Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH ANUVKA. 1. There is the ether within the heart, and in it there is the Person (purusha) consisting of mind, immortal, golden. Between the two palates there hangs the uvula, like a nipple--that is the starting-point of Indra (the lord)...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 50 SEVENTH ANUVKA. 1. 'The earth, the sky, heaven, the four quarters, and the intermediate quarters,'--'Agni (fire), Vyu (air), ditya (sun), "K"andramas (moon), and the stars,'--'Water, herbs, trees, ether, the universal Self (vir"g")...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. Then Bhu"g"yu Lhyyani asked. 'Y"g"avalkya,' he said, 'we wandered about as students 3, and came to the house of Pata"k"ala Kpya. He had a daughter who was possessed by a Gandharva. We asked him, 'Who art thou?' and he...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 189 FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. That (the invisible Brahman) is full, this (the visible Brahman) is full} 2. This full (visible Brahman) proceeds from that full (invisible Brahman). On grasping the fulness of this full (visible...
Mundaka Upanishad. Iii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. He (the knower of the Self) knows that highest home of Brahman 2, in which all is contained and shines brightly. The wise who, without desiring happiness, worship that Person 3, transcend this seed, (they are not born...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], ELEVENTH ANUVKA. 1. After having taught the Veda, the teacher instructs the pupil: 'Say what is true! Do thy duty! Do not neglect the study of the Veda! After having brought to thy teacher his proper reward, do not cut off the line...
Katha Upanishad. Ii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 15 SECOND ADHYYA. FOURTH VALL. 1. Death said: 'The Self-existent pierced the openings (of the senses) so that they turn forward: therefore man looks forward, not backward into himself. Some wise man, however, with his eyes closed...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 193 EIGHTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. Let him meditate on speech as a cow. Her four udders are the words Svh, Vasha"t", Hanta, and Svadh 1. The gods live on two of her udders, the Svh and the Vasha"t", men on the Hanta, the fathers on the Svadh...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH ANUVKA. 'In the beginning this was non-existent (not yet defined by form and name). From it was born what exists. That made itself its Self, therefore it is called the Self-made 3.' That which is Self-made is a flavour 4 (can be...
Prasna Upanishad. Third Question : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD QUESTION. 1. Then Kausalya "s"valyana asked: 'Sir, whence is that Pr"n"a (spirit) born? How does it come into this body? And how does it abide, after it has divided itself? How does it go out? How does it support what is without 4...
Svetasvatara Upanishad. Adhyaya Iii : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 244 THIRD ADHYYA 1. 1. The snarer 2 who rules alone by his powers, who rules all the worlds by his powers, who is one and the same, while things arise and exist 3,--they who know this are immortal. 2. For there is one Rudra only, they do...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 56 THIRD ANUVKA. 'The Devas breathe after breath (pr"n"a), so do men and cattle. Breath is the life of beings, therefore it is called sarvyusha (all-enlivening).' They who worship breath as Brahman, obtain the full life. For breath is...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. In the beginning this (world) was water. Water produced the true 1, and the true is 'Brahman. Brahman produced Pra"g"pati 2, Pra"g"pati the Devas (gods). The Devas adore the true (satyam) alone. This satyam consists...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 132 SEVENTH BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. Then Uddlaka runi 2 asked. 'Y"g"avalkya,' he said, 'we dwelt among the Madras in the houses of Pata"k"ala Kpya, studying the sacrifice. His wife was possessed of a Gandharva, and we asked him: "Who art thou?"...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD ANUVKA. 1. May glory come to both of us (teacher and pupil) together! May Vedic light belong to both of us! Now let us explain the Upanishad (the secret meaning) of the union (sa"m"hit) 2, under five heads, with regard to the worlds...
Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad. Fourth Prapathaka : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH PRAP"TH"AKA. 1. The Vlakhilyas, whose passions were subdued, approached him full of amazement and said: 'O Saint, we bow before thee; teach thou, for thou art the way, and there is no other for us. What process is there...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND ANUVKA. 'From food 2 are produced all creatures which dwell on earth. Then they live by food, and in the end they return to food. For food is the oldest of all beings, and therefore it is called panacea (sarvaushadha, i.e. consisting...
