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Vidyananda Giri; Śrī Kailāsa Vidyāloka; Śrī… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public… ## Contents - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1) — 10 parts - [2 atha prathamādhyāyasya udgīthanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2) — 28 parts - [3 atha prathamādhyāyasya sṛṣṭyādisarvarūpatānāmacaturthaṃ brāhmaṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3) — 17 parts - [4 atha prathamādhyāyasya saptānnānāmapañcamaṃ brāhmaṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4) — 24 parts - [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.5) — 3 parts - [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.6) — 1 part - [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7) — 21 parts - [8 atha dvitīyādhyāyasya śiśunāmadvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.8) — 4 parts - [9 atha dvitīyādhyāyasya mūrtārmūrttanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.9) — 1 part - [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.10) — 5 parts - [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.11) — 1 part - [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12) — 11 parts - [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.13) — 4 parts - [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14) — 20 parts - [15 atha dvitīyādhyāyasya madhuvaṃśanāmaṣaṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.15) — 3 parts - [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.16) — 1 part ## Text ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.1) oṃ| uṣā vā aśvasya medhyasya śiraḥ| sūryaścakṣurvātaḥ prāṇo, vyāttamagnirvaiśvānaraḥ, saṃvatsara ātmā'śvasya medhyasya| dyauḥ pṛṣṭhamantarikṣamudaraṃ pṛthivī pājasyaṃ diśaḥ pārśve avāntaradiśaḥ parśava, ṛtavo'ṅgāni, māsāścārdhamāsāśca parvāṇyahorātrāṇi, pratiṣṭhā, nakṣatrāṇyasthīni, nabho māṃsāni| ūvadhyathaṃ sikatāḥ sindhavo gudā, yakṛcca klomānaśca parvatā, oṣadhayaśca vanaspatayaśca lomānyudyanpūrvādhò nimlocañjaghanārdho, yadvijṛmbhate tadvidyotate, yadvidhūnute tatstanayati, yanmehati tadvarṣati, vāgevāsya vāk ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.2) aharvā aśvaṃ purastānmahimānvajāyata, tasya pūrve samudre yonī, rātrirenaṃ paścānmahimānvajāyata, tasyāpare samudre yoniretau vā aśvaṃ mahimānāvabhitaḥ saṃbabhūvatuḥ hayo bhūtvā devānavahadvājī gandharvānarvā'surānaśvo manuṣyānsamudra evāsya bandhuḥ, samudro yoniḥ ### [1.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.1-2) iti prathamādhyāyasya prathamaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ samāptam ### [1.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.1-3) naiveha kiṃcanāgra āsīnmṛtyunaivedamāvṛtamāsīt | aśanāyayā'śanāyā hi mṛtyustanmano'kurutā''tmanvī syāmiti | so'rcannacarattasyārcata āpo'jāyantārthate vai me kamabhūditi tadevārkasyārkatvaṃ karthaṃ ha vā asmai bhavati ya evametadarkasyārkatvaṃ veda ### [1.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.2-2) āpo vā arkastadyadapām̐ śara āsīttatsamahanyata sā pṛthivyabhavattasyāmaśrāmyattasya śrāntasya taptasya tejoraso niravartatāgniḥ ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.3) sa tredhā''tmānaṃ vyakurutā''dityaṃ tṛtīyaṃ vāyuṃ tṛtīyam̐ sa eṣa prāṇastredhā vihitaḥ | tasya prācī agreḥ dikśiro'sau cāsau cemau| athāsya pratīcī dikpucchamasau cāsau ca sakthyau dakṣiṇā codīcī ca pārśve dyauḥ pṛṣṭhamantarikṣamudaramiyamuraḥ sa eṣo'psu pratiṣṭhito, yatra kva caiti tadeva pratitiṣṭhatyevaṃ vidvān ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.4) so'kāmayata dvitīyo ma ātmā jāyeteti sa manasā vācaṃ mithunaṃ samabhavadaśanāyā mṛtyustadyadreta āsītsa saṃvatsaro'bhavat| na ha purā tataḥ saṃvatsara āsa, tametāvantaṃ kālamabibhaḥ| yāvānsaṃvatsarastametāvataḥ kālasya parastādasṛjata| taṃ jātamabhivyādadātsa bhāṇakarotsaiva vāgabhavat ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.5) sa aikṣata yadi vā imamabhimaṃsye kanīyo'nnaṃ kariṣye iti sa tayā vācā tenā''tmaneda sarvamasṛjata yadidaṃ kiṃcarco yajūṃṣi sāmāni chandāṃsi yajñānprajāḥ paśūn | sa yadyadevāsṛjata tattadattumapriyata sarvaṃ vā attīti tadaditeradititvaṃ, sarvasyaitasyāttā bhavati sarvamasyānnaṃ bhavati, ya evametadaditeradititvaṃ veda ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.6) so'kāmayata bhūyasā yajñena bhūyo yajeyeti | so'śrāmyatsa tapo'tapyata tasya śrāntasya taptasya yaśo vīryamudakrāmat | prāṇā vai yaśo vīryaṃ tatprāṇeṣūtkrānteṣu śarīram̐ śvayitumadhriyata tasya śarīra eva mana āsīt ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.7) so'kāmayata medhyaṃ ma idam̐ syādātmanvyanena syāmiti| tato'śvaḥ samabhavadyadaśvattanmedhyamabhūditi tadevāśvamedhasyāśvamedhatvam| eṣa ha vā aśvamedhaṃ veda ya enamevaṃ veda| tamanavarudhyaivāmanyata| tam̐ saṃvatsarasya parastādātmane ālabhata| paśūndevatābhyaḥ pratyauhat| tasmātsarvadevatyaṃ prokṣitaṃ prājāpatyamālabhanta eṣa ha vā aśvamedho ya eṣa tapati tasya saṃvatsara ātmā'yamagnirarkastasyeme lokā ātmānastāvetāvarkāśvamedhau| so punarekaiva devatā bhavati mṛtyurevāpa punarmṛtyuṃ jayati nainaṃ mṛtyurāpnoti mṛtyurasyā''tmā bhavatyetāsāṃ devatānāmeko bhavati ### [1.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.1.7.p1) iti prathamādhyāyasya dvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam||2 ### atha prathamādhyāyasya udgīthanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.1) dvayā ha prājāpatyā devāścāsurāśca| tataḥ kanīyasā eva devā, jyāyasā asurāsta eṣu lokeṣvaspardhanta te ha devā ūcurhantāsurānyajñe udgīthenātyayāmeti ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.2) te ha vācamūcustvaṃ na udgāyeti tatheti tebhyo vāgudagāyata| yo vāci bhogastaṃ devebhya āgāyadyatkalyāṇaṃ vadati tmātmane| te viduranena vai na udgātrā'tyeṣyantīti tamabhidrutya pāpmanā'vidhyant sa yaḥ sa pāpmā yadevedamapratirūpaṃ vadati sa eva sa pāpmā ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.3) atha ha ghrāṇamūcustvaṃ na udgāyeti tatheti tebhyaḥ ghrāṇa udagāyadyaḥ ghrāṇe bhogastaṃ devebhya āgāyadyatkalyāṇaṃ jighrati tadātmane| te viduranena vai na udgātrā'tyeṣyantīti tamabhidrutya pāpmanā'vidhyansa yaḥ sa pāpmā yadevedamapratirūpaṃ jighrati sa eva sa pāpmā ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.4) atha ha cakṣurūcustvaṃ na udgāyeti tatheti tebhyaścakṣurudagāyat| yaścakṣuṣi bhogastaṃ devebhya āgāyadyatkalyāṇaṃ paśyati tadātmane| te viduranena vai na udgātrā'tyeṣyantīti tamabhidrutya pāpmanā'vidhyansa yaḥ sa pāpmā yadevedamapratirūpaṃ paśyati sa eva sa pāpmā ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.5) atha ha śrotramūcustvaṃ na udgāyeti tatheti tebhyaḥ śrotramudagāyadyaḥ śrotre bhogastaṃ devebhya āgāyadyatkalyāṇaṃ śṛṇoti tadātmane| te viduranena vai na udgātrā'tyeṣyantīti tamabhidrutya pāpmanā'vidhyansa yaḥ sa pāpmā yadevedamapratirūpa 24 śṛṇoti sa eva sa pāpmā ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.6) atha ha mana ūcustvaṃ na udgāyeti tatheti tebhyo mana udagāyadyo manasi bhogastaṃ devebhya āgāyadyatkalyāṇa 24 saṃkalpayati tadātmane| te viduranena vai na udgātrā'tyeṣyantīti tamabhidrutya pāpmanā'vidhyansa yaḥ sa pāpmā yadevedamapratirūpathaṃ saṃkalpayati sa eva sa pāpmaivamu khalvetā devatāḥ pāpmabhirupāsṛjannevamenāḥ pāpmanā'vidhyan ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.7) atha hemamāsanyaṃ prāṇamūcustvaṃ na udgāyeti tatheti tebhya eṣa prāṇa udagāyatte viduranena vai na udgātrā'tyeṣyantīti tamabhidrutya pāpmanā'vivyatsansa yathā'śmānamṛtvā loṣṭo vidhvaṃsetaivathaṃ haiva vidhvaṃthaṃsamānā viṣvañco vineśustato devā abhavanparā'surā bhavatyātmanā parā'sya dviṣanbhrātṛvyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.8) te hocuḥ kva nu so'bhūdyo na itthamasaktetyayamāsye'ntariti so'yāsya āṅgiraso'ṅgānāṃ hi rasaḥ ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.9) sā vā eṣā devatā dūrnāma dūraṃ hyasyā mṛtyurdūraṃ ha vā asmānmṛtyurbhavati ya evaṃ veda ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.10) sā vā eṣā devataitāsāṃ devatānāṃ pāpmānaṃ mṛtyumapahatya yatrā''sāṃ diśāmantastadgamayāṃcakāra tadāsāṃ pāpmano vinyadadhāttasmānna janamiyānnāntamiyānnetpāpmānaṃ mṛtyumanvavāyānīti ### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.19) sā vā eṣā devataitāsāṃ devatānāṃ pāpmānaṃ mṛtyumapahatyāthainā mṛtyunatyavahat ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.12) sa vai vācameva prathamāmatyavahatsā yadā mṛtyumatyamucyata so'gnirabhavatso'yamagniḥ pareṇa mṛtyumatikrānto dīpyate ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.13) atha ghrāṇamatyavahatsa yadā mṛtyumatyamucyata sa vāyurabhavatso'yaṃ vāyuḥ pareṇa mṛtyumatikrāntaḥ pavate ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.14) atha cakṣuratyavahattadyadā mṛtyumatyamucyata so'sāvādityo'bhavatso'sāvādityaḥ pareṇa mṛtyumatikrāntastapati ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.15) atha śrotramatyavahattadyadā mṛtyumatyamucyata sā diśo'bhavaṃstā imā diśaḥ pareṇa mṛtyumatikrāntāḥ ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.16) atha mano'tyavahattadyadā mṛtyumatyamucyata sa candramā abhavatso'sau candraḥ pareṇa mṛtyumatikrānto bhātyevaṃ ha vā enameṣā devatā mṛtyumativahati ya evaṃ veda ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.17) athā''tmane'nnādyamāgāyadyaddhi kiṃcānna madyate'nenaiva tadadyata iha pratitiṣṭhati ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.18) te devā abruvannetāvadvā ida sarvaṃ yadannaṃ tadātmana āgāsīranu no'sminnanne ābhajasveti te vai mā'bhisaṃviśateti tatheti ta saṃmantaṃ pariṇyaviśanta | tasmādyadanenānnamatti tenaitāstṛpyantyeva havā ena svā abhisaṃviśanti bhartā svānā śreṣṭhaḥ pura etā bhavatyannādo'dhipatirya evaṃ veda, ya u haivaṃvida sveṣu prati pratiburbhūrṣati na haivālaṃ bhāryebhyo bhavatyatha ya evaitamanu bhavati yo vaitamanu bhāryānbubhūrṣati sa haivālaṃ bhāryebhyo bhavati ### [2.19-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.19-2) so'yāsya āṅgiraso'ṅgānāṃ hi rasaḥ prāṇo vā aṅgānāṃ rasaḥ prāṇo hi vā aṅgānāṃ rasastasmādyasmātkasmāccāṅgātprāṇa utkrāmati tadeva tacchuṣyatyeṣa hi vā aṅgānāṃ rasaḥ ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.20) eṣa u eva bṛhaspatirvāgvai bṛhatī tasyā eṣa patistasmādu bṛhaspatiḥ ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.21) eṣa u eva brahmaṇaspatirvāgvai brahma tasyā eṣa patistasmādu brahmaṇaspatiḥ ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.22) eṣa u eva sāma vāgvai sā'm eṣa sā cāmaśceti tatsāmnaḥ sāmatvam| yadveva samaḥ pluṣiṇā samo maśakena samo nāgena sama ebhistribhirlokaiḥ samo'nena sarveṇa tasmādveva sāmāśnute sāmnaḥ sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ ya evametatsāma veda ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.23) eṣa u vā udgīthaḥ prāṇo vā utprāṇena hīdath‌ sarvamuttabdhaṃ vāgeva gīthocca gīthā ceti sa udgīthaḥ ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.24) taddhāpi brahmadattaścaikitāneyo rājānaṃ bhakṣayannuvācāyaṃ tyasya rājā mūrdhānaṃ vipātayatādyadito'yāsya āṅgiraso'nyenodgāyaditi vācā ca hyeva sa prāṇena codgāyaditi ### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.25) tasya haitasya sāmno yaḥ svaṃ veda bhavati hāsya svaṃ tasya vai svara eva svaṃ tasmādārtvijyaṃ kariṣyanvāci svaramiccheta tayā vācā svarasaṃpannayā''rtvijyaṃ kuryāttasmādyajñe svaravantaṃ didṛkṣanta eva| atho yasya svaṃ bhavati bhavati hāsya svaṃ ya evametatsāmnaḥ svaṃ veda ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.26) tasya haitasya sāmno yaḥ suvarṇaṃ veda bhavati hāsya suvarṇaṃ tasya vai svara eva suvarṇaṃ bhavati hāsya suvarṇaṃ ya evametatsāmnaḥ suvarṇaṃ veda ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.27) tasya haitasya sāmno yaḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ veda prati ha tiṣṭhati tasya vai vāgeva pratiṣṭhā vāci hi khalveṣa etatprāṇaḥ pratiṣṭhito gīyate'nne ityu haike āhuḥ ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.28) athātaḥ pavamānānāmevābhyārohaḥ sa vai khalu prastotā sāma prastauti sa yatra prastuyāttadetāni japet| asato mā sadgamaya, tamaso mā jyotirgamaya, mṛtyormā'mṛtaṃ gamayeti sa yadāhāsato mā sadgamayeti mṛtyurvā asatsadamṛtaṃ mṛtyormā'mṛtaṃ gamayāmṛtaṃ mā kurvityevaitadāha tamaso mā jyotirgamayeti mṛtyurvai tamo jyotiramṛtaṃ mṛtyormā'mṛtaṃ gamayāmṛtaṃ mā kurvityevaitadāha mṛtyormā'mṛtaṃ gamayeti nātra tirohitamivāsti | atha yānītarāṇi stotrāṇi teṣvātmane'nnādyamāgāyettasmādu teṣu varaṃ vṛṇīta yaṃ kāmaṃ kāmayeta tam̐ sa eṣa evaṃvidudgātā''tmane vā yajamānāya vā yaṃ kāmaṃ kāmayate tamāgāyati taddhaitallokajideva na haivālokyatāyā āśā'sti ya evametatsāma veda ### [2.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.28.p1) iti prathamādhyāyasyodgīthanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ||3 ### [2.28.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.2.28.p2) iti prathamādhyāsyodgīthanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ||3 ### atha prathamādhyāyasya sṛṣṭyādisarvarūpatānāmacaturthaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.1) ātmaivedamagra āsītpuruṣavidhaḥ so'nuvīkṣya nānyadātmano'paśyatso'hamasmītyagre vyāharattato'haṃnāmābhavattasmādapyetarhyāmantrito'hamayamityevāgra uktvā'thānyannāma prabrūte yadasya bhavati sa yatpūrvo'smātsarvasmātsarvānpāpmana auṣattasmātpuruṣa oṣati ha vai sa taṃ yo'smātpūrvo bubhūṣati ya evaṃ veda ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.2) so'bibhettasmādekākī bibheti sa hāyamīkṣāṃcakre yanmadanyannāsti kasmānnu bibhemīti tata evāsya bhayaṃ vīyāya kasmāddhayabheṣyadvitīyādvai bhayaṃ bhavati ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.3) sa vai naiva reme tasmādekākī na ramate sa dvitīyamaicchat| sa haitāvānāsa yathā strīpumāṃsau saṃpariṣvaktau sa imamevā''tmānaṃ dvedhā'pātayattataḥ patiśca patnī cābhavatāṃ tasmādidamardhabṛgalamiva sva iti ha smā''ha yājñavalkyastasmādayamākāśaḥ striyā pūryata eva tāṃ samabhavattato manuṣyā ajāyanta ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.4) so heyamīkṣāṃcakre kathaṃ nu mā''tmana eva janayitvā saṃbhavati hanta tiro'sānīti sā gaurabhavadṛṣabha itarastām̐ samevābhavattato gāvo'jāyanta vaḍavetarā'bhavadaśvavṛṣa itaro gardabhītarā gardabha itarastām̐ samevābhavattata ekaśaphamajāyatājetarā'bhavadvasta itaro'va Name="other hand" type="inserted" iritā meṣa itarastām̐ samevābhavattato'jāvayo'jāyantaivameva yadidaṃ kiṃca mithunamā pipīlikābhyastatsarvamasṛjata ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.5) so'vedāhaṃ vāva sṛṣṭirasmyaham̐ hīdam̐ sarvamasṛkṣīti tataḥ sṛṣṭirabhavatsṛṣṭyām̐ hāsyaitasyāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.6) athetyabhyamanthatsa mukhācca yonerhastābhyāṃ cāgnimamṛjata tasmādetadubhayamalomakamantarato'lomakā hi yonirantarataḥ| tadyadidamāhuramuṃ yajāmuṃ yajetyekaikaṃ devametasyaiva sā visṛṣṭireṣa u hyeva sarve devāḥ| atha yatkiṃcedamārdraṃ tadretaso'sṛjata tadu soma etāvadvā ida sarvamannaṃ caivānnādaśca soma evānnamgnirannādaḥ saiṣā brahmaṇo'tisṛṣṭiḥ| yacchreyaso devānasṛjatātha yanmartyaḥ sannamṛtānasṛjata tasmādatisṛṣṭiratisṛṣṭyāᳪ hāsyaitasyāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.7) āhuramumagniṃ yajāmumindraṃ yajetyādi nāmaśastrastotrakarmādibhinnatvādvinnamevāgnyādidevamekaikaṃ manyamānā āhurityabhiprāyaḥ| tanna tathā vidyāt| yasmādetasyaiva prajāpateḥ sā visṛṣṭirdevabhedaḥ sarva eṣa u hyeva prajāpatireva prāṇaḥ sarve devāḥ taddhedaṃ tarhyavyākṛtamāsīttannāmarūpābhyāmeva vyākriyatāsaunāmā'yamidaṃ rūpa iti tadidamapyetarhi nāmarūpābhyāmeva vyākriyate'saunāmā'yamidaṃ rūpa iti sa eṣa iha praviṣṭaḥ | ā nakhāgrebhyo yathā kṣuraḥ kṣuradhāne'vahitaḥ syādviśvaṃbharo vā viśvaṃbharakulāye taṃ na paśyanti| akṛtsno hi sa prāṇanneva prāṇo nāma bhavati| vadanvākpaśyaṃścakṣuḥ śṛṇvañśrotraṃ manvāno manastānyasyaitāni karmanāmānyeva | sa yo'ta ekaikamupāste, na sa vedākṛtsno hyeṣo'ta ekaikena bhavatyātmetyevopāsītātra hyete sarva ekaṃ bhavanti | tadetatpadanīyamasya sarvasya yadayamātmā'nena hyetatsarvaṃ veda yathā ha vai padenānuvindedevaṃ kīrtiṃś ślokaṃ vindate ya evaṃ veda ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.8) yadarthaḥ sarvaśāstrārambho yasminnavidyayā svābhāvikyā kartṛkriyāphalādhyāropaṇā kṛtā, yaḥ kāraṇaṃ sarvasya jagato, yadātmake nāmarūpe salilādiva svacchānmalamiva phenamavyākṛte vyākriyete, yaśca tābhyāṃ nāmarūpābhyāṃ vilakṣaṇaḥsvato nityaśuddhabuddhamuktasvabhāvaḥ, sa eṣo'vyākṛte ātmabhūte nāmarūpe vyākurvanbrahmādistambaparyanteṣu deheṣviha karmaphalāśrayeṣvaśanāyādimatsu praviṣṭaḥ tadetatpreyaḥ putrātpreyo vittātpreyo'nyasmātsarvasmādantarataraṃ yadayamātmā| sa yo'nyamātmanaḥ priyaṃ bruvāṇaṃ brūyātpriyathaṃ rotsyatītīśvaro ha tathaiva syādātmānameva priyamupāsīta sa ya ātmānameva priyamupāste, na hāsya priyaṃ pramāyukaṃ bhavati ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.9) tadāhuryadbrahmavidyayā sarvaṃ bhaviṣyanto manuṣyā manyante kima tadbrahmāvedyasmāttatsarvamabhavaditi ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.10) brahma vā idamagra āsīttadātmānamevāvet ahaṃ brahmāsmīti | tasmāttatsarvamabhavattadyo yo devānāṃ pratyabudhyata sa eva tadbhavattatharṣīṇāṃ tathā manuṣyāṇāṃ taddhaitatpaśyannṛṣirvāmadevaḥ pratipede'haṃ manurabhavaṃ sūryaśceti tadidamapyetarhi ya evaṃ vedāhaṃ brahmāsmīti sa idam̐sarvaṃ bhavati tasya ha na devāścanābhūtyā īśate| ātmā hyeṣām̐ sa bhavati| atha yo'nyāṃ devatāmupāste'nyo'sāvanyo'hamasmīti na sa veda yathā paśurevam̐ sa devānām| yathā ha vai bahavaḥ paśavo manuṣyaṃ bhuñjyurevamekaikaḥ puruṣo devānbhunaktyekasminneva paśāvādīyamāne'priyaṃ bhavati kimu bahuṣu, tasmādeṣāṃ tanna priyaṃ yadetanmanuṣyā vidyuḥ ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.11) brahma vā idamagra āsīdekameva tadekam̐ sanna vyabhavat tacchreyorūpamatyasṛjata kṣatraṃ yānyetāni devatrā kṣatrāṇīndro varuṇaḥ somo rudraḥ parjanyo yamo mṛtyurīśāna iti| tasmātkṣatrātparaṃ nāsti tasmādbrāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyamadhastādupāste rājasūye kṣatra eva tadyaśo dadhāti saiṣā kṣatrasya yoniryadbrahma | tasmādyadyapi rājā paramatāṃ gacchati brahmaivāntata upaniśrayati, svāṃ yoniṃ, ya u enam̐ hinasti, svām̐ sa yonimṛcchati, sa pāpīyānbhavati, yathā śreyām̐sam̐ him̐sitvā ### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.12) sa naiva vyabhavatsa viśamasṛjata yānyetāni devajātāni gaṇaśa ākhyāyante vasavo rudrā ādityā viśvedevā maruta iti ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.13) sa naiva vyabhavatsa śaudraṃ varṇamasṛjata pūṣaṇamiyaṃ vai pūṣeyaṃ hīdaṃ sarvaṃ puṣyati yadidaṃ kiṃca ### [3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.14) sa naiva vyabhavattacchreyorūpamatyasṛjata dharmaṃ tadetatkṣatrasya kṣatraṃ yaddharmastasmāddharmātparaṃ nāstyatho abalīyānbalīyāṃsamāśaṃsate dharmeṇa, yathā rājñaivaṃ, yo vai sa dharmaḥ satyaṃ vai tattasmātsatyaṃ vadantamāhurdharmaṃ vadatīti, dharmaṃ vā vadantaṃ satyaṃ vadatītyetaddhyevaitadubhayaṃ bhavati ### [3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.15) tadetadbrahma kṣatraṃ viṭśūdrastadagnināaiva deveṣu brahmābhavadbrāhmaṇo manuṣyeṣu, kṣatriyeṇa kṣatriyo, vaiśyena vaiśyaḥ śūndreṇa śūdrastasmādagnāveva deveṣu lokamūcchante brāhmaṇe manuṣyeṣvetābhyām̐ hi rūpābhyāṃ brahmābhavat atha yo ha vā asmāllokātsvaṃ lokamadṛṣṭvā praiti sa enamavidito na bhunakti yathā vedo vā'nanūkto'nyadvā karmākṛtaṃ yadiha vā apyanevaṃvinmahatpuṇyaṃ karma karoti taddhāsyāntataḥ kṣīyata evā''tmānameva