Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. This (nishkevalya-"s"astra) becomes perfect as a thousand of B"ri"hat verses. In this thousand of B"ri"hats there are one thousand one hundred and twenty-five Anush"t"ubhs. For the smaller is contained in the larger. 2...
Introduction To The Upanishads. V. The Vagasaneyi : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], V. THE VGASANEYI-SAMHIT-UPANISHAD. THE Vgasaneyi-sa"m"hit-upanishad, commonly called from its beginning, s or svsya, forms the fortieth and concluding chapter of the Sa"m"hit of the White Ya"g"ur-veda. If the Sa"m"hits are presupposed by...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 16 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gyatr has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gyatr hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 4, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 189 SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next follows the right wing. It is this world (the earth), it is this Agni, it is speech, it is the Rathantara 1, it is Vasish"th"a, it is a hundred 2. These are the six powers (of the right wing) 3. The Sampt...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 5, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. When he recites the Nishkevalya hymn addressed to Indra (Rv. X, 50), pra vo mahe, he inserts a Nivid 2 (between the fourth and fifth verses). Thus he clearly places strength in himself (in the "s"astra, in the bird...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 4, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Those deities (devat), Agni and the rest, after they had been sent forth, fell into this great ocean 1. Then he (the Self) besieged him, (the person) with hunger and thirst. 2. The deities then (tormented by hunger...
Talavakara Or Kena Upanishad. Khanda I : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 145 p. 146 TALAVAKRA OR KENA-UPANISHAD. p. 147 FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. THE Pupil asks: 'At whose wish does the mind sent forth proceed on its errand? At whose command does the first breath go forth? At whose wish do we utter this speech...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Air (vyu) is indeed the end of all 2. For when fire goes out, it goes into air. When the sun goes down, it goes into air. When the moon goes down, it goes into air. 2. 'When water dries up, it goes into air. Air indeed...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'As the bees 1, my son, make honey by collecting the juices of distant trees, and reduce the juice into one form, 2. 'And as these juices have no discrimination, so that they might say, I am the juice of this tree...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH PRAP"TH"AKA. FIRST KHANDA 2. 1. Hari"h", Om. There is this city of Brahman (the body), and in it the palace, the small lotus (of p. 126 the heart), and in it that small ether. Now what exists within that small ether, that is to be...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 22 THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. The syllable Hu 2 is this world (the earth), the syllable Hi 3 the air, the syllable Atha the moon, the syllable Iha the self, the syllable 4 is Agni, fire. 2. The syllable is the sun, the syllable E is...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 136 EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Look at your Self in a pan of water, and whatever you do not understand of your Self 1, come and tell me.' They looked in the water-pan. Then Pra"g"pati said to them: 'What do you see?' They said: 'We both see...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. This is an exact repetition of the third kha"n"d"a. According to the commentator, the third kha"n"d"a was intended for the glory of the first word tad, while the sixth is intended for the glory of the whole hymn.
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Speech is his (the breath's) rope, the names the knots 2. Thus by his speech as by a rope, and by his names as by knots, all this is bound. For all this are names indeed, and with speech he calls everything. 2. People...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. What people call sacrifice (ya"g"a), that is really abstinence (brahma"k"arya). For he who knows, obtains that (world of Brahman, which others obtain by sacrifice), by means of abstinence. What people call sacrifice...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 16 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then he said to Bu"d"ila "s"vatar"s"vi, 'O Vaiyghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Water only, venerable king.' He said; p. 88 [paragraph continues] 'The Self which you meditate on is...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The red colour of burning fire (agni) is the colour of fire, the white colour of fire is the colour of water, the black colour of fire the colour of earth. Thus vanishes what we call fire, as a mere variety, being...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 17 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'When one understands the True, then one declares the True. One who does not understand it, does not declare the True 2. Only he who understands it, declares the True. This understanding, however, we must desire...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sman as the seasons. The hikra is spring, the prastva summer (harvest of yava, &c.), the udgtha the rainy season, the pratihra autumn, the nidhana winter. 2. The seasons belong to him...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. People say: 'Uktha, uktha,' hymns, hymns! (without knowing what uktha, hymn 3, means.) The p. 203 hymn is truly (to be considered as) the earth, for from it all whatsoever exists arises. 2. The object of its praise is...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 86 TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Aupamanyava, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Heaven only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vai"s"vnara Self, called Sute"g"as (having good light). Therefore...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 2, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A 6. 1. He recites the hymn, asat su me "g"arita"h" sbhivega"h" (Rv. X, 27, 1), (and in. it the word) satyadhv"ri"tam, the destroyer of truth. Verily, that day p. 169 is truth, and as endowed with the word satya, truth...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next for the sevenfold Sman. Let a man meditate on the sevenfold Sman in speech. Whenever there is in speech the syllable hu 1, that is hikra, pra is the prastva, is the di, the first, i.e. Om, 2. Ud is the udgtha, pr...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Memory 1 (smara) is better than ether. Therefore where many are assembled together, if they have no memory, they would hear no one, they would not perceive, they would not understand. Through memory we know our...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 23 SECOND PRAPTHAKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Meditation on the whole 1 of the Sman is good, and people, when anything is good, say it is Sman; when it is not good, it is not Sman. 2. Thus they also say, he approached him with Sman, i. e...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Critical : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. lxxi CRITICAL TREATMENT OF THE TEXT OF THE UPANISHADS. With regard to a critical restoration of the text of the Upanishads, I have but seldom relied on the authority of new MSS., but have endeavoured throughout to follow that text which...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'A Ha"m"sa (flamingo, meant for the sun) will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these words of Agni), Satyakma, on the morrow, drove the cows onward. And when they came towards the evening, he lighted...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 21 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. The hikra is the threefold knowledge, the prastva these three worlds, the udgtha Agni (fire), Vyu (air), and ditya (sun), the pratihra the stars, the birds, and the rays, the nidhana the serpents, Gandharv...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. And here they ask: 'What is the beginning of this day?' Let him say: 'Mind and speech 2.' 2. All desires dwell in the one (mind), the other yields all desires. 3. All desires dwell in the mind, for with the mind he...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 2, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. He (breath) is likewise a Bibhradvga (bringer of offspring). Offspring is v"g"a, and he (breath) supports offspring. Because he supports it, therefore there is (the poet of the sixth Ma"n"d"ala of the Rig-veda, called)...
