Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 3.3
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 3.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
Contents
- 3.3.2 — 1 part
3.3.1
atha hainaṃ bhujyurlāhyāyaniḥ papraccha yājñavalkyeti hovāca madreṣu carakāḥparyavrrajāma te patañcalasya kāpyasya gṛhānaima tasyāsīdduhitā gandharvagṛhītātamapṛcchāma ko'sīti so'bravītsudhanvāṅgirasa iti taṃ yadā lokānāmantānapṛcchāmāthainamabrūma kka pārikṣitā abhavanniti kka pārikṣitā abhavansa tvā pṛcchāmi yājñavalkya kka pārikṣitā abhavanniti
Then Bhugyu Lâhyâyani asked. 'Yâgñavalkya,' he said, 'we wandered about as students, and came to the house of Patañkala Kâpya. He had a daughter who was possessed by a Gandharva. We asked him, 'Who art thou?' and he (the Gandharva) replied: 'I am Sudhanvan, the Âṅgirasa.' And when we asked him about the ends of the world, we said to him, 'Where were the Pârikshitas? Where then were the Pârikshitas, I ask thee, Yâgñavalkya, where were the Pârikshitas?'
3.3.2
sa hovācovācavai so'gacchanvai te tadyatrāśvamedhayājino gacchantīti kva nvaśvamedhayājino gacchantīti dvātrim̐śataṃ vai devarathāhnyānyayaṃ lokastam̐ samantaṃ pṛthivī dvistāvatparyeti tām̐ samantaṃ pṛthivīṃ dbistāvatsamudraḥ paryeti tadyāvatī kṣurasya dhārā yāvadvā makṣikāyāḥ patraṃ tāvānantareṇākāśastānindraḥ suparṇo bhūtvā vāyaveprāyacchattānvāyurātmani dhitvā tatrāgamayadyatrāśvamedhayājino'bhavannityevamivavai sa vāyumeva praśaśam̐ sa tasmādvāyureva vyaṣṭirvāyuḥ samaṣṭirapa punarmṛtyuṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda tato ha bhujyurlāhyāyanirupararāma
Yâgñavalkya said: 'He said to thee, I suppose, that they went where those go who have performed a horse-sacrifice.'
He said: 'And where do they go who have performed a horse-sacrifice?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Thirty-two journeys of the car of the sun is this world. The earth surrounds it on every side, twice as large, and the ocean surrounds this earth on every side, twice as large. Now there is between them a space as large as the edge of a razor or the wing of a mosquito. Indra, having become a bird, handed them (through the space) to Vâyu (the air), and Vâyu (the air), holding them within himself, conveyed them to where they dwell who have performed a horse-sacrifice. Somewhat in this way did he praise Vâyu indeed. Therefore Vâyu (air) is everything by itself, and Vâyu is all things together. He who knows this, conquers death.' After that Bhugyu Lâhyâyani held his peace.
3.3.2.p1
iti tṛtīyādhyāye tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam
Translations (1)
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (7)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
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