Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.1.20
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 2.1.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.20
sa yathorṇanābhistantunoccaredyathāgneḥ kṣudrā visphuliṅgā vyuccarantyevamevāsmādātmanaḥ sava auerprāṇāḥ sarve lokāḥ sarve devāḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni vyuccaranti tasyopaniṣatsatyasyasatyamiti prāṇā vai satyaṃ teṣāmeṣa satyam
As a spider moves along the thread (it produces), and as from a fire tiny sparks fly in all directions, so from this Self emanate all organs, all worlds, all gods and all beings. Its secret name (Upanishad) is, ‘The Truth of truth.’ ‘The vital force is truth, and It is the truth of that.
2.1.20.p1
iti dvitīyādhyāye prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam
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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, 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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Discussed in (10)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Indian Philosophy — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — Hopkins 1901, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Deussen & Geden 1899, English
- Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation — Olivelle 1992, English
- The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary — Deussen & Johnston 1883, English
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — Ranade 1926, English
- Outlines of Indian Philosophy — Hiriyanna 1932, English