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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 2.4

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 2.4

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Sanskrit

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2.4.1

maitreyīti hovāca yājñavalkya udyāsyanvā are'hamasmātsthānādasmi hantate'nayā kātyāyanyāntaṃ karavāṇīti

Now when Yâgñavalkya was going to enter upon another state, he said: 'Maitreyî, verily I am going away from this my house (into the forest). Forsooth, let me make a settlement between thee and that Kâtyâyanî (my other wife).'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.2

sā hovāca maitreyī yannu ma iyaṃbhagoḥ sarvā pṛthivī vittena pūrṇā syātkathaṃ tenāmṛtā syāmiti neti hovāca yājñavalkyo yathaivopakaraṇavatāṃ jīvitaṃ tathaiva te jīvitam̐ syādamṛtatvasya tunāśāsti vitteneti

Maitreyî said: 'My Lord, if this whole earth, full of wealth, belonged to me, tell me, should I be immortal by it?'
'No,' replied Yâgñavalkya; 'like the life of rich people will be thy life. But there is no hope of immortality by wealth.'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.3

sā hovāca maitreyī yenāhaṃ nāmṛtā syāṃ kimahaṃ tena kuryāṃ yadeva bhagavānveda tadeva me brūhīti

And Maitreyî said: 'What should I do with that by which I do not become immortal? What my Lord knoweth (of immortality), tell that to me.'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.4

sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥpriyā batāre naḥ satī priyaṃ bhāṣasa ehyāssva vyākhyāsyāmi te vyācakṣāṇasya tu me nididhyāsasveti

Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Thou who art truly dear to me, thou speakest dear words. Come, sit down, I will explain it to thee, and mark well what I say.'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.5

sa hovāca na vā are patyuḥ kāmāya patiḥpriyo bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya patiḥ priyo bhavati | na vā are jāyāyai kāmāyajāyā priyā bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya jāyā priyā bhavati | na vā are putrāṇāṃkāmāya putrāḥ priyā bhavantyātmanastu kāmāya putrāḥ priyā bhavanti | na vā are vittasya kāmāya vittaṃ priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya vittaṃ priyaṃ bhavati | navā are brahmaṇaḥ kāmāya brahma priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya brahma priyaṃ bhavati | na vā are kṣatrasya kāmāya kṣatraṃ priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya kṣatraṃ priyaṃ bhavati | na vā are lokānāṃ kāmāya lokāḥ priyā bhavantyātmanastu kāmāyalokāḥ priyā bhavanti | na vā are devānāṃ kāmāya devāḥ priyā bhavantyātmanastu kāmāya devāḥ priyā bhavanti | na vā are bhūtānāṃ kāmāya bhūtāni priyāṇi bhavantyātmanastu kāmāya bhūtāni priyāṇi bhavanti | na vā are sarvasya kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃbhavati | ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyo mantavyo nididhyāsitavyo maitreyyātmano vā are darśanena śravaṇena matyā vijñānenedam̐ sarvaṃ viditam

And he said: 'Verily, a husband is not dear, that you may love the husband; but that you may love the Self, therefore a husband is dear.
'Verily, a wife is not dear, that you may love the wife; but that you may love the Self, therefore a wife is dear.
'Verily, sons are not dear, that you may love the sons; but that you may love the Self, therefore sons are dear.
'Verily, wealth is not dear, that you may love wealth; but that you may love the Self, therefore wealth is dear.
'Verily, the Brahman-class is not dear, that you may love the Brahman-class; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Brahman-class is dear.
'Verily, the Kshatra-class is not dear, that you may love the Kshatra-class; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Kshatra-class is dear.
'Verily, the worlds are not dear, that you may love the worlds; but that you may love the Self, therefore the worlds are dear.
'Verily, the Devas are not dear, that you may love the Devas; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Devas are dear.
'Verily, creatures are not dear, that you may love the creatures; but that you may love the Self, therefore are creatures dear.
'Verily, everything is not dear that you may love everything; but that you may love the Self, therefore everything is dear.
'Verily, the Self is to be seen, to be heard, to be perceived, to be marked, O Maitreyî! When we see, hear, perceive, and know the Self, then all this is known.

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.6

brahma taṃ parādādyo'nyatrātmano brahma veda kṣatraṃ taṃ parādādyo'nyatrātmanaḥ kṣatraṃ veda lokāstaṃ parāduryo'nyatrātmano lokānveda devāstaṃparāduryo'nyatrātmano devānveda bhūtāni taṃ parāduryo'nyatrātmano bhūtāni veda sarvaṃ taṃ parādādyo'nyatrātmanaḥ sarvaṃ vededaṃ brahmedaṃ kṣatramime lokā ime devā imāni bhūtānīdam̐ sarvaṃ yadayamātmā

'Whosoever looks for the Brahman-class elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Brahman-class. Whosoever looks for the Kshatra-class elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Kshatra-class. Whosoever looks for the worlds elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the worlds. Whosoever looks for the Devas elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Devas. Whosoever looks for creatures elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the creatures. Whosoever looks for anything elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by everything. This Brahman-class, this Kshatra-class, these worlds, these Devas, these creatures, this everything, all is that Self.