Untitled : * This is the first volume of the Sacred Books of the East, and the first etext ever prepared for sacred-texts.com. SBE 1 contains the introduction to the entire series, and explains the methodology and conventions used in the rest of the SBE. The Upanishads translated here are the Chandogy...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 1, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. He who desires proper food 1 should use the hymn, agnim naro ddhitibhi"h" (Rv. VII, 1, 1) 2. 2. Verily, Agni (fire) is the eater of food. In the other (recitations accompanying the) offerings of "g"ya (where Agni is...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The Gyatr 3 (verse) is everything whatsoever here exists. Gyatr indeed is speech, for speech p. 45 sings forth (gya-ti) and protects (trya-te) everything that here exists. 2. That Gyatr is also the earth...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. He who knows the gradual development of the self in him (the man conceived as the uktha), obtains himself more development. 2. There are herbs and trees and all that is animated, and he knows the self gradually...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 1, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. Some say: 'Let him take a Gyatr hymn for the Pra-uga. Verily, Gyatr is brightness and glory of countenance, and thus the sacrificer becomes bright and glorious.' 2. Others say: 'Let him take a Ush"n"ih hymn...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Agni will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these words of the bull), Satyakma, on the morrow, drove the cows (toward the house of the teacher). And when they came towards the evening, he lighted a fire...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. He begins with tad, this, (the first word of the first hymn, tad id sa). Verily 'this, this' is food, and thus he obtains food. 2. Pra"g"pati indeed uttered this as the first word, consisting of one or two syllables, viz...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then he said to Satyaya"g"a Paulushi: 'O Pr"k"nayogya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'The sun only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vai"s"vnara Self, called...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 2, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. They say: 'What is the meaning of prekha, swing?' Verily, he is the swing, who blows (the wind). He indeed goes forward (pra + ikhate) in these worlds, and that is why the swing is called prekha. 2. Some say, th...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Ether (or space) is better than fire. For in the ether exist both sun and moon, the lightning, stars, and fire (agni). Through the ether we call, through the ether we hear, through the ether we answer 1. In the ether...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 17 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then he said to Auddlaka runi: 'O Gautama, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'The earth only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vai"s"vnara Self, called Pratish"th"...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 16 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. 'But in reality he is an ativdin who declares the Highest Being to be the True (Satya, ).' 'Sir, may I become an ativdin by the True?' 'But we must desire to know the True.' 'Sir, I desire to know the True.'
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sman in all waters. When the clouds gather, that is the hikra; when it rains, that is the prastva that which flows in the east 2, that is the udgtha that which flows in the west 3...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then "G"na"s"ruti Pautrya"n"a took six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules, went to Raikva and said: 2. 'Raikva, here are six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules; teach me the deity which...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Uddlaka ru"n"i said to his son "S"vetaketu: Learn from me the true nature of sleep (svapna). When a man sleeps here, then, my dear son, he becomes united with the True 2, he is gone to his p. 99 own (Self). Therefore...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. But Indra, before he had returned to the Devas, saw this difficulty. As this self (the shadow in the water) 2 is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. He begins with the hymn, Tad id sa, bhuvaneshu "g"yesh"th"am (Rv. X, 120). Verily, "g"yesh"th"a, the oldest, is mahat, great. Endowed with mahat the form of this day is perfect. 2. Then follows the hymn, T"m" su te...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 5, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. Tat savitur v"ri"n"mahe (Rv. V, 82, 1-3) and ady no deva savitar (Rv. V, 82, 4-6) are the beginning (pratipad) and the next step (anu"k"ara) of the Vai"s"vadeva hymn, taken from the Ekha ceremonial and therefore proper...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 4, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. He recites the eighty tristichs of Gyatrs 2. Verily, the eighty Gyatr tristichs are this world (earth). Whatever there is in this world of glory, greatness, wives, food, and honour, may I obtain it, may I win it, may it...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 2, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 220 FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. This then becomes perfect as a thousand of B"ri"hat verses. Its consonants 1 form its body, its voice 2 (vowels) the Soul 3, its sibilants 4 the air of the breath. 2. He who knew this became Vasish"th"a, he took...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. All this is Brahman (n.) Let a man meditate on that (visible world) as beginning, ending, and breathing 1 in it (the Brahman). Now man is a creature of will. According to what his will is in this world, so will he...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 224 FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. He who knows one sacrifice above another, one day above another, one deity above the others, he is clever. Now this great uktha (the nishkevalya-"s"astra) is the sacrifice above another, the day above another...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A 1 1. 'In the beginning,' my dear, 'there was that only which is ( ), one only, without a second. Others say, in the beginning there was that only which is not ( ), one only, without a second; and from that which is not...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'A diver-bird (Madgu, meant for Pr"n"a) will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these words of the Ha"m"sa), Satyakma, on the morrow, drove the cows onward. And when they came towards the evening, he...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 206 FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Brahman (in the shape of pr"n"a, breath) entered into that man by the tips of his feet, and because Brahman entered (prpadyata) into that man by the tips of his feet, therefore people call them the tips...