lokamupāsīta sa ya ātmānameva lokamupāste na hāsya karma kṣīyate| asmāddhyevā''tmano yadyatkāmayate tattatsṛjate ### [3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.16) atho ayaṃ vā ātmā sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ lokaḥ sa yajjuhoti yadyajate tena devānāṃ loko'tha yadanubrūte tena ṛṣīṇāmatha yatpitṛbhyo nipṛṇāti yatprajāmicchate tena pitṝṇāmatha yanmanuṣyānvāsayate yadebhyo'śanaṃ dadāti tena manuṣyāṇāmatha yatpaśubhyastṛṇodakaṃ vindati tena paśūnāṃ yadasya gṛheṣu śvāpadā vayāṃsyā pipīlikābhya upajīvanti tena teṣāṃ loko yathā ha vai svāya lokāyāriṣṭamicchedevaṃ haivaṃvide sarvāṇi bhūtānyaririṣṭamicchanti tadvā etadviditaṃ mīmāṃsitam ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.17) ātmaivedamagra āsīdeka eva so'kāmayata jāyā me syādatha prajāyeyātha vittaṃ me syādatha karma kurvīyetyetāvānvai kāmo, necchaṃścanāto bhūyo vindettasmādpyetahyaikākī kāmayate jāyā me syādatha prajāyeyātha vittaṃ me syādatha karma kurvīyeti sa yāvadapyeteṣāmekaikaṃ na prāpnotyakṛtsna eva tāvanmanyate tasyo kṛtsnatā mana evāsyā''tmā vāgjāyā prāṇaḥ prajā cakṣurmānuṣaṃ vittaṃ cakṣuṣā hi tadvindate śrotraṃ daivam̐, śrotreṇa hi tacchṛṇotyātmaivāsya karmā''tmanā hi karma karoti, sa eṣa pāṅkto yajñaḥ pāṅktaḥ paśuḥ pāṅktaḥ puruṣaḥ pāṅktamidam̐ sarvaṃ yadidaṃ kiṃca tadidam̐ sarvamāpnoti ya evaṃ veda ### [3.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.3.17.p1) iti prathamādhyāye caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam ### atha prathamādhyāyasya saptānnānāmapañcamaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.p1) ātmaivedamagra āsīt so'kāmayata jāyā me syāttayā athāhaṃ prajāyeya atha vittaṃ me syātkarmasādhanaṃ sādhanaṃ karma kurvīya ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.1) yattaptānnāni medhayā tapasā'janayatpitā| ekamasya sādhāraṇam| dve devānabhājayat| trīṇyātmane'kuruta| paśubhya ekaṃ prāyacchat| tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca na| kasmāttāni na kṣīyante'dyamānāni sarvadā yo vaitāmakṣitiṃ veda| so'nnamatti pratīkena| sa devānapigacchati sa ūrjamupajīvatīti ślokāḥ ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.2) yatsaptānnāni medhayā tapasā'janayatpiteti medhayā hi tapasā'janayatpitā | ekamasya sādhāraṇamitīdamevāsya tatsādhāraṇamannaṃ yadidamadyate | sa ya etadupāste na sa pāpmano vyāvartate miśraṃ hyetat | dve devānabhājāyaditi hutaṃ ca prahutaṃ ca tasmāddevebhyo juhvati ca pra ca juhvatyatho āhurdarśapūrṇamāsāviti | tasmānneṣṭiyājukaḥ syāt | paśubhya ekaṃ prāyacchaditi tatpayaḥ payo hyevāgre manuṣyāśca paśavaścopajīvanti tasmātkumāraṃ jātaṃ ghṛtaṃ vai vāgre pratilehayanti stanaṃ vā'nudhāpayantyatha vatsaṃ jātamāhuratṛṇāda iti| tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca neti payasi hīdaṃ sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca na| tadyadidamāhuḥ saṃvatsaraṃ payasā juhvadapa punarmṛtyuṃ jayatīti na tathā vidyādyadahareva juhoti tadahaḥ punarmṛtyumapajayatyevaṃ vidvānsarvaṃ hi devebhyo'nnādyaṃ prayacchati| kasmāttāni na kṣīyante'dyamānāni sarvadeti puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ sa hīdamannaṃ punaḥ punarjanayate| yo vaitāmakṣitiṃ vedeti puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ sa hīdamannaṃ dhiyā dhiyā janayate karmabhiryaddhaitanna kuryātkṣīyeta ha so'nnamatti pratīkeneti mukhaṃ pratīkaṃ mukhenetyetat| sa devānapigacchati sa ūrjamupajīvatīti praśathaṃsā ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.3) trīṇyātmane'kuruteti mano vācaṃ prāṇaṃ tānyātmane'kurutānyatramanā abhūvaṃ nādarśamanyatramanā abhūvaṃ nāśrauṣamiti manasā hyeva paśyati manasā śṛṇoti | kāmaḥ saṃkalpo vicikitsā śraddhā'śraddhā dhṛtiradhṛtirhrīrdhīrbhīrityetatsarvaṃ mana eva tasmādapi pṛṣṭhata upaspṛṣṭo manasā vijānāti yaḥ kaśca śabdo vāgeva sā| eṣā hyantamāyattaiṣā hi na prāṇo'pāno vyāna udānaḥ samāno'na ityetatsarvaṃ prāṇa evaitanmayo vā ayamātmā vāṅmayo manomayaḥ prāṇamayaḥ ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.4) trayo lokā eta eva vāgevāyaṃ loko mano'ntarikṣalokaḥ prāṇo'sau lokaḥ ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.5) trayo vedā eta eva vāgevargvedo mano yajurvedaḥ prāṇaḥ sāmavedaḥ ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.6) devāḥ pitaro manuṣyā eta eva vāgeva devā manaḥ pitaraḥ prāṇo manuṣyāḥ ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.7) pitā mātā prajaita eva mana eva pitā vāṅmātā prāṇaḥ prajā ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.8) vijñātaṃ vijijñāsyamavijñātameta eva yatkiṃca vijñātaṃ vācastadrūpaṃ vāgghi vijñātā vāgenaṃ tadbhūtvā'vati ### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.9) yatkiṃca vijijñāsyaṃ manasastadrūpaṃ mano hi vijijñāsyaṃ mana enaṃ tadbhūtvā'vati ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.10) yatkiṃcāvijñātaṃ prāṇasya tadrūpaṃ prāṇo hyavijñātaḥ prāṇa enaṃ tadbhūtvā'vati ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.11) tasyai vācaḥ pṛthivī śarīraṃ jyotīrūpamayamagnistadyāvatyeva vāktāvatī pṛthivī tāvānayamagniḥ ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.12) athaitasya manaso dyauḥ śarīraṃ jyotīrūpamasāvādityastadyāvadeva manastāvatī dyaustāvānasāvādityastau mithuna saṃmaitāṃ tataḥ prāṇo'jāyata sa indraḥ sa eṣo'sapatno, dvitīyo vai sapatno nāsya sapatno bhavati ya evaṃ veda ### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.13) athaitasya prāṇasyā''paḥ śarīraṃ jyotīrūpamasau candrastadyāvāneva prāṇastāvatya āpastāvanasau candraste ete sarva eva samāḥ sarve'nantāḥ sa yo haitānantavata upāste'ntavantaṃ sa lokaṃ jayatyatha yo haitānanantānupāste'nantaṃ sa lokaṃ jayati ### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.14) sa eṣa saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ ṣoḍaśakalastasya rātraya eva pañcadaśa kalā dhruvaivāsya ṣoḍaśī kalā sa rātribhirevā ca pūryate'pa ca kṣīyate so'māvāsyāthaṃ rātrimetayā ṣoḍaśyā kalayā sarvamidaṃ prāṇabhṛdanupraviśya tataḥ prātarjāyate tasmādetāthaṃ rātriṃ prāṇabhṛtaḥ prāṇaṃ na vicchindyādapi kṛkalāsasyaitasyā eva devatāyā apacityai ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.15) yo vai saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ ṣoḍaśakalo'yameva sa, yo'yamevaṃvitpuruṣastasya vittameva pañcadaśa kalā, ātmaivāsya ṣoḍaśī kalā, sa vittenaivā ca pūryate'pa ca kṣīyate tadetannabhyaṃ yadayamātmā pradhirvittaṃ tasmādyadyapi sarvajyāniṃ jīyata ātmanā cejjīvati pradhinā'gādityevā''huḥ ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.16) atha trayo vāva lokā manuṣyalokaḥ pitṛloko devaloka iti so'yaṃ manuṣyalokaḥ putreṇaiva jayyo nānyena karmaṇā karmaṇā pitṛloko vidyayā devaloko devaloko vai lokānāṃ śreṣṭhastasmādvidyāṃ praśam̐santi ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.17) athātaḥ saṃprattiryadā praiṣyanmanyate'tha putramāha tvaṃ brahma tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ loka iti sa putraḥ pratyāhāhaṃ brahmāhaṃ yajño'haṃ loka iti yadvai kiṃcānūktaṃ tasya sarvasya brahmetyekatā | ye vai ke ca yajñāsteṣā sarveśāṃ yajña ityekatā ye vai ke ca lokāsteṣā sarveśāṃ loka ityekataitāvadvā ida sarvametanmā sarva sannayamato'bhunajaditi tasmātputramanuśiṣṭaṃ lokyamāhustasmādenamanuśāsati sa yadaivaṃvidasmāllokātpraityathaibhireva prāṇaiḥ saha putramāviśati sa yadyanena kiṃcidakṣaṇayā'kṛtaṃ bhavati tasmādenam̐ sarvasmātputro muñcati tasmātputro nāma sa putreṇaivāsmim̐lloke pratitiṣṭhatyathainamete daivāḥ prāṇā amṛtā āviśanti ### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.18) pṛthivyai cainamagneśca daivī vāgāviśati sā vai daivī vāgyayā yadyadeva vadati tattadbhavati ### [4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.19) divaścainamādityācca daivaṃ mana āviśati tadvai daivaṃ mano yenā''nandyeva bhavatyatho na śocati ### [4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.20) adbhyaścainaṃ candramasaśca daivaḥ prāṇa āviśati, sa vai daivaḥ prāṇo yaḥ saṃcaraṃścāsaṃcaraṃśca na vyathate'tho na riṣyati sa evaṃvitsarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmātmā bhavati, yathaiṣā devataivaṃ sa yathaitāṃ devatāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtānyavantyevatham̐ haivaṃvida sarvāṇi bhūtānyavanti| yadu kiṃ cemāḥ prajāḥ śocantyāmaivā''sāṃ tadbhavati puṇyamevāmuṃ gacchati na ha vai devānpāpaṃ gacchati ### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.21) athāto vratamīmāṃsā prajāpatirha karmāṇi sasṛje tāni sṛṣṭānyanyonyenāspardhanta vadiṣyāmyevāhamiti vāgdadhre drakṣyāmyahamiti cakṣuḥ śroṣyāmyahamiti śrotramevamanyāni karmāṇi yathākarma tāni mṛtyuḥ śramo bhūtvopayeme tānyāpnottānyāptvā mṛtyuravārundha tasmācchrāmyatyeva vākśrāmyati cakṣuḥ śrāmyati śrotramathemameva nā''pnodyo'yaṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇastāni jñātuṃ dadhire| ayaṃ vai naḥ śreṣṭho yaḥ saṃcaraṃścāsaṃcaraṃśca na vyathate'tho na riṣyati hantāsyaiva sarve rūpamasāmeti ta etasyaiva sarve rūpamabhavaṃstasmādete etenā''khyāyante prāṇā iti tena ha vāva tatkulamācakṣate yasminkule bhavati ya evaṃ veda ya u haivaṃvidā spardhate'nuśuṣyatyanuśuṣya haivāntato mriyata ityadhyātmam ### [4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.22) athādhidaivataṃ jvaliṣyāmyevāhamityagnirdadhre tapsyāmyahamityādityo bhāsyāmyahamiti candramā evamanyā devatā yathādaivata1 sa yathaiṣāṃ prāṇānāṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇa evametāsāṃ devatānāṃ vāyumloṃcanti hyanyā devatā na vāyuḥ saiṣā'nastamitā devatā yadvāyuḥ ### [4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.23) athaiṣa śloko bhavati yataścodeti sūryo'staṃ yatra ca gacchatīti prāṇādvā eṣa udeti prāṇe'stameti taṃ devāścakrire dharmaṃ sa evādya sa u śva iti yadvā ete'murhyadhriyante tadevāpyadya kurvanti | tasmādekameva vrataṃ caretprāṇyāccaivāpānyācca nenmā pāpmā mṛtyurāpnuvaditi yadyu caretsamāpipayiṣetteno etasyai devatāyai sāyujya sālokatāṃ jayati ### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.5.1) trayaṃ vā idaṃ nāma rūpaṃ karma teṣāṃ nāmnāṃ vāgityetadeṣāmukthamato hi sarvāṇi nāmānyuttiṣṭhanti| etadeṣām̐ sāmaitaddhi sarvairnāmabhiḥ samametadeṣāṃ brahmaitaddhi sarvāṇi nāmāni bibharti ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.5.2) atha rūpāṇāṃ cakṣurityetadeṣāmukthamato hi sarvāṇi rūpāṇyuttiṣṭhantyetadeṣāṃ sāmaitaddhi sarvai rūpaiḥ samametadeṣāṃ brahmaitaddhi sarvāṇi rūpāṇi bibharti ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.5.3) atha karmaṇāmātmetyetadeṣāmukthamato hi sarvāṇi karmāpyuttiṣṭhantyetadeṣāṃ sāmaitaddhi sarvaiḥ karmabhiḥ samametadeṣāṃ brahmaitaddhi sarvāṇi karmāṇi bibharti tadetattrayathaṃ sadekamayamātmā''tmo ekaḥ sannetattrayaṃ tadetadamṛtathaṃ satyena cchannaṃ prāṇo vā amṛtaṃ nāmarūpe satyaṃ tābhyāmayaṃ prāṇaśchannaḥ ### [5.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.5.3.p1) iti prathamādhyāyasyokthanāmaṣaṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇam ||6 ### [5.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.5.3.p2) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi prathamo'dhyāyaḥ ||1 ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.6.3) bṛhadāraṇyakakrameṇa tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ### [6.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.6.3.p1) satyena ### [6.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.6.3.p2) iti saptamāhnikam||7 ### [6.3.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.6.3.p3) iti bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣye prathamādhyāyasyokthanāmaṣaṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇam||6 ### [6.3.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.6.3.p4) iti śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya paramahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīśaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣye prathamo'dhyāyaḥ||1 ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.1) oṃ || dṛptabālākirhānūcāno gārgya āsa sa hovācājātaśatruṃ kāśyaṃ brahma te bravāṇīti sa hovācājātaśatruḥ sahasrametasyāṃ vāci dadmo janako janaka iti vai janā dhāvantīti ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.2) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāsāvāditye puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā atiṣṭhāḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ mūrdhā rājeti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste'tiṣṭhāḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ mūrdhā rājā bhavati ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.3) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāsau candre puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā bṛhanpāṇḍaravāsāḥ somo rājeti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste'haraharha sutaḥ prasuto bhavati nāsyānnaṃ kṣīyate ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.4) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāsau vidyuti puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhāstejasvīti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste tejasvī ha bhavati tejasvinī hāsya prajā bhavati ### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.5) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyamākāśe puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvādiṣṭhāḥ pūrṇamapravartīti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste pūryate prajayā paśubhirnāsyāsmāllokātprajodvartate ### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.6) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyaṃ vāyau puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā indro vaikuṇṭho'parājitā seneti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste jiṣṇurhāparājiṣṇurbhavatyanyatastyajāyī ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.7) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyamagnau puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā viṣāsahiriti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste viṣāsahirha bhavati viṣāsahirhāsya prajā bhavati ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.8) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyamapsu puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhāḥ pratirūpa iti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste pratirūpam̐ haivainamupagacchati nāpratirūpamatho pratirūpo'smājjāyate ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.9) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyamādarśe puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā rociṣṇuriti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste rociṣṇurha bhavati rociṣṇurhāsya