Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 5.5.2
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 5.5.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.5.2
tadyattatsatyamasau sa ādityo ya eṣa etasminmaṇḍale puruṣo yaścāyaṃ dakṣiṇe'kṣanpuruṣastāvetāvanyonyasminpratiṣṭhitau raśmibhireṣo'sminpratiṣṭhitaḥ prāṇairayamamuṣmin sa yadotkramiṣyanbhavati śuddhamevaitanmaṇḍalaṃ paśyati nainamete raśmayaḥ pratyāyanti
Now what is the true, that is the Âditya (the sun), the person that dwells in yonder orb, and the person in the right eye. These two rest on each other, the former resting with his rays in the latter, the latter with his prânas (senses) in the former. When the latter is on the point of departing this life, he sees that orb as white only, and those rays (of the sun) do not return to him.
Translations (1)
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (7)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, 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
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Indian Philosophy — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English