Katha Upanishad. Ii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 18 FIFTH VALL. 1. 'There is a town with eleven 1 gates belonging to the Unborn (Brahman), whose thoughts are never crooked. He who approaches it, grieves no more, and liberated (from all bonds of ignorance) becomes free. This is that.' 2...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. Agni Vai"s"vnara, is the fire within man by which the food that is eaten is cooked, i.e. digested. Its noise is that which one hears, if one covers one's ears. When he is on the point of departing this life, he does not...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH ANUVKA. 'He who knows the Brahman as non-existing, becomes himself non-existing. He who knows the Brahman as existing, him we know himself as existing.' The embodied Self of this (bliss) is the same as that of the former...
Introduction. Iv. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], IV. THE BRIHADRA"N"YAKA-UPANISHAD. THIS Upanishad has been so often edited and discussed that it calls for no special remarks. It forms part of the Satapatha-brhma"n"a. In the Mdhyandina-"s"kh of that Brhma"n"a, which has been edited by...
Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad. Third Prapathaka : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD PRAP"TH"AKA. 1. The Vlakhilyas said to Pra"g"pati Kratu: 'O Saint, if thou thus showest the greatness of that Self, then who is that other different one, also called Self 4, who really overcome by bright and dark fruits of acti...
Introduction. Vii. Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], VII. MAITRYANA-BRHMANA-UPANISHAD. IN the case of this Upanishad we must first of all attempt to settle its right title. Professor Cowell, in his edition and translation of it, calls it Maitri or Maitrya"n"ya-upanishad, and states that it...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 121 THIRD ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A 1. Adoration to the Highest Self (Paramtman)! 1. "G"anaka Vaideha (the king of the Videhas) sacrificed with a sacrifice at which many presents were offered to the priests of (the A"s"vamedha). Brhma"n"...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Vi, 4. Hume Translation : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], NOTE BY REDACTOR For reasons of Victorian modesty, Mller left certain aspects of the Brihadranyaka Upanishad, VI, 4, untranslated. This is because this particular Brhmana has passages which discuss aspects of Vedic era sex magic. To fill...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH ANUVKA. 1. Bh, Bhuvas, Suvas 4, these are the three sacred interjections (vyh"ri"ti). Mh"k"amasya taught a fourth, viz. Mahas, which is Brahman, which is the Self. The others (devats) are its members. Bh is this world, Bhuvas is...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. I, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. 'When the father (of creation) had produced by knowledge and penance (work) the seven kinds of food, one of his (foods) was common to all beings, two he assigned to the Devas, (1) 'Three he made for himself, one he...
Svetasvatara Upanishad. Adhyaya Iv : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 249 FOURTH ADHYYA. 1. He, the sun, without any colour, who with set purpose 1 by means of his power ("s"akti) produces endless colours 2, in whom all this comes together in the beginning, and comes asunder in the end--may he, the god...
Mundaka Upanishad. Ii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 34 SECOND MU"N"D"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. This is the truth. As from a blazing fire sparks, being like unto fire 1, fly forth a thousandfold, thus are various beings brought forth from the Imperishable, my friend, and return thither also...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 1. Pra"g"pati is the heart, is this Brahman, is all this. The heart, h"ri"daya, consists of three syllables. One syllable is h"ri", and to him who knows this, his own people and others bring offerings 1. One syllable is d...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH BRHMANA. 1. They say that lightning is Brahman, because lightning (vidyut) is called so from cutting off (vidnt) 3. Whosoever knows this, that lightning is Brahman, him (that Brahman) cuts off from evil, for lightning indeed is...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH ANUVKA. (1) 'From terror of it (Brahman) the wind blows, from terror the sun rises; from terror of it Agni and Indra, yea Death runs as the fifth 3.' Now this is an examination of (what is meant by) Bliss (nanda): Let there be...
