न चक्षुषा गृह्यते नापि वाचा नान्यैर्देवैस्तपसा कर्मण वा । ज्ञानप्रसादेन विशुद्धसत्त्व- स्ततस्तु तं पश्यते निष्कलं ध्यायमानः
It is not grasped by the eye, nor by speech, nor by other gods, nor by austerity or action. By the grace of knowledge, when the mind is purified, one sees that indivisible being through meditation.
एषोऽणुरात्मा चेतसा वेदितव्यो यस्मिन् प्राणः पञ्चधा संविवेश । प्राणैश्चित्तं सर्वमोतं प्रजानां यस्मिन् विशुद्धे विभवत्येष आत्मा
This subtle Self must be realized by the mind, in which the life-force has entered fivefold. In this Self, all the minds of beings are woven; when it is purified, this Self shines forth.
यं यं लोकं मनसा संविभाति विशुद्धसत्त्वः कामयते यांश्च कामान् । तं तं लोकं जयते तांश्च कामां- स्तस्मादात्मज्ञं ह्यर्चयेत् भूतिकामः
Whatever world a pure-minded person contemplates with his mind, whatever desires he wishes, he attains that world and those desires. Therefore, one who desires prosperity should worship the knower of the Self.
स वेदैतत् परमं ब्रह्म धाम यत्र विश्वं निहितं भाति शुभ्रम् । उपासते पुरुषं ये ह्यकामास्ते शुक्रमेतदतिवर्तन्ति धीराः
He knows that supreme abode of Brahman where the whole universe is established, shining and pure. Those wise ones who worship the Person without desires surpass this pure world.
कामान् यः कामयते मन्यमानः स कामभिर्जायते तत्र तत्र । पर्याप्तकामस्य कृतात्मनस्तु इहैव सर्वे प्रविलीयन्ति कामाः
Whoever, thinking himself to be the doer, desires objects of desire, he is born again and again with those desires in various places; but for one whose desires are fulfilled, whose self is established, here itself all desires dissolve.
नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन । यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्य- स्तस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूं स्वाम्
This Self is not attained by instruction, nor by intellect, nor by much hearing; it is gained only by him whom it chooses— to him, this Self reveals its own true form.
नायमात्मा बलहीनेन लभ्यो न च प्रमादात् तपसो वाप्यलिङ्गात् । एतैरुपायैर्यतते यस्तु विद्वां- स्तस्यैष आत्मा विशते ब्रह्मधाम
This Self is not attained by one lacking strength, nor through carelessness, nor by improper austerity; but by these means, whoever strives with knowledge— to him, this Self enters the abode of Brahman.
संप्राप्यैनमृषयो ज्ञानतृप्ताः कृतात्मानो वीतरागाः प्रशान्ताः ते सर्वगं सर्वतः प्राप्य धीरा युक्तात्मानः सर्वमेवाविशन्ति
Having attained this, the sages, satisfied in knowledge, self-controlled, free from passion, peaceful— those wise ones, having reached the all-pervading, enter into all entirely, with minds united.
वेदान्तविज्ञानसुनिश्चितार्थाः संन्यासयोगाद् यतयः शुद्धसत्त्वाः । ते ब्रह्मलोकेषु परान्तकाले परामृताः परिमुच्यन्ति सर्वे
Those ascetics, pure in mind, who are firmly established in the knowledge of Vedanta through the discipline of renunciation— at the end of their time, in the worlds of Brahman, all become completely liberated and immortal.
गताः कलाः पञ्चदश प्रतिष्ठा देवाश्च सर्वे प्रतिदेवतासु । कर्माणि विज्ञानमयश्च आत्मा परेऽव्यये सर्वे एकीभवन्ति
When the fifteen parts and all the gods, along with their presiding deities, have merged, then all actions and the knowledge-made self become one in the supreme, imperishable.
यथा नद्यः स्यन्दमानाः समुद्रेऽ स्तं गच्छन्ति नामरूपे विहाय । तथा विद्वान् नामरूपाद्विमुक्तः परात्परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्
Just as flowing rivers disappear into the ocean, leaving behind their names and forms, so too, the wise one, freed from name and form, attains the supreme, divine Person beyond the beyond.
स यो ह वै तत् परमं ब्रह्म वेद ब्रह्मैव भवति नास्याब्रह्मवित्कुले भवति । तरति शोकं तरति पाप्मानं गुहाग्रन्थिभ्यो विमुक्तोऽमृतो भवति
Whoever truly knows that supreme Brahman becomes Brahman indeed; in his lineage, no one ignorant of Brahman is born. He crosses over sorrow, crosses over evil, and, freed from the knots of the heart, becomes immortal.
तदेतदृचाऽभ्युक्तम् । क्रियावन्तः श्रोत्रिया ब्रह्मनिष्ठाः स्वयं जुह्वत एकर्षिं श्रद्धयन्तः । तेषामेवैतां ब्रह्मविद्यां वदेत शिरोव्रतं विधिवद् यैस्तु चीर्णम्
This is declared in the verse: Those who are active, learned in the scriptures, devoted to Brahman, who themselves offer with faith to the one fire— to them alone should one teach this knowledge of Brahman, to those who have duly performed the vow of the head.
तदेतत् सत्यमृषिरङ्गिराः पुरोवाच नैतदचीर्णव्रतोऽधीते । नमः परमऋषिभ्यो नमः परमऋषिभ्यः
This is the truth: the sage Angiras declared it in ancient times; this is not studied by one who has not performed the vow. Salutation to the supreme sages, salutation to the supreme sages.