Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 4.3.15
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.3.15
sa vā eṣa etasminsaṃprasāde ratvā caritvā dṛṣṭvaiva puṇyaṃ ca pāpaṃ ca punaḥ pratinyāyaṃ pratiyonyādravati svapnāyaiva sa yattatra kiṃcitpaśyatyananvāgatastena bhavatyasaṅgo hyayaṃ puruṣa ityevamevaitadyājñavalkya so'haṃ bhagavate sahasraṃ dadāmyata ūrdhvaṃ vimokṣāyaiva brūhīti
Yâgñavalkya said: 'That (person) having enjoyed himself in that state of bliss (samprasâda, deep sleep), having moved about and seen both good and evil, hastens back again as he came, to the place from which he started (the place of sleep), to dream. And whatever he may have seen there, he is not followed (affected) by it, for that person is not attached to anything.'
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'So it is indeed, Yâgñavalkya. I give you, Sir, a thousand. Speak on for the sake of emancipation.'
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
Linked texts (7)
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Indian Philosophy — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English
- The Sāṃkhya System: A History of the Sāṃkhya Philosophy — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English