Prasna Upanishad. Fourth Question : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 279 FOURTH QUESTION. 1. Then Sauryya"n"in Grgya asked: 'Sir, What are they that sleep in this man, and what are they that are awake in him? What power (deva) is it that sees dreams? Whose is the happiness? On what do all these depend?' 2...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. I, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 B"RI"HADRA"N"YAKA-UPANISHAD. FIRST ADHYYA 1. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 1. Verily 2 the dawn is the head of the horse which is fit for sacrifice, the sun its eye, the wind its breath, the mouth the Vai"s"vnara 3 fire, the year...
Introduction. Vi. Prasna Upanishad : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], VI. PRA"S"A-UPANISHAD. THIS Upanishad is called the Pra"s"a or Sha"t"-pra"s"a-upanishad, and at the end of a chapter we find occasionally iti pra"s"aprativa"k"anam, i.e. thus ends the answer to the question. It is ascribed...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 TAITTIRYAKA-UPANISHAD. FIRST VALL, OR, THE CHAPTER ON "S"KSH (PRONUNCIATION). FIRST ANUVKA 1. 1. HARI"H", OM! May Mitra be propitious to us, and Varu"n"a, Aryaman also, Indra, B"ri"haspati, and the wide-striding Vish"n"u 2...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. Then Kahola Kaushtakeya asked. 'Y"g"avalkya, 'he said, 'tell me the Brahman which is visible, not invisible, the Self (tman), who is within all.' Y"g"avalkya replied: 'This, thy Self, who is within all.' 'Which Self, O...
Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad. Sixth Prapathaka : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 305 SIXTH PRAP"TH"AKA 1. 1. He (the Self) bears the Self in two ways 2, as he who is Pr"n"a (breath), and as he who is ditya (the sun). Therefore there are two paths for him 3, within and without, and they both turn back in a day...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 51 NINTH ANUVKA 1. 1. (What is necessary?) The night, and learning and practising the Veda. The true, and learning and practising the Veda. Penance, and learning and practising the Veda. Restraint, and learning and practising the Ved...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH ANUVKA 1. 'He who knows the bliss of that Brahman, from whence all speech, with the mind, turns away unable to reach it, he never fears! The embodied Self of this (consisting of mind) is the same as that of the former (consisting...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. Then Vidagdha "S"kalya asked him 2: 'How many gods are there, O Y"g"avalkya?' He replied with this very Nivid 3: 'As many as are mentioned in the Nivid of the hymn of praise addressed to the Vi"s"vedevas, viz. three...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Vi, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 224b FIFTH BRHMANA. 1. Now follows the stem 1: 1. Pautimshputra from Ktyyanputra, p. 225 2. Ktyyanputra from Gotamputra, 3. Gotamputra from Bhradv"g"putra, 4. Bhradv"g"putra from Pr"s"arputra, 5. Pr"s"arputra from Aupasvatputra, 6...
Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad. Second Prapathaka : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND PRAPTHAKA. 1. Then the Saint "S"kyanya, well pleased, said to the King: 'Great King B"ri"hadratha, thou banner of the race of Ikshvku, quickly obtaining a knowledge of Self, thou art happy, and art renowned by the name of Marut...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH ANUVKA. He perceived that mind (manas) is Brahman, for from mind these beings are born; by mind, when born, they live; into mind they enter at their death. Having perceived this, he went again to his father Varu"n"a, saying: 'Sir...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Vi, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 201 SIXTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMANA 1. 1. Hari"h", Om. He who knows the first and the best, becomes himself the first and the best among his people. Breath is indeed the first and the best. He who knows this, becomes the first and the best...
Katha Upanishad. I, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 12 THIRD VALL 1. 'There are the two 1, drinking their reward in the world of their own works, entered into the cave (of the heart), dwelling on the highest summit (the ether in the heart). Those who know Brahman call them shade...
Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad. Fifth Prapathaka : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 303 FIFTH PRAP"TH"AKA 1. 1. Next follows Kutsyana's hymn of praise: 'Thou art Brahm, and thou art Vish"n"u, thou art Rudra, thou Pra"g"pati 2, thou art Agni, Varu"n"a, Vyu, thou art Indra, thou the Moon. Thou art Anna 3 (the food...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Ii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. This earth is the honey 3 (madhu, the effect) of all beings, and all beings are the honey (madhu, the effect) of this earth. Likewise this bright, immortal person in this earth, and that bright immortal pers...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iv, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 161 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 1. Y"g"avalkya came to "G"anaka Vaideha, and he did not mean to speak with him 1. But when formerly p. 162 [paragraph continues] "G"anaka Vaideha and Y"g"avalkya had a disputation on the Agnihotra, Y"g"avalkya had...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH ANUVKA. Let him never shun food, that is the rule. Water is food, the light eats the food. The light rests on water, water rests on light. This is the food resting p. 67 on food 1. He who knows this food resting on food, rests...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. Some say that food is Brahman, but this is not so, for food decays without life (pr"n"a). Others say that life (pr"n"a) is Brahman, but this is not so, for life dries up without food. Then these two deities (food...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Ii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 100 SECOND ADHYYA 1. FIRST BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. There 3 was formerly the proud Grgya Blki 4, a man of great reading. He said to A"g"ta"s"atru of K"s"i, 'Shall I tell you Brahman?' A"g"ta"s"atru said: 'We give a thousand (cows) for that speech...
Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad. First Prapathaka : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 285 p. 286 p. 287 MAITRYA"N"A-BRHMA"N"A-UPANISHAD FIRST PRAPTHAKA. 1. The laying of the formerly-described sacrificial fires 1 is indeed the sacrifice of Brahman. Therefore let the sacrificer, after he has laid those fires, meditate...
Svetasvatara Upanishad. Adhyaya V : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 255 FIFTH ADHYYA. 1. In the imperishable and infinite Highest Brahman 1, wherein the two, knowledge and ignorance, are hidden 2, the one, ignorance, perishes 3, the other, knowledge, is immortal; but he who controls both, knowledge...
Mundaka Upanishad. I, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 30 SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. This is the truth 1: the sacrificial works which they (the poets) saw in the hymns (of the Veda) have been performed in many ways in the Tret age 2. Practise 3 them diligently, ye lovers of truth, this is your...
Introduction. I. The Katha Upanishad : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. xxi I. THE KA"TH"A-UPANISHAD. THE Ka"th"a-upanishad is probably more widely known than any other Upanishad. It formed part of the Persian translation, was rendered into English by Rmmohun Roy, and has since been frequently quoted by...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND ANUVKA. He perceived that food is Brahman, for from food these beings are produced; by food, when born, they live; and into food they enter at their death. Having perceived this, he went again to his father Varu"n"a, saying: 'Sir...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Vi, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRD BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. If a man wishes to reach greatness (wealth for performing sacrifices), he performs the upasad rule during twelve days 3 (i. e. he lives on small quantities of milk), beginning on an auspicious day of the light half...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH ANUVKA. He perceived that bliss is Brahman, for from bliss these beings are born; by bliss, when born, they live; into bliss they enter at their death. This is the knowledge of Bh"ri"gu and Varu"n"a 1, exalted in the highest heaven...
Katha Upanishad. I, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 1 KA"TH"A-UPANISHAD. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST VALL 1. V"G"A"S"RAVASA 1, desirous (of heavenly rewards), surrendered (at a sacrifice) all that he possessed. He had a son of the name of Na"k"iketas. 2. When the (promised) presents were being...
Maitrayana Brahmana Upanishad. Seventh Prapathaka : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH PRAPTHAKA. 1. Agni, the Gyatra (metre), the Triv"ri"t (hymn), the Rathantara (song), the spring, the upward breath (pr"n"a), the Nakshatras, the Vasus (deities)--these rise in the East; they warm, they rain, they praise 1 p. 339...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iv, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 152 FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 1. When "G"anaka Vaideha was sitting (to give audience), Y"g"avalkya approached, and "G"anaka Vaideha said: 'Y"g"avalkya, for what object did you come, wishing for cattle, or for subtle questions 1?'...
