayante
etadvaiprāṇānāmāyatanametadamṛtamabhayametat
parāyaṇametasmānna punarāvartanta ityeṣa nirodhastadeṣa ślokaḥ

10. But they who seek the Soul (Ātman) by austerity, chastity, faith, and knowledge—they by the Northern course win the sun. That, verily, is the support of life-breaths. That is the immortal, the fearless. That is the final goal. From that they do not return—as they say (*iti*). That is the stopping [of rebirth]. As to that there is this verse (*śloka*):—

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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