Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.5.22
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.5.22
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1.5.22
athādhidaivataṃ jvaliṣyāmyevāhamityagnirdadhre tapsyāmyahamityādityo bhāsyāmyahamiti candramā evamanyā devatā yathādaivatam̐ sa yathaiṣāṃ prāṇānāṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇa evametāsāṃ devatānāṃ vāyurnimlocanti hyanyā devatā na vāyuḥ saiṣānastamitā devatā yadvāyuḥ
Now with reference to the gods: Fire took a vow, 'I will go on burning.' The sun: 'I will give heat.' The moon: 'I will shine.' And so did the other gods according to their functions. As is the vital force in the body among these organs, so is Vāyu (air) among these gods. Other gods sink, but not air. Air is the deity that never sets.
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
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Linked texts (8)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Mantrapuṣpa — Sanskrit
- Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Vedāntasamanvaya — Gurugovinda Rāya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Indian Philosophy — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
- The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary — Deussen & Johnston 1883, English