Introduction. Ii. The Mundaka Upanishad : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. xxvi II. THE MU"N"D"AKA-UPANISHAD. THIS is an Upanishad of the Atharva-veda. It is a Mantra-upanishad, i.e. it has the form of a Mantra. But, as the commentators observe, though it is written in verse, it is not, like other Mantr...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 14 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 196 FOURTEENTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. The words Bhmi (earth), Antariksha (sky), and Dyu 1 (heaven) form eight syllables. One foot of the Gyatr consists of eight syllables. This (one foot) of it is that (i. e. the three worlds). And he who thus...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Ii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 107 THIRD BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. There are two forms of Brahman, the material and the immaterial, the mortal and the immortal, the solid and the fluid, sat (being) and tya (that), (i.e. sat-tya, true) 2. 2. Everything except air and sky is...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], TENTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. When the person goes away from this world, he comes to the wind. Then the wind makes room for him, like the hole of a carriage wheel, and through it he mounts higher. He comes to the sun. Then the sun makes room for him...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iv, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH BRHMANA 2. 1. Y"g"avalkya had two wives, Maitrey and Ktyyan. Of these Maitrey was conversant with Brahman, but Ktyyan possessed such knowledge only as women possess. And Y"g"avalkya, when he wished to get ready for another state...
Introduction. Iii. The Taittiriyaka Upanishad : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], III. THE TAITTIRYAKA-UPANISHAD. THE Taittiryaka-upanishad seems to have had its original place in the Taittirya-ra"n"yaka. This ra"n"yaka consists, as Rajendralal Mitra has shown in the Introduction to his edition of the work...
Prasna Upanishad. First Question : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 268 p. 269 p. 270 p. 271 PRAS"A-UPANISHAD. FIRST QUESTION. Adoration to the Highest Self! Hari"h", Om! 1. Suke"s"as 1 Bhradv"g"a 2, and "S"aivya Satyakma, and Sauryya"n"in 3 Grgya, and Kausalya 4 "s"valyana, and Bhrgava Vaidarbhi 5...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Vi, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND BRHMA"N"A 3. 1. "S"vetaketu ru"n"eya went to the settlement of the Pa"k"las. He came near to Pravha"n"a "G"aivali 4, who was walking about (surrounded by his men). As soon as he (the king) saw him, he said: 'My boy!' "S"vetaketu...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 7 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SEVENTH ANUVKA. Let him never abuse food, that is the rule. Breath is food 2, the body eats the food. The body rests on breath, breath rests on the body. This is the food resting on food. He who knows this food resting on food 3, rests...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 3 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 65 THIRD ANUVKA. He perceived that breath 1 is Brahman, for from breath these beings are born; by breath, when born, they live; into breath they enter at their death. Having perceived this, he went again to his father Varu"n"a, saying:...
