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ईशोपनिषत् ३

Īśopaniṣad 3

asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasā''vṛtāḥtām̐ste pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātmahano janāḥ

Transliteration IAST

asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasā''vṛtāḥ | tām̐ste pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātmahano janāḥ

Translations signed

There are the worlds of the Asuras covered with blind darkness. Those who have destroyed their self (who perform works, without having arrived at a knowledge of the true Self), go after death to those worlds.

F. Max MüllerThe Upanishads, 1879 and 1884 · public domain (translation); CC BY-SA 4.0 (transcription)

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  1. English There are the worlds of the Asuras covered with blind darkness. Those who have destroyed their self (who perform works, without having arrived at a knowledge of the true Self), go after death to those worlds. F. Max Müller

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Agreement
Editions disagree. Both readings are printed below.
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ईशोपनिषत्. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ईशोपनिषत्. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0

Variant readings

sa-wikisource-isha-upanishad असुर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसाऽऽवृताः । ताँस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः

sa-wikisource-isha-upanishad-alt असूर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसाऽऽवृताः। ताँस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः