Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.4.4
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 6.4.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
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
If a man sees his reflection in water, he should recite the following Mantra: ‘(May the gods grant) me lustre, manhood, reputation, wealth and merits.’ She (his wife) is indeed the goddess of beauty among women. Therefore he should approach this handsome woman and speak to her.
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
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra — Haran Chandra Chakladar, English