Untitled : * Title Page Contents INTRODUCTION Introduction I: The Katha-Upanishad II: The Mundaka-Upanishad III: The Taittiryaka-Upanishad IV: The Brihadranyaka-Upanishad V: The Svetsvatara-Upanishad VI: Prasa-Upanishad VII: Maitryana-Brhmana-Upanishad KATHA-UPANISHAD I, 1 I, 2 I, 3 II, 4 II, 5 II, 6 MUNDAK...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], TENTH ANUVKA. 1. Let him never turn away (a stranger) from his house, that is the rule. Therefore a man should by all means acquire much food, for (good) people say (to the stranger): 'There is food ready for him.' If he gives food amply...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iv, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. Y"g"avalkya continued: 'Now when that Self, having sunk into weakness 3, sinks, as it were, into p. 174 unconsciousness, then gather those senses (pr"n"as) around him, and he, taking with him those elements of light...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Ii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. Verily he who knows the babe 3 with his place 4, his chamber 5, his post 6, and his rope 7, he keeps off the seven relatives 8 who hate him. Verily by the young is meant the inner life, by his place this (body) 9, by...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 11 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 194 ELEVENTH BRHMA"N"A. This is indeed the highest penance, if a man, laid up with sickness, suffers pain 1. He who knows this, conquers the highest world. This is indeed the highest penance, if they carry a dead person into the forest 2...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Ii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 118 SIXTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. Now follows the stem 1: 1. Pautimshya from Gaupavana, 2. Gaupavana from Pautimshya, 3. Pautimshya from Gaupavana, 4. Gaupavana from Kau"s"ika, 5. Kau"s"ika from Kau"n"d"inya, 6. Kau"n"d"inya from S"n"d"ilya, 7...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 15 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTEENTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. 2The face of the True (the Brahman) is covered with a golden disk 3. Open that, O Pshan 4, that we may see the nature of the True 5. 2. O Pshan, only seer, Yama (judge), Srya (sun), son of Pra"g"pati 6, spread thy...
Introduction. V. The Svetasvatara Upanishad : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], V. THE "S"VET"S"VATARA-UPANISHAD. THE "S"vet"s"vatara-upanishad has been handed down as one of the thirty-three Upanishads of the Taittiryas, and though this has been doubted, no real argument has ever been brought forward to invalidate...
Katha Upanishad. I, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 8 SECOND VALL 1. Death said: 'The good is one thing, the pleasant another; these two, having different objects, chain a man. It is well with him who clings to the good; he who chooses the pleasant, misses his end.' 2. 'The good...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH ANUVKA. He perceived that understanding (vi"g"na) was Brahman, for from understanding these beings are born; by understanding, when born, they live; into understanding they enter at their death. Having perceived this, he went ag...
Svetasvatara Upanishad. Adhyaya Vi : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 260 SIXTH ADHYYA. 1 1. Some wise men, deluded, speak of Nature, and others of Time (as the cause of everything 2); but it is the greatness of God by which this Brahma-wheel is made to turn. 2. It is at the command of him who always...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Vi, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. The earth is the essence of all these things, water is the essence of the earth, plants of water, flowers of plants, fruits of flowers, man of fruits, seed of man. 2. And Pra"g"pati thought, let me make an abode...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 64 THIRD VALL, OR, THE CHAPTER OF BH"RI"GU. Hari"h", Om! May it (the Brahman) protect us both! May it enjoy us both! May we acquire strength together! May our knowledge become bright! May we never quarrel! Peace! peace! peace 1! FIRST...
Mundaka Upanishad. I, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 25 p. 26 p. 27 MU"N"D"AKA-UPANISHAD. FIRST MU"N"D"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. BRAHMA was the first of the Devas, the maker of the universe, the preserver of the world. He told the knowledge of Brahman, the foundation of all knowledge...
Prasna Upanishad. Fifth Question : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH QUESTION. 1. Then "S"aivya Satyakma asked him:--'Sir, if some one among men should meditate here until death on the syllable Om, what would he obtain by it?' 2. He replied: 'O Satyakma, the syllable Om (AUM) is the highest and also...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 13 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THIRTEENTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. Next follows the Uktha 1. Verily, breath (pr"n"a) is Uktha, for breath raises up (utthpayati) all this. From him who knows this, there is raised a wise son, knowing the Uktha; he obtains union and oneness with...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Iii, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], NINTH ANUVKA. Let him acquire much food, that is the rule. Earth is food, the ether eats the food. The ether rests on the earth, the earth rests on the ether. This is the food resting on food. He who knows this food resting on food, rests...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iv, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. Now follows the stem 2: 1. (We) from Pautimshya, 2. Pautimshya, from Gaupavana, 3. Gaupavana from Pautimshya, p. 186 4. Pautimshya from Gaupavana, 5. Gaupavana from Kau"s"ika, 6. Kau"s"ika from Kau"n"d"inya, 7...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iv, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 1. "G"anaka Vaideha, descending from his throne, said: 'I bow to you, O Y"g"avalkya, teach me.' Y"g"avalkya said: 'Your Majesty, as a man who wishes to make a long journey, would furnish himself with a chariot or a ship...
