Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 2.2.1
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 2.2.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.2.1
yo ha vai śiśum̐ sādhānam̐ sapratyādhānam̐ sasthūṇam̐ sadāmaṃ veda sapta hadviṣato bhrātṛvyānavaruṇaddhi | ayaṃ vāva śiśuryo'yaṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇastasyedamevādhānamidaṃ pratyādhānaṃ prāṇaḥ sthūṇānnaṃ dāma
Verily he who knows the babe with his place, his chamber, his post, and his rope, he keeps off the seven relatives who hate him. Verily by the young is meant the inner life, by his place this (body), by his chamber this (head), by his post the vital breath, by his rope the food.
Translations (1)
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (7)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, 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
Linked texts (1)
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English