Title Page : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MLLER "VOL. I" THE UPANISHADS TRANSLATED BY F. MAX MLLER IN TWO PARTS PART I Oxford, The Clarendon Press [1879] Scanned , 1997 and 2003, by John Bruno...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then the sacrificer said to him: 'I should like to know who you are, Sir.' He replied: 'I am Ushasti "K"krya"n"a.' 2. He said: 'I looked for you, Sir, for all these sacrificial offices, but not finding you 2, I chose...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 129 THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'These true desires, however, are hidden by what is false; though the desires be true, they have a covering which is false. Thus, whoever belonging to us has departed this life, him we cannot gain back, so that we...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 19 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINETEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Therefore 1 the first food which a man may take, is in the place of Homa. And he who offers that first oblation, should offer it to Pr"n"a (up-breathing), saying Svh. Then Pr"n"a (up-breathing) is satisfied, 2. 'If...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 18 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'When one perceives, then one understands. One who does not perceive, does not understand. Only he who perceives, understands. This perception, however, we must desire to understand.' 'Sir, I desire to understand it...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'That which is the subtile portion of curds, when churned, rises upwards, and becomes butter. 2. 'In the same manner, my child, the subtile portion of earth (food), when eaten, rises upwards, and becomes mind. 3. 'Th...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. Pra"g"pati said: 'The Self which is free from sin, free from old age, from death and grief, from hunger and thirst, which desires nothing but what it ought to desire, and imagines nothing but what it ought to imagine...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. On the fifth of these nectars the Sdhyas live, with Brahman at their head. True, the Devas do not eat or drink, but they enjoy by seeing the nectar. 2. They enter into that colour, and they rise from that colour. 3. He...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 23 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 35 TWENTY-THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. There are three branches of the law. Sacrifice, study, and charity are the first 1, 2. Austerity the second, and to dwell as a Brahma"k"rin in the house of a tutor, always mortifying the body in the house...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Here (with regard to obtaining Hira"n"yagarbha) there are these "S"lokas: p. 233 2. The fivefold body into which the indestructible (pr"n"a, breath) enters, that body which the harnessed horses (the senses) draw...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 1, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 154 p. 155 AITAREYA-RA"N"YAKA. p. 156 p. 157 FIRST RA"N"YAKA. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Now follows the Mahvrata ceremony. 2. After having killed V"ri"tra, Indra became great. When he became great, then there was the Mahvr...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 18 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. Let a man meditate on mind as Brahman (n.), this is said with reference to the body. Let a man meditate on the ether as Brahman (n.), this is said with reference to the Devas. Thus both the meditation which h...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sman 3 as the five worlds. The hikra is, the earth, the prastva the fire, the udgtha the sky, the pratihra the sun, the nidhana heaven; so in an ascending line. 2. In a descending line...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Water (ap) is better than food. Therefore if there is not sufficient rain, the vital spirits fail from fear that there will be less food. But if there is sufficient rain, the vital spirits rejoice, because there will be...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 2, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. The two t"ri"k"as, Rv. VIII, 68, 1-3, tv ratha"m" yathotaye, and Rv. VIII, 2, 1-3, ida"m" vaso sutam andha"h", form the first (pratipad) and the second (anu"k"ara) of the Marutvatya hymn. 2. Both...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. Pr"k"na"s"la Aupamanyava, Satyaya"g"a Paulushi, Indradyumna Bhllaveya, "G"ana "S"rkarkshya, and Bu"d"ila "s"vatara"s"vi, these five great householders and great theologians came once together and held a discussi...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let him begin this day 2 with singing 'Him,' thus they say. 2. Verily, the sound Him is Brahman, that day also is Brahman. He who knows this, obtains Brahman even by Brahman. 3. As he begins with the sound...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. Satyakma, the son of "G"abl, addressed his mother and said: 'I wish to become a Brahma"k"rin (religious student), mother. Of what family am I?' 2. She said to him: 'I do not know, my child, of what family thou art...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A 1 1. Was it water really? Was it water? Yes, all this was water indeed. This (water) was the root (cause), that (the world) was the shoot (effect). He (the person) is the father, they (earth, fire, whatever there is...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. He extends these (verses) by (interpolating) the sound 1. Verily, the sound is purusha, man. Therefore every man when he speaks, sounds loud, as it were. 2. At the end of each foot of the first verse of the hymn tad id...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sman in animals. The hikra is goats, the prastva sheep, the udgtha cows, the pratihra horses, the nidhana man. 2. Animals belong to him, nay, he is rich in animals who knowing this...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Hope ("s") is better than memory. Fired by hope does memory read the sacred hymns, perform sacrifices, desire sons and cattle, desire this world and the other. Meditate on hope. 2. 'He who meditates on hope...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then he said to "G"ana "S"rkarkshya: 'Whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Ether only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vai"s"vnara Self, called Bahula (full). Therefore...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 4, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 187 FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next comes the Sdadohas 1 verse. Sdadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath. 2. Next follow the neck verses. They recite them as Ush"n"ih, according to their metre 2. 3. Next...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 5, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 193 FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. He recites the Va"s"a hymn 1, wishing, May everything be in my power. 2. They (its verses) are twenty-one 2, for twenty-one are the parts (the lungs, spleen, some shorter, some longer. 6. Next comes...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 23 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'And he who offers the fifth oblation, should offer it to Udna (out-breathing), saying Svh. Then Udna is satisfied, 2. 'If Udna is satisfied, Vyu (air) is satisfied, if Vyu is satisfied, ether is satisfied, if...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 22 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'When one obtains bliss (in oneself), then one performs duties. One who does not obtain bliss, does not perform duties. Only he who obtains bliss, performs duties. This bliss, however, we must desire...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 2, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 259 THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. Bdhva 1 says, there are four persons (to be meditated on and worshipped). 2. The person of the body, the person of the metres, the person of the Veda, and the Great person. 3. What we call the person of the body...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. 'Place this salt in water, and then wait on me in the morning.' The son did as he was commanded. The father said to him: 'Bring me the salt, which you placed in the water last night.' p. 105 The son having looked...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. He said: 'The person that is seen in the eye, that is the Self. This is the immortal, the fearless, this is Brahman 1. Even though they drop melted p. 68 butter or water on him, it runs away on both sides 1. 2. 'They...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 41 SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. On the first of these nectars (the red light, which represents fame, glory of countenance, vigour, strength, health) the Vasus live, with Agni at their head. True, the Devas do not eat or drink, but they enjoy by...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Meaning : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], MEANING OF THE WORD UPANISHAD. How Upanishad became the recognised name of the philosophical treatises contained in the Veda is difficult to explain. Most European scholars are agreed in deriving p. lxxx upa-ni-shad from the root sad...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 19 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 32 NINETEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The hikra is hair, the prastva skin, the udgtha flesh, the pratihra bone, the nidhana marrow. That is the Ya"g"ya"g"ya Sman, as interwoven in the members of the body. 2. He who thus knows the Ya"g"ya"g"y...
Vagasaneyi Samhita Upanishad, Sometimes Called : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 308 p. 309 V"G"ASANEYI-SA"M"HIT-UPANISHAD, SOMETIMES CALLED "S"VSYA OR "S"-UPANISHAD p. 310 p. 311 V"G"ASANEYI-SA"M"HIT-UPANISHAD. 1. ALL this, whatsoever moves on earth, is to be hidden in the Lord (the Self). When thou hast surrendered...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. After that the Grhapatya fire 4 taught him Earth, fire, food, and the sun (these are my forms, or p. 66 forms of Brahman). The person that is seen in the sun, I am he, I am he indeed 1. 2. 'He who knowing this...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 39 SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. The southern rays of the sun are the honey-cells on the right. The Ya"g"us verses are the bees, the Ya"g"ur-veda sacrifice is the flower, the water (of the sacrificial libations) is the nectar (of the flower). 2...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'For this reason is water in the fifth oblation called Man. This germ, covered in the womb, having dwelt there ten months, or more or less, is born. 2. 'When born, he lives whatever the length of his life may be. When he...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 26 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'To him who sees, perceives, and understands this 1, the spirit (pr"n"a) springs from the Self, hope springs from the Self, memory springs from the Self; so do ether, fire, water, appearance and disappearance 2...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Power (bala) is better than understanding. One powerful man shakes a hundred men of understanding. If a man is powerful, he becomes a rising man. If he rises, he becomes a man who visits wise people. If he visits, he...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Works : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], WORKS ON THE UPANISHADS. Anquetil Duperron, Oupnek'hat, 1801, 1802. See page clii. Rammohun Roy, Translation of Several Principal Books, Passages, and Texts of the Veds. Second edition. London, 1832. Translation of the Moonduk-Ooptinishud...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 143 THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. From the dark (the Brahman of the heart) I come to the nebulous (the world of Brahman), from the nebulous to the dark, shaking off all evil, as a horse shakes his hairs, and as the moon frees herself...
