Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad

4.4.19

`By the mind alone it is to be perceived, there is in it no diversity. He who perceives therein a...

4.4.20

`This eternal being that can never be proved, is to be perceived in one way only; it is spotless,...

4.4.22

`And he is that great unborn Self, who consists of knowledge, is surrounded by the Pranas, the et...

4.4.23

`This has been told by a verse (Rik): "This eternal larger by work, nor does it grow smaller. Let...

4.4.24

This indeed is the great, the unborn Self, the strong, the giver of wealth. He who knows this obt...

4.4.25

This great, unborn Self, undecaying, undying, immortal, fearless, is indeed Brahman. Fearless is ...

4.5.1

Yagnavalkya had two wives, Maitreyi and Katyayani. Of these Maitreyi was conversant with Brahman,...

4.5.2

Said, `Maitreyi, verily I am going away from this my house (into the forest). Forsooth, let me ma...

4.5.3

Maitreyi said: `My Lord, if this whole earth, full of wealth, belonged to me, tell me, should I b...

4.5.4

And Maitreyi said: `What should I do with that by which I do not become immortal? What my Lord kn...

4.5.5

Yagnavalkya replied: `Thou who art truly dear to me, thou hast increased what is dear (to me in t...

4.5.6

And he said: `Verily, a husband is not dear, that you may love the husband; but that you may love...

4.5.7

`Whosoever looks for the Brahman-class elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Brahman-c...

4.5.8

`Now as the sounds of a drum, when beaten, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the s...

4.5.9

`And as the sounds of a conch-shell, when blown, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but...

4.5.10

`And as the sounds of a lute, when played, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the s...

4.5.11

`As clouds of smoke proceed by themselves out of lighted fire kindled with damp fuel, thus verily...

4.5.12

`As all waters find their centre in the sea, all touches in the skin, all tastes in the tongue, a...

4.5.13

`As a mass of salt has neither inside nor outside, but is altogether a mass of taste, thus indeed...

4.5.14

Then Maitreyi said: `Here, Sir, thou hast landed me in utter bewilderment. Indeed, I do not under...

4.5.15

`For when there is as it were duality, then one sees the other, one smells the other, one tastes ...

4.6.1

Now follows the stem: 1. (We) from Pautimashya, 2. Pautimashya from Gaupavana, 3. Gaupavana from ...

4.6.2

from Agnivesya, 10. Agnivesya from Gargya, 11. Gargya from Gargya, 12. Gargya from Gautama, 13. G...

4.6.3

from Ghritakausika, 24. Ghritakausika from Parasaryayana, 25. Parasaryayana from Parasarya, 26. P...

5.1.1

That (the invisible Brahman) is full, this (the visible Brahman) is full. This full (visible Brah...

5.2.1

The threefold descendants of Pragapati, gods, men, and Asuras (evil spirits), dwelt as Brahmakari...

5.2.2

Then the men said to him: `Tell us something, Sir.' He told them the same syllable Da. Then he sa...

5.2.3

Then the Asuras said to him: `Tell us something, Sir.' He told them the same syllable Da. Then he...

5.3.1

Pragapati is the heart, is this Brahman, is all this. The heart, hridaya, consists of three sylla...

5.4.1

This (heart) indeed is even that, it was indeed the true (Brahman). And whosoever knows this grea...

5.5.1

In the beginning this (world) was water. Water produced the true, and the true is Brahman. Brahma...

5.5.2

Now what is the true, that is the Aditya (the sun), the person that dwells in yonder orb, and the...

5.5.3

Now of the person in that (solar) orb Bhuh is the head, for the head is one, and that syllable is...

5.5.4

Of the person in the right eye Bhuh is the head, for the head is one, and that syllable is one; B...

5.6.1

That person, under the form of mind (manas), being light indeed, is within the heart, small like ...

5.7.1

They say that lightning is Brahman, because lightning (vidyut) is called so from cutting off (vid...

5.8.1

Let him meditate on speech as a cow. Her four udders are the words Svaha, Vashat, Hanta, and Svad...

5.9.1

Agni Vaisvanara is the fire within man by which the food that is eaten is cooked, i.e. digested. ...

5.10.1

When the person goes away from this world, he comes to the wind. Then the wind makes room for him...

5.11.1

This is indeed the highest penance, if a man, laid up with sickness, suffers pain. He who knows t...

5.12.1

Some say that food is Brahman, but this is not so, for food decays without life (prana). Others s...

5.13.1

Next follows the Uktha. Verily, breath (prana) is Uktha, for breath raises up (utthapayati) all t...

5.13.2

Next follows the Yagus. Verily, breath is Yagus, for all these beings are joined in breath. For h...

5.13.3

Next follows the Saman. Verily, breath is the Saman, for all these beings meet in breath. For him...

5.13.4

Next follows the Kshatra. Verily, breath is the Kshatra, for breath is Kshatra, i.e. breath prote...

5.14.1

The words Bhumi (earth), Antariksha (sky), and Dyu (heaven) form eight syllables. One foot of the...

5.14.2

The Rikas, the Yagumshi, and the Samani form eight syllables. One foot (the second) of the Gayatr...

5.14.3

The Prana (the up-breathing), the Apana (the down-breathing), and the Vyana (the backbreathing) f...

