Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 6.3.2
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 6.3.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.3.2
jyeṣṭhāya svāhā śreṣṭhāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati prā-ṇāya svāhā vasiṣṭhāyai svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati vāce svāhā pratiṣṭhāyai svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati cakṣuṣe svāhā saṃpade svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati śrotrāya svāhāyatanāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati manase svāhā prajātyai svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati retase svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati
He then says, Svâhâ to the First, Svâhâ to the Best, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Breath, Svâhâ to her who is the richest, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Speech, Svâhâ to the Support, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Eye, Svâhâ to Success, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Ear, Svâhâ to the Home, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Mind, Svâhâ to Offspring, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Seed, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
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 (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch — Charles Eliot, English
- Studies in the Origins of Buddhism — Govind Chandra Pande, English