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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.1.1

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.1.1

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1.1.1

bṛhadāranyakopaniṣat — pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate — śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ — uṣā vā aśvasya medhyasya śiraḥ | sūryaścakṣurvātaḥ prāṇo vyāttamagnirvaiśvānaraḥ saṃvatsara ātmāśvasya medhyasya | dyauḥ pṛṣṭhamantarikṣamudaraṃ pṛthivī pājasyaṃ diśaḥ pārśve avāntaradiśaḥ parśava ṛtavo'ṅgāni māsāścārdhamāsāśca parvāṇyahorātrāṇi pratiṣṭhā nakṣatrāṇyasthīni nabho mām̐sāni | ūvadhyam̐ sikatāḥ sindhavo gudā yakṛcca klomānaśca parvatā oṣadhayaśca vanaspatayaśca lomānyudyanpūrvārdho nimlocañjaghanārdho yadvijṛmbhate tadvidyotate yadvidhūnute tatstanayati yanmehati tadvarṣati vāgevāsya vāk

Om. That (Brahman) is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite. The infinite proceeds from the infinite. (Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe), it remains as the infinite (Brahman) alone.

Om Peace! Peace! Peace!

Om. The head of the sacrificial horse is the dawn, its eye the sun, its vital forcefootnote{Represented by the breath.} the air, its open mouth the fire called Vaishwânara, and the body of the sacrificial horse is the year. Its back is heaven, its belly the sky, its hoof the earth, its sides the four quarters, its ribs the intermediate quarters, its members the seasons, its joints the months and fortnights; its feet the days and nights, its bones the stars and its flesh the clouds. Its half-digested food is the sand, its blood-vessels the rivers, its liver and spleen the mountains, its hairs the herbs and trees. Its forepart is the ascending sun, its hind part the descending sun, its yawning is lightning, its shaking the body is thundering, its making water is raining, and its neighing is voice.

Swami Madhavananda 1934, The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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