Talavakara Or Kena Upanishad. Khanda Ii : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. The Teacher says: 'If thou thinkest I know it well, then thou knowest surely but little, what is that form of Brahman known, it may be, to thee 2?' 2. The Pupil says: 'I do not think I know it well, nor do I know that I...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The mists gather, that is the hikra; the cloud has risen, that is the prastva; it rains, that is the udgtha; it flashes and thunders, that is the pratihra; it stops, that is the nidhana. That is the Vairpa Sm...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Now with reference to the body. "Ri"k" is speech, Sman breath 2. This Sman (breath) rests on that "Ri"k" (speech). Therefore the Sman is sung as resting on the "Ri"k". S is speech, ama is breath, and that makes Sma. 2...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH PRAPTHAKA 1. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. He who knows the oldest and the best becomes himself the oldest and the best. Breath indeed is the oldest and the best. 2. He who knows the richest, becomes himself the richest. Speech indeed is...
Kaushitaki Upanishad. Adhyaya I : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 269 p. 270 KAUSHTAKI-BRHMA"N"A-UPANISHAD. p. 271 KAUSHTAKI-UPANISHAD. FIRST ADHYYA. 1. "K"ITRA Ggyyani 1, forsooth, wishing to perform a sacrifice, chose ru"n"i (Uddlaka 2, to be his chief priest). But ru"n"i sent his son, "S"vetaketu...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The altar is Par"g"anya (the god of rain), O Gautama; its fuel is the air itself, the smoke the cloud, the light the lightning, the coals. the thunderbolt, the sparks the thunderings 3. p. 79 2. 'On that altar the Dev...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. The hikra is mind, the prastva speech, the udgtha sight, the pratihra hearing, the nidhana p. 29 breath. That is the Gyatra Sman, as interwoven in the (five) pr"n"as 1. 2. He who thus knows this Gyatra interwoven...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 7 THIRD KHA"N"D"A. Now follows the meditation on the udgtha with reference to the gods. Let a man meditate on the udgtha (Om) as he who sends warmth (the sun in the sky). When the sun rises it sings as Udgt"ri" for the sake of all...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Will 2 (sakalpa) is better than mind. For when a man wills, then he thinks in his mind, then he sends forth speech, and he sends it forth in a name. In a name the sacred hymns are contained, in the sacred hymns all...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. 'If some one were to strike at the root of this large tree here, it would bleed, but live. If he were to strike at its stem, it would bleed, but live. If he were to strike at its top, it would bleed, but live. p...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 2, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 257 SECOND ADHYYA 1. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Sthavira "S"kalya said that breath is the beam 2, and as the other beams rest on the house-beam, thus the eye, the ear, the mind, the speech, the senses, the body, the whole self rests on this 3...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 20 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTIETH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'When one attends on a tutor (spiritual guide), then one believes. One who does not attend on a tutor, does not believe. Only he who attends, believes. This attention on a tutor, however, we must desire to underst...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 21 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'And he who offers the third oblation, should offer it to Apna (down-breathing), saying Svh. Then Apna is satisfied. If Apna is satisfied, the tongue is satisfied, if the tongue is satisfied, Agni (fire) is...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 1, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 247 THIRD RA"N"YAKA 1. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next follows the Upanishad of the Sa"m"hit 2. 2. The former half is the earth, the latter half the heaven, their union the air 3, thus says M"n"d"ukeya; their union is the ether...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'What is the origin of this world? Ether 1, 'he replied. For all these beings take their rise from the ether, and return into the ether. Ether is older than these, ether is their rest. 2. He is indeed the udgtha (Om =...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The northern rays of the sun are the honey-cells on the left. The (hymns of the) Atharvgiras are the bees, the Itihsa-pur"n"a 1 (the reading of the old stories) is the flower, the water is the nectar. p. 40 2. Those...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 17 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 70 SEVENTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Pra"g"pati brooded over the worlds, and from them thus brooded on he squeezed out the essences, Agni (fire) from the earth, Vyu (air) from the sky, ditya (the sun) from heaven. 2. He brooded over these three...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Ii. The Talavakar : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], II. THE TALAVAKRA-UPANISHAD. THIS Upanishad is best known by the name of Kena-upanishad, from its first word. The name of brhm-upanishad (IV, 7) can hardly be considered as a title. It means 'the teaching of Brahman,' and is used with...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Positi : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], POSITION OF THE UPANISHADS IN VEDIC LITERATURE. If now we ask what has been thought of the Upanishads by Sanskrit scholars or by Oriental scholars in general, it must be confessed that hitherto they have not received at their hands th...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Rammohun Roy : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], RAMMOHUN ROY. Greater, however, than the influence exercised on the philosophical thought of modern Europe, has been the impulse which these same Upanishads have imparted to the religious life of modern India. In about the same year (1774...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then the havanya 3 fire taught him: 'Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the lightning, I am he, I am he indeed. p. 67 2. 'He who knowing this meditates on him...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 1, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 253 FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Now those who repeat the Nirbhuga say: 2. 'The former half 1 is the first syllable, the latter half the second syllable, and the space between the first and second halves is the Sa"m"hit (union).' 3. He who thus...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 24 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Where one sees nothing else, hears nothing else, understands nothing else, that is the Infinite. Where one sees something else, hears something else, understands something else, that is the finite. The Infinite...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. 'If a man is ill, his relatives assemble round him and ask: "Dost thou know me? Dost thou know me?" Now as long as his speech is not p. 108 merged in his mind, his mind in breath, breath in heat (fire), he...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 2, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A 2 1. Now next the Upanishad of the whole speech. True all these are Upanishads of the whole speech, but this they call so (chiefly). 2. The mute consonants represent the earth, the sibilants the sky, the vowels heaven...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Speech is better than a name. Speech makes us understand the "Ri"g-veda, Ya"g"ur-veda, Sma-veda, and as the fourth the tharvana, as the fifth the Itihsa-pur"n"a, the Veda of the Vedas, the Pitrya, the R"s"i, the Daiv...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 140 ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'When a man being asleep, reposing, and at perfect rest 1, sees no dreams, that is the Self, this is the immortal, the fearless, this is Brahman.' Then Indra went away satisfied in his heart. But before he had...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. On the third of these nectars the dityas live, with Varu"n"a at their head. True, the Devas do not eat or drink, but they enjoy by seeing the nectar. 2. They enter into that (dark) colour, and they rise from that colour...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. "S"vetaketu ru"n"eya went to an assembly 3 of the Pa"k"las. Pravha"n"a "G"aivali 4 said to him: 'Boy, has your father instructed you? Yes, Sir,' he replied. 2. 'Do you know to what place men go from here? No, Sir,' he...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 12 FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The udgtha is the pra"n"ava 1, the pra"n"ava is the udgtha. And as the udgtha is the sun 2, So is the pra"n"ava, for he (the sun) goes sounding Om. 2. 'Him I sang praises to, therefore art thou my only one,' thus...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 17 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The hikra is the earth, the prastva the sky, the udgtha heaven, the pratihra the regions, the nidhana the sea. These are the "S"akvar Smans, as interwoven in the worlds 1. 2. He who thus knows the "S"akvars...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 1 "KH"NDOGYA-UPANISHAD. FIRST PRAP"TH"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. LET a man meditate on the syllable 2 Om, called the udgtha; for the udgtha (a portion of the Sma-veda) is sung, beginning with Om. The full account, however, of Om is this...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1, 2. Next follows the Vmadevya as interwoven in generation 5. FOOTNOTES 29:5 Upamantrayate sa hikro, "g"apayate sa prastva"h", striy saha p. 30 "s"ete sa udgtha"h", pratistr saha sete sa pratihra"h", klam ga"k"kh"ati...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The altar is man, O Gautama; its fuel speech itself, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear. 2. 'On that altar the Devas (pr"n"as) offer food. From that oblation rises seed.
