Mundaka Upanishad - Mundaka 3, Section 2 - Grantha

The wise men who worship Him, He who knows the Self, that Supremely luminous abode of Brahman on which the whole world rests and shines; they will go beyond the seed of birth (samsaric cycle of birth and death)
That is to say, by worshipping a Self- realized soul one can even break free from the cycle of birth and death.

𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌯𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃
𑌸 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰 ।
𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁
𑌇𑌹𑍈𑌵 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌲𑍀𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2॥

Whatever objects one pines for and desires for eagerly, one is born in those very places. But for those whose desires are fulfilled and for those who are Self -Realized, such desires fall off in the current life.

To clarify, here reference is made to the doctrine of reincarnation. This says that other than Karma, a man’s desires also determine the conditions of his next life. Meaning, he will be born in a place where the objects of his desire abound so that he may fulfil them. But by becoming Self-Realized or by prayers to the Self-realized, this can be sidestepped.

𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌚𑌨𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌨 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌯𑌾 𑌨 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌨𑌾 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍇𑌨 ।
𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌵𑍈𑌷 𑌵𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯-
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌷 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌨𑍂𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 3॥

The Atman cannot be realized by the study of the Vedas or through intelligence (knowing the meaning of scriptures) or even through learning. Only the one who seeks to know Atman (with intense longing) attain it. To such (aspirants) the Atman reveals itself.

Hence, only to the aspirant who wants to attain realization more than anything else, the Atman reveals itself.

𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌬𑌲𑌹𑍀𑌨𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌨 𑌚 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍 𑌤𑌪𑌸𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌲𑌿𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍 ।
𑌏𑌤𑍈𑌰𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌯𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂-
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌷 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌤𑍇 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌧𑌾𑌮 ॥ 4॥

The ones without strength, attentiveness or austerity/ renunciation cannot realize the Atman. But a wise man who strives with these will enter the realm of the Brahman.

Unrealized souls return back to Earth over and over again in upper/lower worlds depending on their Karma. But the Atman-realized souls attain immortality and are called Jivanmuktas

𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌨𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌯𑍋 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌤𑍃𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍋 𑌵𑍀𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌗𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯 𑌧𑍀𑌰𑌾
𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 5॥

The Sages become content with the knowledge after realizing the Atman. Established firmly in their Self they become desire-free and composed in their mind. Centred in the Self, these wise ones behold the omnipresent Brahman in All, and enter (merge) into All.

𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌸𑍁𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌃
𑌸𑌂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌾𑌦𑍍 𑌯𑌤𑌯𑌃 𑌶𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌤𑍇 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍇
𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 ॥ 6॥

All the seers well established in the Vedantic knowledge, whose souls are purified through the monastic Yoga, have attained immortality, will get complete liberation in Brahman during the end of time.

𑌗𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌂𑌚𑌦𑌶 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌾
𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌸𑍁 ।
𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾
𑌪𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯𑍇 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌏𑌕𑍀𑌭𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 𑍭॥

The fifteen parts of the body (dissolve and) go back to their causes, the senses return to their presiding divinities and the karmas and the Atman reflected in the intellect all become one with the Supreme Indestructible.

To clarify, The fifteen parts of the body as explained in the Prasna Upanishad: They are Prithvi (earth), Agni (Fire), Vayu (air), Jal (water), Aksa (space/ether), Indriyas (sense organs), Manas (mind), Nama (name), Loka (world), Annam (food), Mantras (Hymns), Yajnas/ sacrifices (Rituals) Shraddha (faith), Tapas (austerity) Viryam (vigour).

𑌯𑌥𑌾 𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌦𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌽
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌰𑍂𑌪𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌯 ।
𑌤𑌥𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃
𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌮𑍁𑌪𑍈𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 ॥ 𑍮॥

As the flowing rivers merge into the oceans giving up their names and forms, so do the wise merge into the luminous Purusha, higher than the highest Maya, giving up all name and form.

𑌸 𑌯𑍋 𑌹 𑌵𑍈 𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌵𑍇𑌦
𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑍈𑌵 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌲𑍇 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌤𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌤𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌗𑍁𑌹𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌥𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 ॥ 𑍯॥

He who knows Brahman, becomes Brahman. In his family no one is born ignorant of Self. He is beyond grief, beyond sins and free from the knots of heart, he becomes immortal.

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌦𑍃𑌚𑌾𑌽𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌾𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌂 𑌜𑍁𑌹𑍍𑌵𑌤 𑌏𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌤𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌮𑍇𑌵𑍈𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌤
𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌿𑌵𑌦𑍍 𑌯𑍈𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌚𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥ 10॥

This knowledge of the Brahman must be shared with only those who perform their duties, are well-versed in the Shrutis and are devoted to Brahman. Further they must also have faithfully sacrificed to the Ekarshi fire (a fire prayed to by Atharva Veda specialised Yogins) and must have accomplished holding fire on their head (a ritual called Sirovrata)

Meaning, the Brahmanic knowledge must be shared only with the ones who have executed their duties and then opted for renunciation.

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌿𑌰𑌂𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌃
𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍋𑌵𑌾𑌚 𑌨𑍈𑌤𑌦𑌚𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌧𑍀𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌃 ॥ 11॥

॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌕𑍋𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌦𑌿 𑌤𑍃𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌕𑍇 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌃 𑌖𑌂𑌡𑌃 ॥

॥ 𑌇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌥𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌵𑍇𑌦𑍀𑌯 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌕𑍋𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾 ॥

𑌓𑌂 𑌭@𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍇#𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑍃𑌣𑍁@𑌯𑌾𑌮# 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌃 । 𑌭@𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌪#𑌶𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌮𑌾@𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌭𑌿@-𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌜#𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿@𑌰𑍈𑌰𑌂𑌗𑍈$𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁@𑌵𑌾𑌗𑌂 𑌸#𑌸𑍍𑌤@𑌨𑍂𑌭𑌿#𑌃 । 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍇#𑌮 𑌦𑍇@𑌵𑌹𑌿#𑌤@𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌯𑍁#𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨@ 𑌇𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋# 𑌵𑍃@𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌶𑍍𑌰#𑌵𑌾𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨#𑌃 𑌪𑍂@𑌷𑌾 𑌵𑌿@𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌵𑍇#𑌦𑌾𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑍋@ 𑌅𑌰𑌿#𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌨𑍇𑌮𑌿𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑍋@ 𑌬𑍃𑌹@𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿#-𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌤𑍁 ॥
𑌓𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿@𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿@𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿#𑌃 ॥

॥ 𑌓𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌃 ॥

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