Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.5.17
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 2.5.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.5.17
idaṃ vai tanmadhu dadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo'śvibhyāmuvāca tadetadṛṣiḥpaśyannavocadātharvaṇāyāśvinā dadhīce'śvyam̐ śiraḥ pratyairayatam | sa vāṃ madhu pravocadṛtāyantvāṣṭraṃ yaddasrāvapi kakṣyaṃ vāmiti
This is that meditation on things mutually helpful which Dadhyach, versed in the Atharva-Veda, taught the Ashwins. Perceiving this the Rishi said, 'O Ashwins, you set a horse's head on (the shoulders of) Dadhyach, versed in the Atharva-Veda. O terrible ones, to keep his word he taught you the (ritualistic) meditation on things mutually helpful connected with the sun, as also the secret (spiritual) meditation on them.'
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
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text) — Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch — Eliot 1921, English