Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 4.4.2
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.4.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.4.2
ekībhavati na paśyatītyāhurekībhavati na jighratītyāhurekībhavati na rasayata ityāhurekībhavati na vadatītyāhurekībhavati na śṛṇotītyāhurekībhavati na manuta ityāhurekībhavati na spṛśatītyāhurekībhavati na vijānātītyāhustasya haitasya hṛdayasyāgraṃ pradyotate tena pradyotenaiṣa ātmā niṣkrāmati cakṣuṣṭo vā mūrdhno vānyebhyo vā śarīradeśebhyastamutkrāmantaṃ prāṇonūtkrāmati prāṇamanūtkrāmantam̐ sarve prāṇā anūtkāmanti sa vijñāno bhavati savijñānamevānvavakrāmati | taṃ vidyākarmaṇī samanvārabhete pūrvaprajñā ca
'"He has become one," they say, "he does not see." "He has become one," they say, "he does not smell." "He has become one," they say, "he does not taste." "He has become one," they say, "he does not speak." "He has become one," they say, "he does not hear." "He has become one," they say, "he does not think." "He has become one," they say, "he does not touch." "He has become one," they say, "he does not know." The point of his heart becomes lighted up, and by that light the Self departs, either through the eye, or through the skull, or through other places of the body. And when he thus departs, life (the chief prâna) departs after him, and when life thus departs, all the other vital spirits (prânas) depart after it. He is conscious, and being conscious he follows and departs.
'Then both his knowledge and his work take hold of him, and his acquaintance with former things.'
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 (10)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- A History of Indian Literature — M. Winternitz, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- Indian Philosophy — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Studies in the Origins of Buddhism — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge — K. N. Jayatilleke, 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
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — R. D. Ranade, English