Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.5.20
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.5.20
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- Sanskrit
1.5.20
atścainaṃ candramasaśca daivaḥ prāṇa āviśati sa vai daivaḥ prāṇo yaḥ saṃcaram̐ścāsaṃcaram̐śca na vyathate'tho na riṣyati sa evaṃvitsarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmātmā bhavati yathaiṣā devataivam̐ sa yathaitāṃ devatām̐ sarvāṇi bhūtānyavantyevam̐ haivaṃvidam̐ sarvāṇi bhūtānyavanti | yadu kiṃcemāḥ prajāḥ śocantyamaivāsāṃ tadbhavati puṇyamevāmuṃ gacchati na ha vai devān pāpaṃ gacchati
The divine vital force from water and the moon permeates him. That is the divine vital force which, when it moves or does not move, feels no pain nor is injured. He who knows as above becomes the self of all beings. As is this deity (Hiraṇyagarbha), so is he. As all beings take care of this deity, so do they take care of him. Howsoever these beings may grieve, that grief of theirs is connected with them. But only merit goes to him. No demerit ever goes to the gods.
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
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Religions of India — Hopkins 1895, English