Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.1.1
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 3.1.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.1.1
— janako ha vaideho bahudakṣiṇena yajñeneje tatra ha kurupañcālānāṃ brāhmaṇā abhisametā babhūvustasya ha janakasya vaidehasya vijijñāsā babhūva kaḥsvideṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāmanūcānatama iti sa ha gavām̐ sahasramavarurodha daśa daśapādā ekaikasyāḥ śṛṅgayorābadghābabhūvuḥ
Om. Janaka, Emperor of Videha, performed a sacrifice in which gifts were freely distributed. Vedic scholars from Kuru and Pañchâla were assembled there. Emperor Janaka of Videha had a desire to know, 'Which is the most erudite of these Vedic scholars?' He had a thousand cows confined in a pen, and on the horns of each cow were fixed ten Pâdasfootnote{A Pâda is about one-third of an ounce.} (of gold).
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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text) — Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Discussed in (7)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Biswas & Biswas 1996, English
- Tribes in Ancient India — Law 1943, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Mookerji 1947, English
- Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics (Carmichael Lectures, 1921) — Bhandarkar 1921, English