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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 2.4.10

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 2.4.10

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Sanskrit

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)

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