Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.5.13
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.5.13
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1.5.13
athaitasya prāṇasyāpaḥ śarīraṃ jyotīrūpamasau candrastadyāvāneva prāṇastāvatya āpastāvānasau candrasta ete sarva eva samāḥ sarve'nantāḥ sa yo haitānantavata upāste'ntavantam̐ sa lokaṃ jayatyatha yo haitānanantānupāste'nantam̐ sa lokaṃ jayati
Water is the body of this vital force, and that moon is its luminous organ. And as far as the vital force extends, so far extends water, and so far does that moon. These are all equal, and all infinite. He who meditates upon these as finite wins a finite world, but he who meditates upon these as infinite wins an infinite world.
Translations (3)
- The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Swami Madhavananda 1934, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- The Upanishads — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
Commentaries (10)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text) — Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Mādhyandina — Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttikasāra — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
- Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Deussen & Geden 1899, English