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 144 FIFTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Brahm (Hira"n"yagarbha or Parame"s"vara) told this to Pra"g"pati (Ka"s"yapa), Pra"g"pati to Manu (his son), Manu to mankind. He who has learnt the Veda from a family of teachers, according to the sacred rule...
Kaushitaki Upanishad. Adhyaya Iv : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH ADHYYA 1 1. There was formerly Grgya Blki 2, famous as a man of great reading; for it was said of him that he lived among the U"s"naras, among the Satvat-Matsyas, the Kuru-Pa"k"las, the K"s"-Videhas 3. Having gone to A"g"ta"s"atru...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Reflection (dhyna) 1 is better than consideration. The earth reflects, as it were, and thus does the sky, the heaven, the water, the mountains, gods and men. Therefore those who among men obtain p. 115 greatness here...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. 'As one might lead a person with his eyes covered away from the Gandhras 3, and leave him p. 106 then in a place where there are no human beings; and as that person would turn towards the east, or the north...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 2, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. To him the Vedas yield no more milk, he has no luck in what he has learnt (from his Guru); he does not know the path of virtue. 2. This has also been declared by a "Ri"shi (Rv. X, 71, 6):-- 3. 'He who has forsaken...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 25 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The Infinite indeed is below, above, behind, before, right and left--it is indeed all this. 'Now follows the explanation of the Infinite as p. 124 the I: I am below, I am above, I am behind, before, right...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 24 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'If, without knowing this, one offers an Agnihotra, it would be as if a man were to remove the live coals and pour his libation on dead ashes. 2. 'But he who offers this Agnihotra with a full knowledge of its...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 1, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 252 FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next follow the imprecations 1. 2. Let him know that breath 2 is the beam (on which the whole house of the body rests). 3. If any one (a Brhma"n"a or another man) should chide him, who by meditation has become...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 38 THIRD PRAP"TH"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. The sun is indeed the honey 2 of the Devas. The heaven is the cross-beam (from which) the sky (hangs as) a hive, and the bright vapours are the eggs of the bees 3. 2. The eastern rays...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then the Anvhrya fire 2 taught him: Water, the quarters, the stars, the moon (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the moon, I am he, I am he indeed. 2. 'He who knowing this meditates on him, destroys s...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The upward rays of the sun are the honey cells above. The secret doctrines are the bees, Brahman (the Om) is the flower, the water is the nectar. 2. Those secret doctrines (as bees) brooded over Brahman (the Om);...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 16 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. Verily, he who purifies (Vyu) is the sacrifice, for he (the air) moving along purifies everything. p. 69 [paragraph continues] Because moving along he purifies everything, therefore he is the sacrifice. Of th...
Kaushitaki Upanishad. Adhyaya Iii : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 293 THIRD ADHYYA 1. 1. Pratardana, forsooth, the son of Divodsa (king of K"s"), came by means of fighting and strength to the beloved abode of Indra. Indra said to him 'Pratardana, let me give you a boon to choose.' And Pratard...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. There were once three men, well-versed in udgtha 1, "S"ilaka "S"lvatya, "K"aikityana, Dlbhya, and Pravha"n"a "G"aivali. They said: 'We are well-versed in udgtha. Let us have a discussion on udgtha.' 2. They all agreed...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 21 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'When one performs all sacred duties 1, then one attends really on a tutor. One who does not perform his duties, does not really attend on a tutor. Only he who performs his duties, attends on his tutor. This...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 20 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 90 TWENTIETH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'And he who offers the second oblation, should offer it to Vyna (back-breathing), saying Svh. Then Vyna is satisfied, 2. 'If Vyna is satisfied, the ear is satisfied, if the ear is satisfied, the moon is...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 102 TENTH KHA"N"D"A 1 1. 'These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Gang) toward the east, the western (like the Sindhu) toward the west. They go from sea to sea (i. e. the clouds lift up the water from the sea to the sky...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Understanding (vi"g"na) is better than reflection. Through understanding we understand the Rig-veda, the Ya"g"ur-veda, the Sma-veda, and as the fourth the tharvana, as the fifth the Itihsa-pur"n"a 1, the Ved...
Introduction To The Upanishads. First Translati : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. lvii INTRODUCTION TO THE UPANISHADS. FIRST TRANSLATION OF THE UPANISHADS. DR SHUKOH, ANQUETIL DUPERRON, SCHOPENHAUER. THE ancient Vedic literature, the foundation of the whole literature of India, which has been handed down in th...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. He who is called ether 3 (k"s"a) is the revealer of all forms and names. That within which these forms and names are contained is the Brahman, the Immortal, the Self. I come to the hall of Pra"g"pati, to the house;...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light the night, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. 2. 'On that altar the Devas (pr"n"as) offer r...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The hikra is, he rubs (the fire-stick); the prastva, smoke rises; the udgtha, it burns; the pratihra, there are glowing coals; the nidhana, it goes down; the nidhana, it is gone out. This is the Rathantara Sm...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 11 FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the syllable Om, for the udgtha is sung beginning with Om. And this is the full account of the syllable Om-- 2. The Devas, being afraid of death, entered upon (the performance...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 16 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The hikra is spring, the prastva summer, the udgtha the rainy season, the pratihra autumn, p. 31 the nidhana winter. That is the Vair"g"a Sman, as interwoven in the seasons. 2. He who thus knows the Vair"g"...
