Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 3.8.10
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 3.8.10
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.8.10
yo vā etadakṣaraṃ gārgyaviditvāsmim̐lloke juhoti yajate tapastapyate bahūni varṣasahasrāṇyantavadevāsya tadbhavati yo vā etadakṣaraṃ gārgyaviditvāsmāllokātpraiti sa kṛpaṇo'tha ya etadakṣaraṃ gārgi viditvāsmāllokātpraiti sa brāhmaṇaḥ
'Whosoever, O Gârgî, without knowing that Akshara (the imperishable), offers oblations in this world, sacrifices, and performs penance for a thousand years, his work will have an end. Whosoever, O Gargî, without knowing this Akshara, departs this world, he is miserable (like a slave). But he, O Gârgî, who departs this world, knowing this Akshara, he is a Brâhmana.'
Translations (1)
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (7)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, 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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
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- Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs — George Weston Briggs, English
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- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English