Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 2.1.18
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 2.1.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.18
sa yatraitatsvapnyayā carati te hāsya lokāstaduteva mahārājo bhavatyuteva mahābrāhmaṇa utevoccāvacaṃ nigacchati sa yathā mahārājo jānapadāngṛhītvā sve janapade yathākāmaṃ parivartetaivamevaiṣa etatprāṇāngṛhītvā sveśarīre yathākāmaṃ parivartate
But when he moves about in sleep (and dream), then these are his worlds. He is, as it were, a great king; he is, as it were, a great Brâhmana; he rises, as it were, and he falls. And as a great king might keep in his own subjects, and move about, according to his pleasure, within his own domain, thus does that person (who is endowed with intelligence) keep in the various senses (prânas) and move about, according to his pleasure, within his own body (while dreaming).
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 (4)
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English