5.14.4

That Gayatri (as described before with its three feet) rests on that fourth foot, the bright one,...

5.14.5

Some teach that Savitri as an Anushtubh verse, saying that speech is Anushtubh, and that we teach...

5.14.6

If a man (a teacher) were to receive as his fee these three worlds full of all things, he would o...

5.14.7

The adoration of that (Gayatri): `O Gayatri, thou hast one foot, two feet, three feet, four feet....

5.14.8

And thus Ganaka Vaideha spoke on this point to Budila Asvatarasvi: `How is it that thou who spoke...

5.15.1

The face of the True (the Brahman) is covered with a golden disk. Open that, O Pushan, that we ma...

5.15.2

O Pushan, only seer, Yama (judge), Surya (sun), son of Pragapati, spread thy rays and gather them...

5.15.3

Breath to air and to the immortal! Then this my body ends in ashes. Om! Mind, remember! Remember ...

5.15.4

Agni, lead us on to wealth (beatitude) by a good path, thou, O God, who knowest all things! Keep ...

6.1.1

Harih, Om. He who knows the first and the best, becomes himself the first and the best among his ...

6.1.2

He who knows the richest, becomes himself the richest among his people. Speech is the richest. He...

6.1.3

He who knows the firm rest, becomes himself firm on even and uneven ground. The eye indeed is the...

6.1.4

He who knows success, whatever desire he desires, it succeeds to him. The ear indeed is success. ...

6.1.5

He who knows the home, becomes a home of his own people, a home of all men. The mind indeed is th...

6.1.6

He who knows generation, becomes rich in offspring and cattle. Seed indeed is generation. He who ...

6.1.7

These Pranas (senses), when quarrelling together as to who was the best, went to Brahman and said...

6.1.8

The tongue (speech) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: `How have...

6.1.9

The eye (sight) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: `How have you...

6.1.10

The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: `How have y...

6.1.11

The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: `How have you been a...

6.1.12

The seed departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: `How have you been a...

6.1.13

The (vital) breath, when on the point of departing, tore up these senses, as a great, excellent h...

6.1.14

Then the tongue said: `If I am the richest, then thou art the richest by it.' The eye said: `If I...

6.2.1

Svetaketu Aruneya went to the settlement of the Pankalas. He came near to Pravahana Gaivali, who ...

6.2.2

The king said: `Do you know how men, when they depart from here, separate from each other?' `No,'...

6.2.3

Then the king invited him to stay and accept his hospitality. But the boy, not caring for hospita...

6.2.4

The father said: `You know me, child, that whatever I know, I told you. But come, we shall go thi...

6.2.5

Gautama said: `That boon is promised to me; tell me the same speech which you made in the presenc...

6.2.6

He said: `That belongs to divine boons, name one of the human boons.'

6.2.7

He said: `You know well that I have plenty of gold, plenty of cows, horses, slaves, attendants, a...

6.2.8

The king said: `Do not be offended with us, neither you nor your forefathers, because this knowle...

6.2.9

`The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven); the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his r...

6.2.10

`The altar, O Gautama, is Parganya (the god of rain); the fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ...

6.2.11

`The altar, O Gautama, is this world; the fuel is the earth itself, the smoke the fire, the light...

6.2.12

`The altar, O Gautama, is man; the fuel the opened mouth, the smoke the breath, the light the ton...

6.2.13

`The altar, O Gautama, is woman. On that altar the Devas offer seed. From that oblation rises man...

6.2.14

`They take him to the fire (the funeral pile), and then the altar-fire is indeed fire, the fuel f...

6.2.15

`Those who thus know this (even Grihasthas), and those who in the forest worship faith and the Tr...

6.2.16

`But they who conquer the worlds (future states) by means of sacrifice, charity, and austerity, g...

6.3.1

If a man wishes to reach greatness (wealth for performing sacrifices), he performs the upasad rul...

6.3.2

He then says, Svaha to the First, Svaha to the Best, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what re...

6.3.3

He then says, Svaha to Agni (fire), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Ma...

6.3.4

Then he touches it (the Mantha, which is dedicated to Prana, breath), saying: `Thou art fleet (as...

6.3.5

Then he holds it (the Mantha) forth, saying: `Thou knowest all, we know thy greatness. He is inde...

6.3.6

Then he eats it, saying: `Tat savitur varenyam (We meditate on that adorable light) The winds dro...

6.3.7

Uddalaka Aruni told this (Mantha-doctrine) to his pupil Vagasaneya Yagnavalkya, and said: `If a m...

6.3.8

Vagasaneya Yagnavalkya told the same to his pupil Madhuka Paingya, and said: `If a man were to po...

6.3.9

Madhuka Paingya told the same to his pupil Kula Bhagavitti, and said: `If a man were to pour it o...

6.3.10

Kula Bhagavitti told the same to his pupil Ganaki Ayasthuna, and said: `If a man were to pour it ...

6.3.11

Ganaki Ayasthuna told the same to his pupil Satyakama Gabala, and said: `If a man were to pour it...

6.3.12

Satyakama Gabala told the same to his pupils, and said: `If a man were to pour it on a dry stick,...

6.3.13

Four things are made of the wood of the Udumbara tree, the sacrificial ladle (sruva), the cup (ka...