Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.4.9
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 6.4.9
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- Sanskrit
6.4.9
sa yāmicchetkāmayeta meti tasyāmarthaṃ niṣṭhāya mukhena mukham̐ saṃdhāyopasthamasyā abhimṛśya japedaṅgādaṅgātsaṃbhavasi hṛdayādadhijāyase | sa tvamaṅgakaṣāyo'si digdhaviddhāmiva mādayemāmamūṃ mayīti
If a man's wife has a lover whom he wishes to injure, he should put the fire in an unbaked earthen vessel, spread stalks of reed and Kusha grass in an inverse way, and offer the reed tips, soaked in clarified butter, in the fire in an inverse way, saying, 'Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy Prâna and Apâna—such and such. Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy sons and animals—such and such. Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy Vedic rites and those done according to the Smriti—such and such. Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy hopes and expectations—such and such.' The man whom a Brâhmaṇa with knowledge of this ceremony curses, departs from this world emasculated and shorn of his merits. Therefore one should not wish even to cut jokes with the wife of a Vedic scholar who knows this ceremony, for he who has such knowledge becomes an enemy.
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
- Mitākṣarā — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakaṭīkā — Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Vidyāraṇya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Mādhyandina — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Mantrapuṣpa — Sanskrit
- Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
- Different Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — Hopkins 1901, English
- Hindu Medicine — Zimmer 1948, English