Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 1.2.5
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.2.5
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- Sanskrit
1.2.5
sa aikṣata yadi vā imamabhimam̐sye kanīyo'nnaṃ kariṣya iti sa tayā vācā tenātmanedam̐ sarvamasṛjata yadidaṃ kiṃcarco yajūm̐ṣi sāmāni cchandām̐si yajñānprajāḥ paśūn | sa yadyadevāsṛjata tattadattumadhriyata sarvaṃ vā attīti tadaditeradititvam̐ sarvasyaitasyāttā bhavati sarvamasyānnaṃ bhavati ya evametadaditeradititvaṃ veda
He thought, 'If I kill him, I shall have but little food.' He therefore brought forth by that speech and by that body (the year) all whatsoever exists, the Rik, the Yagus, the Sâman, the metres, the sacrifices, men, and animals.
And whatever he (Death) brought forth, that he resolved to eat (ad). Verily because he eats everything, therefore is Aditi (Death) called Aditi. He who thus knows why Aditi is called Aditi, becomes an eater of everything, and everything becomes his food.
Translations (1)
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (7)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
Linked texts (7)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttikasāra — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English
- Vājasaneyi bṛhadāraṇyaka — Sanskrit