Verse 12
He did not notice that the body was gone· Verses 7–12
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7It was because I wanted to hear dharma spoken by you that I answered you back. Here, for your sake, I give up this dear self of mine, which is leaving in any case. 8A man who will not work with this unlasting self for dharma or for good name, out of pity for living things, my lords, is to be pitied even by the things that do not move. 9This much is the dharma that never wears out, served by those whose verses are holy: that one's own self grieves and gladdens with the grief and gladness of living beings. 10What wretchedness, what a hard thing, that a mortal should do no good with what is his own, his kin and his body, which belong to others, break in a moment, and are no gain to him.
11Having made up his mind in this way, Dadhyanc son of Atharvan gave up his body, laying his self down in the highest Bhagavan, in Brahman. 12With senses and breath and mind and thought held in, seeing what is real, his bonds broken, standing in the highest yoga, he never noticed that the body was gone.