Svetasvatara Upanishad. Adhyaya I : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 228 p. 229 p. 230 p. 231 "S"VET"S"VATARA-UPANISHAD. FIRST ADHYYA. 1. The Brahma-students say: Is Brahman the cause 1? Whence are we born? Whereby do we live, and whither do we go? O ye who know Brahman, (tell us) at whose command we...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Ii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. Now when Y"g"avalkya was going to enter upon another state, he said: 'Maitrey 3, verily I am going away from this my house (into the forest 4). Forsooth, let me make a settlement between thee and that Ktyyan (my other...
Prasna Upanishad. Sixth Question : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH QUESTION. 1. Then Suke"s"as Bhradvga asked him, saying: 'Sir, Hira"n"yanbha, the prince of Kosal 2, came to me and asked this question: Do you know the person of sixteen parts, O Bhradvga? I said to the prince: I do not know him; if I...
Svetasvatara Upanishad. Adhyaya Ii : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 238 SECOND ADHYYA. 1 1. Savit"ri" (the sun), having first collected his mind and expanded his thoughts, brought Agni (fire), when he had discovered his light, above the earth. 2 2. With collected minds we are at the command of the divine...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. Then Ushasta Kkrya"n"a asked. 'Y"g"avalkya,' he said, 'tell me the Brahman which is visible, not invisible 3, the Self (tman), who is within all.' Y"g"avalkya replied: 'This, thy Self, who is within all.' 'Which Self...
Prasna Upanishad. Second Question : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND QUESTION. 1. Then Bhrgava Vaidarbhi asked him: 'Sir, How many gods 1 keep what has thus been created, how many manifest this 2, and who is the best of them?' 2. He replied: 'The ether is that god, the wind, fire, water, earth, speech...
Introduction. Introduction : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. ix INTRODUCTION. THIS second volume completes the translation of the principal Upanishads to which "S"akara appeals in his great commentary on the Vednta-Stras 1, viz.: 1. "Kh"ndogya-upanishad, 2. Talavakra or Kena-upanishad, 3...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. That person, under the form of mind (manas), being light indeed 2, is within the heart, small like a grain of rice or barley. He is the ruler of all, the lord of all--he rules all this, whatsoever exists. FOOTNOTES 192:2...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 9 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 63 NINTH ANUVKA 1. He who knows the bliss of that Brahman, from whence all speech, with the mind, turns away unable to reach it, he fears nothing 2.' He does not distress himself with the thought, Why did I not do what is good? Why did I...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 1. The threefold descendants of Pra"g"pati, gods, men, and Asuras (evil spirits), dwelt as; Brahma"k"rins (students) with their father Pra"g"pati. Having finished their studentship the gods said: 'Tell us (something), Sir...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 12 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], TWELFTH ANUVKA. 1. May Mitra be propitious to us, and Varu"n"a, Aryaman also, Indra, B"ri"haspati, and the wide-striding Vish"n"u! Adoration to Brahman! Adoration to thee, O Vyu! Thou indeed art the visible Brahman. I proclaimed thee alone...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. I, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 85 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. In the beginning this was Self alone, in the shape of a person (purusha). He looking round saw nothing but his Self. He first said, 'This is I;' therefore he became I by name. Therefore even now, if a man is...