Kaushitaki Upanishad. Adhyaya Ii : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 280 SECOND ADHYYA. 1. Pr"n"a (breath) 1 is Brahman, thus says Kaushtaki. Of this pr"n"a, which is Brahman, the mind (manas) is the messenger, speech the housekeeper, the eye the guard, the ear the informant. He who knows mind...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. On the fourth of these nectars the Maruts live, with Soma at their head. True, the Devas do not eat or drink, but they enjoy by seeing the nectar. 2. They enter in that (very dark) colour, and they rise from that colour...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Breath said: 'What shall be my food?' They answered: 'Whatever there is, even unto dogs and birds.' Therefore this is food for Ana (the breather). His name is clearly Ana 3. To him who knows this there is nothing th...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'He who moves about happy in dreams, he is the Self, this is the immortal, the fearless, this is Brahman.' Then Indra went away satisfied in his heart. But before he had returned to the Devas, he saw this difficulty...
Preface To The Sacred Books Of The East : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. ix PREFACE TO THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST. I MUST begin this series of translations of the Sacred Books of the East with three cautions:--the first, referring to the character of the original texts here translated; the second, with...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 112 THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Mind (manas) is better than speech. For as the closed fist holds two amalaka or two kola or two aksha fruits, thus does mind hold speech and name. For if a man is minded in his mind to read the sacred hymns, he...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Food (anna) is better than power. Therefore if a man abstain from food for ten days, though he live, he would be unable to see, hear, perceive, think, act, and understand. But when he obtains p. 117 food, he is able...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 2, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next K"ri"sh"n"a-Hrita 4 confided this Brhma"n"a 5 concerning speech to him (his pupil): p. 265 2. Pra"g"pati, the year, after having sent forth all creatures, burst. He put himself together again by means of "kh"...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 16 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. 'My child, they bring a man hither whom they have taken by the hand, and they say: "He has taken something, he has committed a theft." (When p. 109 he denies, they say), "Heat the hatchet for him." If he committed...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TENTH KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. Upako"s"ala Kmalyana dwelt as a Brahma"k"rin (religious student) in the house of Satyakma "G"bla. He tended his fires for twelve years. But the teacher, though he allowed other pupils (after they had learnt the sacred...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. The western rays of the sun are the honey-cells behind. The Sman verses are the bees, the Sma-veda sacrifice is the flower, the water is the nectar. 2. Those very Sman verses (as bees) brooded over the Sma-ved...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The altar is woman, O Gautama 2. 2. 'On that altar the Devas (pr"n"as) offer seed, From that oblation rises the germ. FOOTNOTES 79:2 Tasy upastha eva samid, yad upamantrayate sa dhmo, yonir ar"k"ir, yad anta"h" karoti...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 1, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Trukshya 2 said: 'The Sa"m"hit (union) is formed by means of the B"ri"hat and Rathantara 3 Smans.' 2. Verily, the Rathantara Sman is speech, the B"ri"hat Sman is breath. By both, by speech and breath, the Sa"m"hit is...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 1, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next comes the meditation as taught by "S"kalya. p. 249 2. The first half is the earth, the second half heaven, their uniting the rain, the uniter Par"g"anya 1. 3. And so it is when he (Par"g"anya) rains thus strongly...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 18 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The hikra is goats, the prastva sheep, the udgtha cows, the pratihra horses, the nidhana man. These are the Revat Smans, as interwoven in animals. 2. He who thus knows these Revats, as interwoven in animals, becomes...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then they all said: 'Upakosala, this is our knowledge, our friend, and the knowledge of the Self, but the teacher will tell you the way (to another life).' 2. In time his teacher came back, and said to him:...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. On the second of these nectars the Rudras live, with Indra at their head. True, the Devas do not eat or drink, but they enjoy by seeing the nectar. 2. They enter into that white colour, and they rise from that colour...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Iii, 2, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 258 SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next comes Kau"n"th"aravya: 2. There are 360 syllables (vowels), 360 sibilants (consonants), 360, groups. 3. What we called syllables are the days, what we called sibilants are the nights, what we called groups...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 104 TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. 'Fetch me from thence a fruit of the Nyagrodha tree.' 'Here is one, Sir.' Break it.' 'It is broken, Sir.' 'What do you see there?' 'These seeds, almost infinitesimal.' 'Break one of them.' 'It is broken, Sir.'...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 22 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'And he who offers the fourth oblation, should offer it to Samna (on-breathing), saying Svh. Then Samna is satisfied, 2. 'If Samna is satisfied, the mind is satisfied, if the mind is satisfied, Par"g"anya (god...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 23 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 123 TWENTY-THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The Infinite (bhman) 1 is bliss. There is no bliss in anything finite. Infinity only is bliss. This Infinity, however, we must desire to understand.' 'Sir, I desire to understand it.'
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Consideration ("k"itta) 2 is better than will. For when a man considers, then he wills, then he thinks in his mind, then he sends forth speech, and he p. 114 sends it forth in a name. In a name the sacred hymns are...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 28 TENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next let a man meditate on the sevenfold Sman which is uniform in itself 1 and leads beyond death. The word hikra has three syllables, the word prastva has three syllables: that is equal (sama). 2. The word di...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 4 SECOND KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. When the Devas and Asuras 2 struggled together, both of the race of Pra"g"pati, the Devas took the udgtha 3 (Om), thinking they would vanquish the Asuras with it. 2. They meditated on the udgtha 3 (Om)...
Talavakara Or Kena Upanishad. Khanda Iv : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. She replied: 'It is Brahman. It is through the victory of Brahman that you have thus become great.' After that he knew that it was Brahman. 2. Therefore these Devas, viz. Agni, Vyu, and Indra, are, as it were, above...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A 1 1. 'The altar (on which the sacrifice is supposed to be offered) is that world (heaven), O Gautama; its fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars. 2. 'On th...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 30 FOURTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Rising, the sun is the hikra, risen, he is the prastva, at noon he is the udgtha, in the afternoon he is the pratihra, setting, he is the nidhana. That is the B"ri"hat Sman as interwoven in the sun 1. 2. He...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Iii : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THE AITAREYA-RA"N"YAKA. IN giving a translation of the Aitareya-upanishad, I found it necessary to give at the same time a translation of that portion of the Aitareya-ra"n"yaka which precedes the Upanishad. The ra"n"yakas seem to have been...
