Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.4.6
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 6.4.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.4.6
atha yadyudaka ātmānaṃ paśyettadabhimatrayeta mayi teja indriyaṃ yaśo draviṇam̐ sukṛtamiti śrīrha vā eṣā strīṇāṃ yanmalodvāsāstasmānmalodvāsasaṃ yaśasvinīmabhikramyopamantrayeta
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
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Mantrapuṣpa — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English