Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.14.7
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 5.14.7
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- Sanskrit
5.14.7
tasyā upasthānaṃ gātryasyekapadī dvipadī tripadī catuṣpadyapadasi na hi padyase | namaste turīyāya darśatāya padāya parorajase'sāvado mā prāpaditiyaṃ dviṣyādasāvasmai kāmo mā samṛddhīti vā na haivāsmai sa kāmaḥ samṛddhyateyasmā evamupatiṣṭhate'hamadaḥ prāpamiti vā
Its salutation : ‘O Gâyatri, thou art one-footed, two-footed, three-footed and four-footed, and thou art without any feet, for thou art unattainable. Salutation to thee, the fourth, apparently visible, supramundane foot! May the enemy never attain his object!’ (Should the knower of the Gâyatri) bear hatred towards anybody, (he should) either (use this Mantra) : ‘Such and such—may his desired object never flourish !’—in which case that object of the person against whom he thus salutes the Gâyatri, never flourishes—or (he may say), ‘May I attain that (cherished object) of his !’
Translations (3)
- The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Swami Madhavananda 1934, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- The Upanishads — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
Commentaries (10)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text) — 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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — Majumdar et al. 1951, English