Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.5.9

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.5.9

Language: Sanskrit

1.5.9

yatkiṃca vijijñāsyaṃ manasastadrūpaṃ mano hi vijijñāsyaṃ mana enaṃ tadbhūtvāvati

Whatever it is desirable to know is a form of the mind, for the mind is what it is desirable to know. The mind protects him (who knows this) by becoming that (which it is desirable to know).
Swami Madhavananda 1934, The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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