Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 4.3.2
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.3.2
yājñavalkyakiṃjyotirayaṃ puruṣa iti | ādityajyotiḥ samrāḍiti hovācādityenaivāyaṃ jyotiṣāste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetītyevamevaitadyājñavalkya
'Yâgñavalkya,' he said, 'what is the light of man?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The sun, O King; for, having the sun alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.'
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'So indeed it is, O Yâgñavalkya.'
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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — R. D. Ranade, English
- Elements of Buddhist Iconography — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English