Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 5.11

BrhUpBh_5,10.1 sarveṣāmasminprakaraṇa upāsanānāṃ gatiriyaṃ phalaṃ cocyate-yadā vai puruṣo vidvānasmāllokātpraiti śarīraṃ parityajati sa tadā vāyumāgacchatyantarikṣe tiryagbhūto vāyuḥ stimito 'bhedyastiṣṭhati /
sa vāyustatra svātmani tasmai samprāptāya vijihote svātmāvayavānvigamayati cchidrīkarotyātmānamityarthaḥ /
kiṃparimāmaṃ chidramiti /
ucyate-yathā ratha vakrasya khaṃ chidraṃ prasiddhaparimāṇam /
tena chidreṇa sa vidvānūrdhva ākramata ūrdhvaḥ sangacchati sa ādityamāgacchati /
ādityo brahmalokaṃ jigamiṣormārganirodhaṃ kṛtvā sthitaḥ so 'pyevaṃvida upāsakāya dvāraṃ prayacchati /
tasmai sa tatra vijihote /
yathā lambarasya khaṃ vāditraviśeṣasya cchidraparimāmaṃ tena sa ūrdhva ākramate sa candramasamāgacchati /
so 'pi tasmai tatra vijihīte /
yathā dundubheḥ khaṃ prasiddhaṃ tena sa ūrdhva ākramate sa lokaṃ prajāpatilokamāgacchati /
kiṃviśiṣṭam /
aśokaṃ mānasena duḥkhena vivarjitamityetat /
ahimaṃ himavarjitaṃ śārīraduḥkhavarjitamityarthaḥ /
taṃ prāpya tasminvasati śāśvatīrnityāḥ samāḥ saṃvatsarānityarthaḥ /
brahmaṇo bahūnkalpānvasatītyetat //1//
iti śrīmadbṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣye pañcamādhyāyasya daśamaṃ brāhmaṇam //10//
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etad vai paramaṃ tapo yad vyāhitas tapyate |
paramaṃ haiva lokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda |
etad vai paramaṃ tapo yaṃ pretam araṇyaṃ haranti |
paramaṃ haiva lokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda |
etad vai paramaṃ tapo yaṃ pretam agnāv abhyādadhati |
paramaṃ haiva lokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda