Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.4

6.4.1

eṣāṃ vai bhūtānāṃ pṛthivī rasaḥ pṛthivyā āpo'pāmoṣadhaya oṣadhīnāṃ puṣpāṇi puṣpāṇāṃ phalāni phalānāṃ puruṣaḥ puruṣasya retaḥ

The earth is the essence of all these things, water is the essence of the earth, plants of water, flowers of plants, fruits of flowers, man of fruits, seed of man.

6.4.2

sa ha prajāpatirīkṣāṃ cakre hantāsmai pratiṣṭhāṃ kalpayānīti sa striyam̐ sasṛje tām̐ sṛṣṭvādha upāsta tasmātstriyamadha upāsīta sa etaṃ prāñcaṃ grāvāṇamātmana eva samudapārayattenaināmabhyasṛjat

And Pragâpati thought, let me make an abode for him, and he created a woman (Satarûpâ).
Tâm srishtvâdha upâsta, tasmât striyam adha upâsîta. Sa etam prâñkam grâvânam âtmana eva samudapârayat, tenainâm abhyasrigat.

6.4.3

tasyā vedirupastho lomāni barhiścarmādhiṣavaṇe samiddho madhyatastau muṣkau sa yāvānha vai vājapeyena yajamānasya lokobhavati tāvānasya loko bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānadhopahāsaṃ caratyāsām̐ strīṇām̐ sukṛtaṃ vṛṅkte'tha ya idamavidvānadhopahāsaṃ caratyāsya striyaḥ sukṛtaṃ vṛñjate

Tasyâ vedir upastho, lomâni barhis, karmâdhishavane, samiddho madhyatas, tau mushkau. Sa yâvân ha vai vâgapeyena yagamânasya loko bhavati tâvân asya loko bhavati ya evam vidvân adhopahâsam karaty a sa strînam sukritam vriṅkte 'tha ya idam avidvân adhopahâsam karaty âsya striyah sukritam vriñgate.

6.4.4

etaddha sma vai tadvidvānuddālakra āruṇirāhaitadda sma vaittadvidvānnāko maudgalya āhaitaddha sma vai tadvidvānkumārahārita āha bahavo maryā brāhmaṇāyanā nirindriyā visukṛto'smāllokātprayanti ya idamavidvām̐so'dhopahāsaṃ carantīti bahu vā idam̐ suptasya vā jāgrato vā retaḥskandati

Etad dha sma vai tadvidvân Uddâlaka Ârunir âhaitad dha sma vai tadvidvân Nâko Maudgalya âhaitad dha sma vai tadvidvân Kumârahârita âha, bahavo maryâ brâhmanâyanâ nirindriyâ visukrito'smâl lokât prayanti ya idam avidvâmso 'dhopahâsam karantîti. Bahu vâ idam suptasya va gâgrato vâ retah skandati,

6.4.5

tadabhimṛśedanu vā mantrayeta yanme'dya retaḥ pṛthivīmaskāntsīdyadoṣadhīrapyasaradyadapaḥ | idamahaṃ tadreta ādade punarmāmaitvindriyaṃ punastejaḥ punarbhagaḥ | punaragnirdhiṣṇayā yathāsthānaṃ kalpantāmityanāmikāṅguṣṭhābhyāmādāyāntareṇa stanau vā bhruvau vā nimṛjyāt

Tad abhimrised anu vâ mantrayeta yan me 'dya retah prithivîm askântsîd yad oshadhîr apy asarad yad apah, idam aham tad reta âdade punar mâm aitv indriyam punas tegah punar bhagah, punar agnayo dhishnyâ yathâsthânam kalpantâm, ity anâmikâṅgushthâbhyâm âdâyântarena stanau vâ bhruvau vâ nimriñgyât.

6.4.6

atha yadyudaka ātmānaṃ paśyettadabhimatrayeta mayi teja indriyaṃ yaśo draviṇam̐ sukṛtamiti śrīrha vā eṣā strīṇāṃ yanmalodvāsāstasmānmalodvāsasaṃ yaśasvinīmabhikramyopamantrayeta

If a man see himself in the water, he should recite the following verse: 'May there be in me splendour, strength, glory, wealth, virtue.'
She is the best of women whose garments are pure. Therefore let him approach a woman whose garments are pure, and whose fame is pure, and address her.

6.4.7

sā cedasmai na dadyātkāmamenāmavakrīṇīyātsā cedasmai naiva dadyātkāmamenāṃ yaṣṭyā vā pāṇinā vopahatyātikrāmedindriyeṇa te yaśasā yaśa ādada ityayaśā eva bhavati

If she do not give in, let him, as he likes, bribe her (with presents). And if she then do not give in, let him, as he likes, beat her with a stick or with his hand, and overcome her, saying: 'With manly strength and glory I take away thy glory,'--and thus she becomes unglorious.

6.4.8

sā cedasmai dadyādindriyeṇa te yaśasā yaśa ādadhāmīti yaśasvināveva bhavataḥ

If she give in, he says: 'With manly strength and glory I give thee glory,'--and thus they both become glorious.

6.4.9

sa yāmicchetkāmayeta meti tasyāmarthaṃ niṣṭhāya mukhena mukham̐ saṃdhāyopasthamasyā abhimṛśya japedaṅgādaṅgātsaṃbhavasi hṛdayādadhijāyase | sa tvamaṅgakaṣāyo'si digdhaviddhāmiva mādayemāmamūṃ mayīti

Sa yâm ikkhet kâmayeta meti tasyâm artham nishtâya mukhena mukham sandhâyopastham asyâ abhimrisya gaped aṅgâdaṅgât sambhavasi hridayâd adhi gâyase, sa tvam aṅgakashâyo 'si digdhaviddhâm iva mâdayemâm amûm mayîti.

6.4.10

atha yāmicchenna gabhaṃ dadhīteti tasyāmarthaṃ niṣṭhāya mukhena musvam̐ saṃdhāyābhiprāṇyāpānyādindriyeṇa te retasā reta ādada ityaretā eva bhavati

Atha yâm ikkhen na garbham dadhîteti tasyâm artham nishtâya mukhena mukham sandhâyâbhiprânyâpânyâd indriyena te retasâ reta âdada ity aretâ eva bhavati.

6.4.11

atha yāmiccheddadhīteti tasyāmarthaṃ niṣṭhāya mukhena mukham̐ saṃdhāyāpānyābhiprāṇyādindriyeṇa te retasā reta ādadhāmīti garbhiṇyeva bhavati

Atha yâm ikkhed garbham dadhîteti tasyâm artham nishtâya mukhena mukham sandhâyâpânyâbhiprânyâd indriyena te retâsa reta âdadhâmîti garbhiny eva bhavati.

6.4.12

atha yasya jāyāyai jāraḥ syāttaṃ ceddviṣyādāmapātre'gnimupasamādhāya pratilomam̐ śarabarhistīrtvā tasminnetāḥ śarabhṛṣṭīḥ pratilomāḥ sarpiṣāktā juhuyānmamasamiddhe'hauṣīḥ prāṇāpānau ta ādade'sāviti mama samiddhe'hauṣīḥ putrapaśūm̐sta ādade'sāviti mama samiddhe'hauṣīriṣṭāsukṛte ta ādade'sāviti mama samiddhe'hauṣīrāśāparākāśau ta ādade'sāviti sa vā eṣa nirindriyo visukṛto'smāllokātpraiti yamevaṃvidbrāhmaṇāḥ śapati tasmādevaṃvicchrotriyasya dāreṇa nopahāsamiccheduta hyevaṃvitparo bhavati

Now again, if a man's wife has a lover and the husband hates him, let him (according to rule) place fire by an unbaked jar, spread a layer of arrows in inverse order, anoint these three arrow-heads with butter in inverse order, and sacrifice, saying: 'Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away thy up and down breathing, I here.'
'Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away thy sons and cattle, I here.'
'Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away thy sacred and thy good works, I here.'
'Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away thy hope and expectation, I here.'
He whom a Brâhmana who knows this curses, departs from this world without strength and without good works. Therefore let no one wish even for sport with the wife of a Srotriya who knows this, for he who knows this, is a dangerous enemy.

6.4.13

atha yasya jāyāmārtavaṃ vindettrya haṃ kam̐sena pibedahatavāsā naināṃ vṛṣalo na vṛṣalyupahanyāttrirātrāntaāplutya vrīhīnavaghātayet

When the monthly illness seizes his wife, she should for three days not drink from a metal vessel, and wear a fresh dress. Let no Vrishala or Vrishalî (a Sûdra man or woman) touch her. At the end of the three days, when she has bathed, the husband should make her pound rice.

6.4.14

sa ya icchetputro me śuklo jāyeta vedamanubruvīta sarvamāyuriyāditi kṣīraudanaṃ pācayitvā sarpiṣmantamaśnīyātāmīśvarau janayitavai

And if a man wishes that a white son should be born to him, and that he should know one Veda, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with milk and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.

6.4.15

atha ya icchetputro me kapilaḥ piṅgalo jāyeta dvau vedāvanubruvīta sarvamāyuriyāditi dadhyodanaṃ pācayitvā sarpiṣmantamaśnīyātāmīśvarau janayitavai

And if a man wishes that a reddish son with tawny eyes should be born to him, and that he should know two Vedas, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with coagulated milk and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.

6.4.16

atha ya icchetputro me śyāmo lohitākṣo jāyeta trīnvedānanubruvīta sarvamāyuriyādityudaudanaṃ pācayitvā sarpiṣmantamaśnīyātāmīśvarau janayitavai

And if a man wishes that a dark son should be born to him with red eyes, and that he should know three Vedas, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with water and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.

6.4.17

atha ya icchedduhitā me paṇḍitā jāyeta sarvamāyuriyāditi tilaudanaṃ pācayitvā sarpiṣmantamaśnīyātāmīśvarau janayitavai

And if a man wishes that a learned daughter should be born to him, and that she should live to her full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with sesamum and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.

6.4.18

atha ya icchetputro me paṇḍito vigītaḥ samitiṃgamaḥ śuśrūṣitāṃ vācaṃ bhāṣitā jāyeta sarvānvedānanubruvīta sarvamāyuriyāditi mām̐saudanaṃ pācayitvā sarpiṣmantamaśnīyātāmīśvarau janayita vā aukṣeṇa vārṣabheṇa vā

And if a man wishes that a learned son should be born to him, famous, a public man, a popular speaker, that he should know all the Vedas, and that he should live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with meat and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring. The meat should be of a young or of an old bull.

6.4.19

athābhiprātareva sthālīpākāvṛtājyaṃ ceṣṭitvā sthālīpākasyopaghātaṃ juhotyagnaye svāhānumataye svāhā devāya savitre satyaprasavāya svāheti hutvoddhṛtya prāśnāti prāśyetarasyāḥ prayacchati prakṣālya pāṇī udapātraṃ pūrayitvā tenaināṃ trirabhyukṣatyuttiṣṭhāto viśvāvaso'nyāmiccha prapūrvyāṃ saṃ jāyāṃ patyā saheti

And then toward morning, after having, according to the rule of the Sthâlîpâka (pot-boiling), performed the preparation of the Âgya (clarified butter), he sacrifices from the Sthâlîpâka bit by bit, saying: 'This is for Agni, Svâhâ! This is for Anumati, Svâhâ! This is for the divine Savitri, the true creator, Svâhâ!' Having sacrificed, he takes out the rest of the rice and eats it, and after having eaten, he gives it to his wife. Then he washes his hands, fills a water-jar, and sprinkles her thrice with it, saying: 'Rise hence, O Visvâvasu, seek another blooming girl, a wife with her husband.'

Now, toward morning, having prepared melted butter in the manner of the Sthâlîpâka, he takes of the Sthâlîpâka and makes a libation, saying: 'To Agni, hail! To Anumati, hail! To the god Savitri ('Enlivener,' the Sun), whose is true procreation (satya-prasava), hail!' Having made the libation, he takes and eats, Having eaten, he offers to the other [i.e. to her]. Having washed his hands, he fills a vessel with water and therewith sprinkles her thrice, saying:--
'Arise from hence, Vis'vavasu!
Some other choicer maiden seek!
This wife together with her lord ----'

6.4.20

athaināmabhipadyate'mo'hamasmi sā tvam̐ sā tvamasyamo'haṃ sāmāhamasmi ktvaṃ dyaurahaṃ pṛthivī tvaṃ tāvehi sam̐rabhāvahai saha reto dadhāvahai pum̐se putrāya vittaya iti

Then he comes to her and says:--
'This man (ama) am I; that woman (sâ), thou!
That woman, thou; this man am I!
I am the Sâman; thou, the Rig!
I am the heaven; thou, the earth!
Come, let us two together clasp!
Together let us semen mix,
A male, a son for to procure!'

6.4.21

athāsyā ūrū vihāpayati vijihīthāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī ititasyāmarthaṃ niṣṭhāya mukhena mukham̐ saṃdhāya trirenāmanulomāmanumārṣṭi viṣṇuryoniṃ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi pim̐śatu āsiñcatu prajāpatirdhātā garbhaṃ dadhātu te | garbhaṃ dhehi sinīvāli garbhaṃ dhehi pṛthuṣṭuke | garbhaṃ te aśvinau devāvādhattāṃ puṣkarasrajau

Then he spreads apart her thighs, saying: 'Spread yourselves apart, heaven and earth!' Inserting the member in her and joining mouth with mouth, he strokes her three times as the hair lies, saying:--
'Let Vishṅu make the womb prepared!
Let Tyashtri shape the various forms!
Prajâpati--let him pour in!
Let Dhâtri place the germ for thee!
O Sinîvâlî, give the germ;
O give the germ, thou broad-tressed dame!
Let the Twin Gods implace thy germ--
The Asvins, crowned with lotus-wreaths!

6.4.22

hiraṇmayī araṇī yābhyāṃ nirmanthatāmaśvinau | taṃ te garbhaṃ havāmaha daśame māsi sūtaye yathāgnigarbhā pṛthivī yathā dyaurindreṇa garbhiṇī | vāyurdiśāṃ yathā garbha evaṃ garbhaṃ dadhāmi te'sāviti

With twain attrition-sticks of gold
The As'vin Twins twirl forth a flame;
'Tis such a germ we beg for thee,
In the tenth month to be brought forth.
As earth contains the germ of Fire (agni),
As heaven is pregnant with the Storm (indra),
As of the points the Wind (vâyu) is germ,
E'en so a germ I place in thee,
So-and-so!'

6.4.23

soṣyantīmadbhirabhyukṣati yathā vāyuḥ puṣkariṇīm̐ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ | evā te garbha ejatu sahāvaitu jarāyuṇā | indrasyāyaṃ vrajaḥ kṛtaḥ sārgalaḥ sapariśrayaḥ | tamindra nirjahi garbheṇa sāvarām̐ saheti

When she is about to bring forth, he sprinkles her with water, saying.--
Like as the wind doth agitate
A lotus-pond on every side,
So also let thy fetus stir.
Let it come with its chorion.
This fold of Indra's has been made
With barricade enclosed around.
O Indra, cause him to come forth--
The after-birth along with babe!'

6.4.24

jāte'gnimupasamādhāyāṅka ādhāya kam̐se pṛṣadājyam̐saṃnīya pṛṣadājyasyopaghātaṃ juhotyasminsahasraṃ puṣyāsamedhamānaḥ sve gṛhe | asyopasaṃdyāṃ mā cchaitsītprajayā ca paśubhiśca svāhā | mayi prāṇām̐stvayimanasā juhomi svāhā yatkarmaṇātyarīricaṃ yadvā nyūnamihākaram | agniṣṭatsviṣṭakṛdvidvānsviṣṭam̐ suhutaṃ karotu naḥ svāheti

When [the son] is born, he [i. e. the father] builds up a fire, places him on his lap, mingles ghee and coagulated milk in a metal dish, and makes an oblation, ladling out of the mingled ghee and coagulated milk, and saying-
'In this son may I be increased,
And have a thousand in mine house!
May nothing rob his retinue
Of offspring or of animals!
Hail!
The vital powers (prâna) which are in me, my mind, I offer in you.
Hail!
What in this rite I overdid,
Or what I have here scanty made--
Let Agni, wise, the Prosperer,
Make fit and good our sacrifice!
Hail!'

6.4.25

athāsya dakṣiṇaṃ karṇamabhinidhāya vāgvāgiti triratha dadhi madhu ghṛtam̐ saṃnīyānantarhitena jātarūpeṇaprāśayati | bhūste dadhāmi bhuvaste dadhāmi svaste dadhāmi bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ sarvaṃ tvayidadhāmīti

Then he draws down to the child's right ear and says 'Speech! Speech!' three times. Then he mingles coagulated milk, honey, and ghee and feeds [his son] out of a gold [spoon] which is not placed within [the mouth], saying: 'I place in you Bhûr! I place in you Bhuvas! I place in you Svar! Bhûr, Bhuvas, Svar---everything I place in you!'

6.4.26

athāsya nāma karoti vedo'sīti tadasya tadguhyameva nāma bhavati

Then he gives him a name, saying: 'You are Veda.' So this becomes his secret name.

6.4.27

athainaṃ mātre pradāya stanaṃ prayacchati yaste stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūryo ratnadhā vasuvidyaḥ sudatraḥ | yena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi sarasvati tamiha dhātave kariti

Then he presents him to the mother and offers the breast, saying:--
'Thy breast which is unfailing and refreshing,
Wealth-bearer, treasure-finder, rich bestower,
With which thou nourishest all things esteeméd--
Give it here, O Sarasvatî, to suck from. '

6.4.28

athāsya mātaramabhimantrayate | ilāsi maitrāvaruṇī vīre vīramajījanat | sā tvaṃ vīravatī bhava yāsmānvīravato'karaditi taṃ vā etamāhuratipitā batābhūratipitāmaho batābhūḥ paramāṃ bata kāṣṭhāṃ prāpacchriyā yaśasā brahmavarcasena ya evaṃvido brāhmaṇasya putro jāyata iti

Then he addresses the child's mother:--
'You are Ilâ, of the lineage of Mitra and Varuṅa!
O heroine! She has borne a hero!'
Continue to be such a woman abounding in heroes--
She who has made us abound in a hero!'
Of such a son, verily, they say: 'Ah, you have gone beyond your father! Ah, you have gone beyond your grandfather!'
Ah, he reaches the highest pinnacle of splendor, glory, and sacred knowledge who is born as the son of a Brahman who knows this!

6.4.28.p1

iti ṣaṣṭhādhyāye caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam