Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.1.1
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 6.1.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.1.1
— | yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca svānāṃ bhavati prāṇo vai jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca svānāṃ bhavatyapi ca yaiṣāṃ bubhūṣati ya evaṃ veda
Om. He who knows that which is the oldest and greatest, becomes the oldest and greatest among his relatives. The vital force is indeed the oldest and greatest. He who knows it to be such becomes the oldest and greatest among his relatives as well as among those of whom he wants to be such.
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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text) — Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Discussed in (6)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Tribes in Ancient India — Law 1943, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Mookerji 1947, English
- Historical Geography of Ancient India — Law 1954, English
- Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation — Olivelle 1992, English
- Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism and Minor Religious Systems — Bhandarkar 1913, English