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.7

sa yathā dundubherhanyamānasya nabāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyādgrahaṇāya dundubhestu grahaṇena dundubhyāghātasya vā śabdogṛhītaḥ

'Now as the sounds of a drum, when beaten, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the drum is seized or the beater of the drum;

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.8

sa yathā śaṅkhasya dhmāyamānasya na bāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyādgrahaṇāya śaṅkhasya tu grahaṇena śaṅkhadhmasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ

, And as the sounds of a conch-shell, when blown, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the shell is seized or the blower of the shell;

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.9

sa yathā vīṇāyai vādyamānāyai na bāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyādgrahaṇāya vīṇāyai tu grahaṇena vīṇāvādasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ

'And as the sounds of a lute, when played, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the lute is seized or the player of the lute;

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.10

sa yathārdraidhāgnerabhyāhitātpṛthagdhūmā viniścaransyevaṃ vā are'sya mahato bhūtasya niśvasitametadyadṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo'tharvāṅgirasa itihāsaḥ purāṇaṃ vidyā upaniṣadaḥ ślokāḥ sūtrāṇyanuvyākhyānāni vyākhyānānyasyaivaitāni sarvāṇi niśvasitāni

'As clouds of smoke proceed by themselves out of a lighted fire kindled with damp fuel, thus, verily, O Maitreyî, has been breathed forth from this great Being what we have as Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, Sama-veda, Atharvâṅgirasas, Itihâsa (legends), Purâna (cosmogonies), Vidyâ (knowledge), the Upanishads, Slokas (verses), Sûtras (prose rules), Anuvyâkhyânas (glosses), Vyâkhyânas (commentaries). From him alone all these were breathed forth.

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.11

sa yathāsarvāsāmapām̐ samudra ekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣām̐ sparśānāṃ tvagekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāṃ gandhānāṃ nāsike ekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣām̐ rasānāṃ jihvaikāyanamevam̐ sarveṣām̐ rūpāṇāṃ cakṣurekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣām̐ śabdānām̐ śrotramekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣām̐ saṃkalpānāṃ mana ekāyanamevam̐ sarvāsāṃ vidyānām̐ hṛdayamekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāṃ karmaṇām̐ hastāvekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāmānandānāmupastha ekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāṃ visargāṇāṃ pāyurekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāmadhvanāṃ pādāvekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāṃ vedānāṃvāgekāyanam

'As all waters find their centre in the sea, all touches in the skin, all tastes in the tongue, all smells in the nose, all colours in the eye, all sounds in the ear, all percepts in the mind, all knowledge in the heart, all actions in the hands, all movements in the feet, and all the Vedas in speech,--

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.12

sa yathā saindhavakhilya udake prāsta udakamevānuvilīyeta na hāsyodgrahaṇāyeva syādyato yatastvādadīta lavaṇamevaivaṃ vā ara idaṃ mahadbhūtamanantamapāraṃ vijñānaghana evaitebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ samutthāya tānyevānuvinaśyati na pretya saṃjñāstītyare bravīmīti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ

'As a lump of salt, when thrown into water, becomes dissolved into water, and could not be taken out again, but wherever we taste (the water) it is salt,--thus verily, O Maitreyî, does this great Being, endless, unlimited, consisting of nothing but knowledge, rise from out these elements, and vanish again in them. When he has departed, there is no more knowledge (name), I say, O Maitreyî.' Thus spoke Yâgñavalkya.

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.13

sā hovāca maitreyyatraiva mā bhagavānamūmuhanna pretya saṃjñāstīti sa hovāca yājñavatkyo na vā are'haṃ mohaṃ bravīmyalaṃ vā ara idaṃ vijñānāya

Then Maitreyî said: 'Here thou hast bewildered me, Sir, when thou sayest that having departed, there is no more knowledge.'
But Yâgñavalkya replied: 'O Maitreyî, I say nothing that is bewildering. This is enough, O beloved, for wisdom.
'For when there is as it were duality, then one sees the other, one smells the other, one hears the other, one salutes the other, one perceives the other, one knows the other; but when the Self only is all this, how should he smell another, how should he see another, how should he hear another, how should he salute another, how should he perceive another, how should he know another? How should he know Him by whom he knows all this? How, O beloved, should he know (himself), the Knower?'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.14

yatrahi dvaitamiva bhavati taditara itaraṃ jighrati taditara itaraṃ paśyati taditara itaram̐ śṛṇoti taditara itaramabhivadati taditara itaraṃ manute taditara itaraṃ vijānāti yatra vā asya sarvamātmaivābhūttatkena kaṃ jighrettatkena kaṃ paśyettatkena kam̐ śṛṇuyāttatkena kamabhivadettat kena kaṃ manvīta tatkenana kaṃ vijānīyādyenedam̐ sarvaṃ vijānāti taṃ kena vijānīyādvijñātāramare kena vijānīyāditi

Then Maitreyî said: 'Here thou hast bewildered me, Sir, when thou sayest that having departed, there is no more knowledge.'
But Yâgñavalkya replied: 'O Maitreyî, I say nothing that is bewildering. This is enough, O beloved, for wisdom.
'For when there is as it were duality, then one sees the other, one smells the other, one hears the other, one salutes the other, one perceives the other, one knows the other; but when the Self only is all this, how should he smell another, how should he see another, how should he hear another, how should he salute another, how should he perceive another, how should he know another? How should he know Him by whom he knows all this? How, O beloved, should he know (himself), the Knower?'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

2.4.14.p1

iti dvitīyādhyāye caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam

Then Maitreyî said: 'Here thou hast bewildered me, Sir, when thou sayest that having departed, there is no more knowledge.'
But Yâgñavalkya replied: 'O Maitreyî, I say nothing that is bewildering. This is enough, O beloved, for wisdom.
'For when there is as it were duality, then one sees the other, one smells the other, one hears the other, one salutes the other, one perceives the other, one knows the other; but when the Self only is all this, how should he smell another, how should he see another, how should he hear another, how should he salute another, how should he perceive another, how should he know another? How should he know Him by whom he knows all this? How, O beloved, should he know (himself), the Knower?'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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