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कठोपनिषत्् (katha upanišad),-कठोपनिषत्् (valli V), (S.-4, Ch.-5, V.-7) |
योनिमन्ये प्रपद्यन्ते शरीरत्वाय देहिनः । स्थाणुमन्येऽनुसंयन्ति यथाकर्म यथाश्रुतम् ॥ ७॥ |
yonimanye prapadyante śarīratvāya dehinaḥ । sthāṇumanye'nusaṃyanti yathākarma yathāśrutam ॥ 7॥ |
anye dehinaḥ = some Selves [after death]; śarīratvāya = in order to become embodied; yonim prapadyante = take refuge in wombs; anye = others; anusamyanti = follow, enter into; sthāṇum = the stationary things like plants etc; yathā karma = each in accordance with the deeds done; yathā śrutam = and in accordance with their knowledge, awareness. |
Some jivas enter the womb to be embodied as organic beings and some go into non−organic matter−according to their work and according to their knowledge.