Mundaka Upanishad. Iii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 38 THIRD MU"N"D"AKA. FIRST KHA"N"D"A. 1. Two birds, inseparable friends, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit, the other looks on without eating 1. 2. On the same tree man sits grieving, immersed, bewildered by his...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH ANUVKA. 1. May he 1 who is the strong bull of the Vedas, assuming all forms, who has risen from the Vedas, from the Immortal, may that Indra (lord) strengthen me with wisdom! May I, O God, become an upholder of the Immortal! May my...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH BRHMA"N"A 2. 1. Then V"k"aknav 3 said: 'Venerable Brhma"n"as, I shall ask him two questions. If he will answer them, none of you, I think, will defeat him in any argument concerning Brahman.' Y"g"avalkya said: 'Ask, O Grg.' 2. She...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 5 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FIFTH ANUVKA. 'Understanding performs the sacrifice, it performs all sacred acts. All Devas worship understanding as Brahman, as the oldest. If a man knows understanding as Brahman, and if he does not swerve from it, he leaves all evils...
Katha Upanishad. Ii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 21 SIXTH VALL. 1. 'There is that ancient tree 1, whose roots grow upward and whose branches grow downward;--that 2 indeed is called the Bright 3, that is called Brahman, that alone is called the Immortal 4. All worlds are contained in it...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. Ii, 1 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 54 SECOND VALL, OR, THE CHAPTER ON NANDA (BLISS). Hari"h", Om! May it (the Brahman) protect us both (teacher and pupil)! May it enjoy us both! May we acquire strength together! May our knowledge become bright! May we never quarrel! Peace...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 8 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], EIGHTH ANUVKA. 1. Om means Brahman. 2. Om means all this. 3. Om means obedience. When they have been told, 'Om, speak,' they speak. 4. After Om they sing Smans. 5. After Om they recite hymns. 6. After Om the Adhvaryu gives the response. 7...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 46 SECOND ANUVKA. 1. Om 1! Let us explain "S"ksh, the doctrine of pronunciation, viz. letter, accent, quantity, effort (in the formation of letters), modulation, and union of letters (sandhi). This is the lecture on "S"ksh. FOOTNOTES 46...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SIXTH BRHMA"N"A 3. 1. Then Grg V"k"aknav asked. 'Y"g"avalkya,' she said, 'everything here is woven, like warp and woof, in water. What then is that in which water is woven, like warp and woof?' 'In air, O Grg,' he replied. 'In what then is...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. V, 4 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 1. This (heart) indeed is even that, it was indeed the true 2 (Brahman). And whosoever knows this great glorious first-born as the true Brahman, he conquers these worlds, and conquered likewise may that (enemy) be 3! yes...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. I, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND BRHMA"N"A 6. 1. In the beginning there was nothing (to be perceived) p. 75 here whatsoever. By Death indeed all this was concealed,--by hunger; for death is hunger. Death (the first being) thought, 'Let me have a body.' Then he moved...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. I, 6 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 99 SIXTH BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. Verily this is a triad, name, form, and work. Of these names, that which is called Speech is the Uktha (hymn, supposed to mean also origin), for from it all names arise. It is their Sman (song, supposed to me...
Taittiriyaka Upanishad. I, 10 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], TENTH ANUVKA. 1. 'I am he who shakes the tree (i.e. the tree of the world, which has to be cut down by knowledge). 2. My glory is like the top of a mountain. 3. I, whose pure light (of knowledge) has risen high, am that which is truly...
Title Page : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MLLER VOL. XV THE UPANISHADS TRANSLATED BY F. MAX MLLER IN TWO PARTS PART II Oxford, The Clarendon Press [1884] Scanned, proofed and formatted , 1997...
Mundaka Upanishad. Ii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], p. 36 SECOND KHA"N"D"A. 1. Manifest, near, moving in the cave (of the heart) is the great Being. In it everything is centred which ye know as moving, breathing, and blinking, as being and not-being, as adorable, as the best, that is beyond...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Iii, 2 : * "The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15)", by Max Mller, [1879], SECOND BRHMA"N"A 1. 1. Then "G"ratkrava rtabhga 2 asked. 'Y"g"avalkya,' he said, 'how many Grahas are there, and how many Atigrahas 3?' 'Eight Grahas,' he replied,' and eight Atigrahas.' 'And what are these eight Grahas and eight...
