Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.8.12

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 3.8.12

Language: Sanskrit

3.8.12

sā hovāca brāhmaṇā bhagavantastadeva bahu manyedhvaṃ yadasmānnamaskāreṇa mucyedhvaṃ na vai jātu yuṣmākamimaṃ kaścidbrahmodyaṃ jeteti tato ha vācaknavyupararāma

She said, 'Revered Brāhmanas, you should consider yourselves fortunate if you can get off from him through salutations. Never shall any of you beat him in describing Brahman.' Then the daughter of Vachaknu kept silent.
Swami Madhavananda 1934, The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

3.8.12.p1

iti tṛtīyādhyāye'ṣṭamaṃ brāhmaṇam

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
Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit

Linked texts (5)

Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
Mādhyandina — Sanskrit
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttikasāra — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Mantrapuṣpa — Sanskrit
Different Upaniṣads — Sanskrit

Discussed in (1)

Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Mookerji 1947, English