Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 4.3.4
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.4
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- Sanskrit
4.3.4
astamita āditye yājñavalkya candramasyastamite kiṃjyotirevāyaṃ puruṣa ityagnirevāsya jyotirbhavatītyagninaivāyaṃ jyotiṣāste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetītyevamevaitadyājñavalkya
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, and the moon has set, what is the light of man?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Fire indeed is his light; for, having fire alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.'
Translations (1)
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (7)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama, Sanskrit