Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.3.3
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.3.3
astamita ādityeyājñavalkya kiṃjotirevāyaṃ puruṣa iti candramā evāsya jyotirbhavatīti candramasaivāyaṃ jyotiṣāste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetītyevamevaitadyājñavalkya
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, what is then the light of man?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The moon indeed is his light; for, having the moon 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
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit