Subala Upanishad p1

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bālyena tiṣṭhāsedbālasvabhāvo'saṅgo niravadyo maunena pāṇḍityena niravadhikāratayopalabhyeta kaivalyamuktaṃ nigamanaṃ prajāpatiruvāca mahatpadaṃ jñātvā vṛkṣamūle vaseta kucelo'sahāya ekākī samādhistha ātmakāma āptakāmo niṣkāmo jīrṇakāmo hastini siṃhe daṃśe maśake nakule sarparākṣasagandharve mṛtyo rūpāṇi viditvā na bibheti kutaścaneti vṛkṣamiva tiṣṭhāsecchidyamāno'pi na kupyeta na kampetotpalamiva tiṣṭhāsecchidyamāno'pi na kupyeta na kampetākāśamiva tiṣṭhāsecchidyamāno'pi na kupyeta na kampeta satyena tiṣṭhāsetsatyo'yamātmā sarveṣāmeva gandhānāṃ pṛthivī hṛdayaṃ sarveṣāmeva rasānāmāpo hṛdayaṃ sarveśāmeva rūpāṇāṃ tejo hṛdayaṃ sarveṣāmeva sparśānāṃ vāyurhṛdayaṃ sarveṣāmeva śabdānāmākāśaṃ hṛdayaṃ sarveṣāmeva gatīnāmavyaktaṃ hṛdayaṃ sarveṣāmeva sattvānāṃ mṛtyurhṛdayaṃ mṛtyurvai pare deva ekībhavatīti parastānna sannāsanna sadasadityetannirvāṇānuśāsanamiti vedānuśāsanamiti vedānuśāsanam ||

"The wise man should conduct himself like a lad, with the nature of a child, without company, blameless, silent and wise and without exercising any authority. This description of Kaivalya is stated by Prajāpaṭi. Having found with certitude the supreme seat, one should dwell under a tree with torn cloths, unaccompanied, single and engaged in samāḍhi. He should be longing after the attaining of Āṭmā and having attained this object, he is desireless, his desires have decayed. He fears none, though he finds the cause of death in such as elephants, lions, gadflies, musquitoes, ichneuma, serpents, Yakshas, Rākshasas, and Ganḍharvas. He will stand like a tree. Though cut down, he will neither get angry nor tremble. He will stand (or remain) like a lotus. Though pierced, he will neither get angry nor tremble. He will stand like ākāś; though struck, he will neither get angry nor tremble. He will stand by Saṭya (truth), since Āṭmā is Saṭya.

"Pṛṭhivī is the heart (or centre) of all odours; āpas is the heart of all tastes; ṭejas is the heart of all forms; vāyu is the heart of all touch; ākāś is the heart of all sounds; avyakṭa is the heart of gīṭās (or sounds); mṛṭyu is the heart of all Saṭṭvas; and mṛṭyu becomes one with the Supreme. And beyond Him, there is neither Saṭ nor asaṭ, nor Saṭ-asaṭ. Thus is the exposition of Nirvāṇa; thus is the exposition of the Veḍas; yea, thus is the exposition of the Veḍas."