Introduction To The Upanishads. Iv. The Kaushitaki : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], IV. THE KAUSHTAKI-BRHMA"N"A-UPANISHAD. THE Kaushtaki-upanishad, or, as it is more properly called, the Kaushtaki-brhma"n"a-upanishad, belongs, like the Aitareya-upanishad, to the followers of the Rig-veda. It was translated into Persi...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The "Ri"k" (veda) is this earth, the Sman (veda) is fire. This Sman (fire) rests on that "Ri"k" (earth) 4. Therefore the Sman is sung as resting on the "Ri"k". p. 13 [paragraph continues] S is this earth, ama is fire...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH PRAP"TH"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Nrada approached Sanatkumra and said, 'Teach me, Sir!' Sanatkumra said to him: 'Please to tell me what you know; afterward I shall tell you what is beyond.' 2. Nrada said: 'I know the Rig-veda, Sir...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Maghavat, this body is mortal and always held by death. It is the abode of that Self which is p. 141 immortal and without body 1. When in the body (by thinking this body is I and I am this body) the Self is held by...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 44 ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. When from thence he has risen upwards, he neither rises nor sets. He is alone, standing in the centre. And on this there is this verse: 2. 'Yonder he neither rises nor sets at any time. If this is not true, ye...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 2, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND ADHYYA 1. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. He (the sun), who shines, honoured this world (the body of the worshipper, by entering into it), in the form of man 2 (the worshipper who meditates on breath). For he who shines (the sun) is (the same...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 22 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-SECOND KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. The udgtha, of which a poet said, I choose the deep sounding note of the Sman as good for cattle, belongs to Agni; the indefinite note belongs to Pra"g"pati, the definite note to Soma, the soft and smooth note...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD ADHYYA 1. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. He who knows himself as the fivefold hymn (uktha), the emblem of Pr"n"a (breath), from whence all this springs 2, he is clever. These five are the earth, air, ether, water, and fire ("g"yotis). This is...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 200 SECOND RANYAKA. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. WITH the second ra"n"yaka the Upanishad begins. It comprises the second and third ra"n"yakas, and may be said to consist of three divisions, or three Upanishads. Their general title is...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Man (purusha), my son, consists of sixteen parts. Abstain from food for fifteen days, but drink as much water as you like, for breath comes from water, and will not be cut off, if you drink water.' 2. "S"vetaketu...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. He extends (these verses) by (interpolating) the sound 4. Verily, breath (pr"n"a) is sound. Therefore every breath when it sounds, sounds loud, as it were. 2. The verse (VIII, 69, 2) nada"m" va odatnm, &c., is by its...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 132 SIXTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Now those arteries of the heart consist of a brown substance, of a white, blue, yellow, and red p. 133 substance, and so is the sun brown, white, blue, yellow, and red. 2. As a very long highway goes to two places...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 18 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then he said to them all: 'You eat your food, knowing that Vai"s"vnara Self as if it were many. But he who worships the Vai"s"vnara Self as a span long, and as 1 identical with himself, he eats food in all worlds...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 19 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 122 NINETEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'When one believes, then one perceives. One who does not believe, does not perceive. Only he who believes, perceives. This belief, however, we must desire to understand.' 'Sir, I desire to understand it.'
Introduction To The Upanishads. Different : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], DIFFERENT CLASSES OF UPANISHADS. The ancient Upanishads, i. e. those which occupy a place in the Sa"m"hits, Brhma"n"as, and ra"n"yakas, must be, if we follow the chronology which at present is commonly, though, it may be, provisionally only...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 4, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 236 FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. With this adhyya begins the real Upanishad, best known under the name of the Aitareya-upanishad, and often separately edited, commented on, and translated. If treated separately, what we call...
Program Of A Translation Of The Sacred Books : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. xxxix PROGRAM OF A TRANSLATION OF THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST. I here subjoin the program in which I first put forward the idea of a translation of the Sacred Books of the East, and through which I invited the co-operation of Oriental...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Of all living things there are indeed three origins only 4, that which springs from an egg (oviparous), that which springs from a living being (viviparous), and that which springs from a germ. 2. 'That Being 5 (i. e...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 5, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 243 FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let the women who are with child move away 1! 2. Verily, from the beginning he (the self) is in man as a germ, which is called seed. 3. This (seed), which is strength gathered from all the limbs...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 64 NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Thus he reached the house of his teacher. The teacher said to him: 'Satyakma.' He replied: 'Sir.' 2. The teacher said: 'Friend, you shine like one who knows Brahman. Who then has taught you 1?' He replied: 'Not men...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. Then the Devas carried him (the breath) forth, and being carried forth, he was stretched out, and when people said, 'He was stretched out,' then it was in the morning; when they said, 'He is gone to rest,' then it w...
Talavakara Or Kena Upanishad. Khanda Iii : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. Brahman obtained the victory for the Devas. The Devas became elated by the victory of Brahman, p. 150 and they thought, this victory is ours only, this greatness is ours only. 2. Brahman perceived this and appeared...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 18 TENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. When the Kurus had been destroyed by (hail) stones 1, Ushasti "K"krya"n"a lived as a beggar with his virgin 2 wife at Ibhyagrma. 2. Seeing a chief eating beans, he begged of him. The chief said: 'I have no more...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Thus he who desires the world 3 of the fathers, by his mere will the fathers come to receive him, and having obtained the world of the fathers, he is happy. 2. 'And he who desires the world of the mothers, by his mere...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 7, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH ADHYYA 2. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. My speech rests in the mind, my mind rests in speech 3. Appear to me (thou, the Highest Self)! You (speech and mind) are the two pins 4 (that hold the wheels) of the Veda. May what I have learnt not...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. This (nishkevalya-"s"astra) becomes perfect as a thousand of B"ri"hat verses. 2. Some teachers (belonging to a different Skh) recognise a thousand of different metres (not of B"ri"hats only). They say: 'Is another...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 49 FIFTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. The chest which has the sky for its circumference and the earth for its bottom, does not decay, for the quarters are its sides, and heaven its lid above. That chest is a treasury, and all things are within it...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 6, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 245 SIXTH ADHYYA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let the women go back to their place. 2. Who is he whom 1 we meditate on as the Self? Which 2 is the Self? 3. That by which we see (form), that by which we hear (sound), that by which we perceive...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 1, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. Rv. I, 2, 1-3. Vyav yhi dar"s"ateme som ara"m" k"ri"t"h", 'Approach, O Vyu, conspicuous, these Somas have been made ready.' Because the word ready occurs in these verses, therefore is this day (of the sacrifice) ready...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sman, which is greater than great, as the pr"n"as (senses). The hikra is smell 1 (nose), the prastva speech (tongue), the udgtha sight (eye), the pratihra hearing (ear), the nidh...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 120 FIFTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Spirit 1 (pr"n"a) is better than hope. As the spokes of a wheel hold to the nave 2, so does all this (beginning with names and ending in hope) hold to spirit. That spirit moves by the spirit, it gives spirit...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 87 FOURTEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Then he said to Indradyumna Bhllaveya: 'O Vaiyghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Air only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vai"s"vnara Self, called...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 2, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Some say: 'Let the swing be one ell (aratni) above the ground, for by that measure verily the Svarga worlds are measured.' That is not to be regarded. 2. Others say: 'Let it be one span (prde"s"a), for by that measure...
Aitareya Aranyaka. I, 3, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. He begins with: 'That indeed was the oldest in the worlds 2;'--for that (the Brahman) is verily the oldest in the worlds. 2. 'Whence was born the fierce one, endowed with brilliant force;'--for from it was born...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH PRAP"TH"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. There lived once upon a time "G"na"s"ruti Pautrya"n"a (the great-grandson of "G"ana"s"ruta), who was a pious giver, bestowing much wealth upon the p. 56 people, and always keeping open house. He...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The bull of the herd (meant for Vyu) said to him: 'Satyakma!' He replied: 'Sir!' The bull said: 'We have become a thousand, lead us to the house of the teacher; 2. 'And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.'...
Introduction To The Upanishads. I. The Khandogy : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. lxxxvi I. THE "KH"NDOGYA-UPANISHAD. THE "Kh"ndogya-upanishad belongs to the Sma-veda. Together with the B"ri"had-ra"n"yaka, which belongs to the Ya"g"ur-veda, it has contributed the most important materials to what may be called...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sman as rain. The hikra is wind (that brings the rain); the prastva is, 'the cloud is come;' the udgtha is, 'it rains;' the pratihra, 'it flashes, it thunders;' 2. The nidhana is, 'it...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vii, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], ELEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'Fire (te"g"as) is better than water. For fire united with air, warms the ether. Then people say, It is hot, it burns, it will rain. Thus does fire, after showing this sign (itself) first, create water. And p. 118...
Khandogya Upanishad. V, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 80 TENTH KHA"N"D"A. 'Those who know this 1 (even though they still be g"ri"hasthas, householders) and those who in the forest follow faith and austerities (the vnaprasthas, and of the parivr"g"akas those who do not yet know the Highest...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 19 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINETEENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. ditya (the sun 1) is Brahman, this is the doctrine, and this is the fuller account of it:-- In the beginning this was non-existent 2. It became p. 55 existent, it grew. It turned into an egg 1. The egg lay...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. That man (conceived as uktha) is the sea, rising beyond the whole world 1. Whatever he reaches, he wishes to go beyond 2. If he reaches the sky, he wishes to go beyond. 2. If he should reach that (heavenly) world, he...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 20 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTIETH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The hikra is fire, the prastva air, the udgtha the sun, the pratihra the stars, the nidhana the moon. That is the R"g"ana Sman, as interwoven in the deities. 2. He who thus knows the R"g"ana, as interwoven...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 2, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. While Vi"s"vmitra was going to repeat the hymns of this day (the mahvrata), Indra sat down near him 4. Vi"s"vmitra (guessing that Indra wanted food) said to him, 'This (the verses of the hymn) is food,' and repeated...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. For that heart there are five gates belonging to the Devas (the senses). The eastern gate is the Pr"n"a (up-breathing), that is the eye, that is ditya (the sun). Let a man meditate on that as brightness (glory...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Let a man meditate on the sevenfold Sman as the sun. The sun is Sman, because he is always the same (sama); he is Sman because he is the same, everybody thinking he looks towards me, he looks towards me 2. 2. Let him...
Khandogya Upanishad. Viii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. That Self is a bank 2, a boundary, so that these worlds may not be confounded. Day and night do not pass that bank, nor old age, death, and grief; neither good nor evil deeds. All evil-doers turn back from it...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. 'The earth (food) when eaten becomes threefold; its grossest portion becomes feces, its middle portion flesh, its subtilest portion mind. 2. 'Water when drunk becomes threefold; its grossest portion becomes water, its...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 205 THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next follows the origin of seed. The seed of Pra"g"pati are the Devas (gods). The seed of the Devas is rain. The seed of rain are herbs. The seed of herbs is food. The seed of food is seed. The seed of seed are...
Transliteration Of Oriental Alphabets : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. xlviii TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS. The system of transcribing Oriental words with Roman types, adopted by the translators of the Sacred Books of the East, is, on the whole, the same which I first laid down in my Proposals...
Khandogya Upanishad. I, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Now follows the udgtha of the dogs. Vaka Dlbhya, or, as he was also called, Glva Maitreya, went out to repeat the Veda (in a quiet place). 2. A white (dog) appeared before him, and other dogs gathering round him, said...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 1, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. Next follow the powers of that Person 1. 2. By his speech earth and fire were created. p. 211 [paragraph continues] Herbs are produced on the earth, and Agni (fire) makes them ripe and sweet. 'Take this, take this,'...
Khandogya Upanishad. Vi, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 92 SIXTH PRAP"TH"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Hari"h", Om. There lived once "S"vetaketu ru"n"eya (the grandson of Aru"n"a). To him his father (Uddlaka, the son of Aru"n"a) said: '"S"vetaketu, go to school; for there is none belonging to our...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 4, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD KHA"N"D"A. 1. He thought: 'There are these worlds and the guardians of the worlds. Let me send forth food for them.' (1) He brooded over the water 1. From the water thus brooded on, matter 2 (mrti) was born. And that matter which w...
Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 24 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWENTY-FOURTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. The teachers of Brahman (Veda) declare, as the Prta"h"-savana (morning-oblation) belongs to the Vasus, the Mdhyandina-savana (noon-libation) to p. 36 the Rudras, the third Savana (evening-libation) to the dity...
Khandogya Upanishad. Iii, 17 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTEENTH KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. When a man (who is the sacrificer) hungers, thirsts, and abstains from pleasures, that is the Dksh (initiatory rite). 2. When a man eats, drinks, and enjoys pleasures, he does it with the Upasad...
Aitareya Aranyaka. Ii, 3, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH KHA"N"D"A. 1. This (nishkevalya-"s"astra) becomes perfect as a thousand of B"ri"hats. It is glory (the glorious Brahman, not the absolute Brahman), it is Indra. Indra is the lord of all beings. He who thus knows Indra as the lord...