Upanishads 17

Upaniṣads 17

tadetatsatyaṃ mantreṣu karmāṇi kavayo yānyapaśyaṃstāni
tretāyāṃ bahudhā saṃtatāni || tānyācaratha niyataṃ satyakāmā
eṣa vaḥ panthāḥ sukṛtasya loke

yadā lelāyate
hyārciḥ samiddhe havyavāhane || tadājyabhāgāvantareṇāhutīḥ
pratipādayecchraddhayā hutam

yasyāgnihotramadarśamapaurṇamāsamacāturmāsyamanāgrayaṇamatithivarjitaṃ ca || ahutamavaiśvadevamavidhinā hutamāsaptamāṃstasya lokānnihanasti

kālī karālī ca manojavā ca sulohitā yā
ca sudhūmravarṇā || sphuliṅginī viśvarucī ca devī lelāyamānā iti saptajihvāḥ

eteṣu yaścarate bhrājamāneṣu yathākālaṃ cāhutayo hyādadrāyan || tannayantyetāḥ
sūryasya raśmayo yatra devānāṃ patireko'dhivāsaḥ

ehyehīti tamāhutayaḥ suvarcasaḥ sūryasya raśmibhiryajamānaṃ
vahanti || priyāṃ vācamabhivadantyo'rcayantya eṣa vaḥ puṇyaḥ
sukṛto brahmalokaḥ

plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā
aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ yeṣu karma || etacchreyo ye'bhinandanti
mūḍhā jarāmṛtyuṃ te punarevāpiyanti

avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃmanyamānāḥ
jaṅghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ

avidyāyāṃ bahudhā vartamānā vayaṃ kṛtārthā
ityabhimanyanti bālāḥ || yatkarmiṇo na pravedayanti rāgāttenāturāḥ kṣīṇalokāścyavante

iṣṭāpūrtaṃ manyamānā
variṣṭhaṃ nānyacchreyo vedayante pramūḍhāḥ || nākasya pṛṣṭhe te
sukṛte'nubhūtvemaṃ lokaṃ hīnataraṃ vā viśanti

tapaḥśraddhe ye hyupavasantyaraṇye śāntā vidvāṃso bhaikṣacaryāṃ
carantaḥ || sūryadvāreṇa te virajāḥ prayānti yatrāmṛtaḥ sa
puruṣo hyavyayātmā

parīkṣya lokānkarmacitānbrāhmaṇo nirvedamāyānnāstyakṛtaḥ kṛtena || tadvijñānārthaṃ sa
gurumevābhigacchetsamitpāṇiḥ śrotriyaṃ brahmaniṣṭham

tasmai sa vidvānupasannāya samyak praśāntacittāya śamānvitāya || yenākṣaraṃ puruṣaṃ veda satyaṃ provāca tāṃ tattvato
brahmavidyām

iti prathamamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

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