Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 2.4.12
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 2.4.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
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.
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
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- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge — K. N. Jayatilleke, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — R. D. Ranade, English
- The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) — Maurice Bloomfield, English