Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 4.26
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 4.26
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.26.1
mano narako vāṅ narakaḥ prāṇo narakaś cakṣur narakaś śrotraṃ narakas tvaṅ narako hastau narako gudaṃ narakaś śiśnaṃ narakaḥ pādau narakaḥ /
Mind is a hell; speech is a hell; breath is a hell; the eye is a hell; the ear is a hell; the skin is a hell; the two hands are a hell; the rectum is a hell; the penis is a hell; the two feet are a hell.
4.26.2
manasā parīkṣyāṇi vedeti veda /
‘With the mind I know things to be investigated’—thus he knows.
4.26.3
vācā rasān vedeti veda /
‘With speech I know tastes’—thus he knows.
4.26.4
prāṇena gandhān vedeti veda /
‘With breath I know odors’—thus he knows.
4.26.5
cakṣuṣā rūpāṇi vedeti veda /
‘With the eye I know forms’—thus he knows.
4.26.6
śrotreṇa śabdān vedeti veda /
‘With the ear I know sounds’—thus he knows.
4.26.7
tvacā saṃsparśān vedeti veda /
‘With the skin I know sensations of touch’—thus he knows.
4.26.8
hastābhyāṃ karmāṇi vedeti veda /
‘With the two hands I know actions’—thus he knows.
4.26.9
udareṇāśanayāṃ vedeti veda /
‘With the belly I know hunger’—thus he knows.
4.26.10
śiśnena rāmān vedeti veda /
‘With the penis I know pleasures’—thus he knows.
4.26.11
pādābhyām adhvano vedeti veda /
‘With the two feet I know paths’—thus he knows.
4.26.12
plakṣasya prāsravaṇasya prādeśamātrād udak tat pṛthivyai madhyam
atha yatraite sapta rṣayas tad divo madhyam /
A span’s length north of Plakṣa Prāsravaṇa: that is the center of the earth.
Now where these Seven Seers are: that is the center of heaven.
4.26.13
atha yatraita ūṣās tat pṛthivyai hṛdayam
atha yad etat kṛṣṇaṃ candramasi tad divo hṛdayam /
Now where these saline tracts are: that is the heart of the earth.
Now that which is dark in the Moon: that is the heart of heaven.
4.26.14
sa ya evam ete dyāvāpṛthivyor madhye ca hṛdaye ca veda nākāmo 'smāl lokāt praiti /
Whoever knows these two centers and two hearts of heaven and earth thus, does not depart from this world unsatisfied.
4.26.15
namo 'tisāmāyaituretāya dhṛtarāṣṭrāya pārthuśravasāya ye ca prāṇaṃ rakṣanti te mā rakṣantu
svasti
karmeti gārhapatyaś śama ity āhavanīyo dama ity anvāhāryapacanaḥ /
ekādaśe 'nuvāke pañcamaḥ khaḥḍaḥ /
ekādaśo 'nuvākas samāptaḥ //
Homage to the transcendent sāman, to Aitureta, to Dhṛtarāṣṭra Pārthuśravasa! And those who guard the breath, let them guard me!
Well-being!
‘Action’—such is the Gārhapatya; ‘quietude’—such is the Āhavanīya; ‘self-restraint’—such is the Anvāhāryapacana.
Fifth khaṇḍa in the eleventh anuvāka.
The eleventh anuvāka is completed.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Discussed in (5)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German
- Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature — Sircar 1967, English
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — Heesterman 1985, English