prajā bhavatyatho yaiḥ saṃnigacchati sarvām̐stānatirocate ### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.10) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyaṃ yantaṃ paścācchabdo'nūdetyetamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā asuriti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste sarvam̐ haivāsmim̐lloka āyureti nainaṃ purā kālātprāṇo jahāti ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.19) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyaṃ dikṣu puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā dvitīyo'napaga iti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste dvitīyavānha bhavati nāsmādgaṇaśchidyate ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.12) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyaṃ chāyāmayaḥ puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā mṛtyuriti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāste sarvaṃ haivāsmim̐lloka āyureti nainaṃ purā kālānmṛtyurrāgacchati ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.13) sa hovāca gārgyo ya evāyamātmani puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti sa hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhā ātmanvīti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa ya etamevamupāsta ātmanvī ha bhavatyātmanvinī hāsya prajā bhavati sa ha tūṣṇīmāsa gārgyaḥ ### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.14) sa hovācājātaśatruretāvannū3 ityetāvaddhīti naitāvatā viditaṃ bhavatīti sa hovāca gārgya upa tvā yānīti ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.15) sa hovācājātaśatruḥ pratilomaṃ caitadyadbrāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyamupeyādbrahma me vakṣyatīti vyeva tvā jñapayiṣyāmīti taṃ pāṇāvādāyottasthau tau ha puruṣa suptamājagmatustametairnāmabhirānmaṃtrayāṃcakre bṛhanpāṇḍaravāsaḥ soma rājanniti sa nottasthau taṃ pāṇinā''peṣaṃ bodhayāṃcakāra sa hottasthau ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.16) sa hovācājātaśatruryatraiṣa etatsupto'bhūdya eṣa vijñānamayaḥ puruṣaḥ kvaiṣa tadā'bhūtkuta etadāgāditi tadu ha na mene gārgyaḥ ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.17) sa hovācājātaśatruryatraiṣa etatsupto'bhūdya eṣa vijñānamayaḥ puruṣastadeṣāṃ prāṇānāṃ vijñānena vijñānamādāya ya eṣo'ntarhṛdaya ākāśastasmiñchete tāni yadā gṛhṇātyatha haitatpuruṣaḥ svapiti nāma tadgṛhīta eva prāṇo bhavati gṛhītā vāggṛhītaṃ cakṣurgṛhīta1 śrotraṃ gṛhītaṃ manaḥ ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.18) sa yatraitatsvapnyayā carati te hāsya lokāstaduteva mahārājo bhavatyuteva mahābrāhmaṇa utevoccāvacaṃ nigacchati sa yathā mahārājo jānapadāngṛhītvā sve janapade yathākāmaṃ parivartetaivamevaiṣa etatprāṇāngṛhītvā sve śarīre yathākāmaṃ parivartate ### [7.19-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.19-2) atha yadā suṣupto bhavati yadā na kasyacana veda hitā nāma nāḍyo dvāsaptatiḥ sahasrāṇi hṛdayātpurītatamabhipratiṣṭhante tābhiḥ pratyavasṛpya purītati śete sa yathā kumāro vā mahārājo vā mahābrāhmaṇo vā'tighnīmānandasya gatvā śayītaivamevaiṣa etacchete ### [7.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.8-2) ityaṣṭamāhnikam ### [7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.20) sa yathorṇanābhistantunoccaredyathā'gneḥ kṣudrā visphuliṅgā vyuccarantyevamevāsmādātmanaḥ sarve prāṇāḥ sarve lokāḥ sarve devāḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni vyuccaranti tasyopaniṣa - tsatyasya satyamiti prāṇā vai satyaṃ teṣāmeṣa satyam ### [7.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.7.20.p1) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāyasya ajātaśatrunāmaprathamaṃ brāhmaṇam ||1 ### atha dvitīyādhyāyasya śiśunāmadvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.8.1) yo ha vai śiśugm̐ sādhānagm̐ sapratyādhānagm̐ sasthūṇagm̐ sadāmaṃ veda sapta ha dviṣato bhrātṛvyānavaruṇaddhi | ayaṃ yo ha vai śiśuṃ sādhānaṃ sapratyādhānaṃ sasthūṇaṃ sadāmaṃ veda vāva śiśuryo'yaṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇastasyedamevā''dhānamidaṃ pratyādhānaṃ prāṇaḥ sthūṇā'nnaṃ dāma ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.8.2) tametāḥ saptākṣitaya upatiṣṭhante tadyā imā akṣanlohinyo rājayastābhirenam̐ rudro'nvāyatto'tha yā akṣannāpastābhiḥ parjanyo yā kanīnakā tayā''dityo yatkṛṣṇaṃ tenāgniryacchuklaṃ tenendro'dharayainaṃ vartanyā pṛthivyanvāyattā, dyauruttarayā, nāsyānnaṃ kṣīyate ya evaṃ veda ### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.8.3) tadeṣa śloko bhavati| arvāgbilaścamasa ūrdhvabudhnastasminyaśo nihitaṃ viśvarūpam| tasyā''sate ṛṣayaḥ sapta tīre vāgaṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvidāneti| arvāgbilaścamasa ūrdhvabudhna itīdaṃ tacchira eṣa hyarvāgbilaścamasa ūrdhvabudhnastasminyaśo nihitaṃ viśvarūpamiti prāṇā vai yaśo viśvarūpaṃ prāṇānetadāha tasyā''sat ṛṣayaḥ sapta tīra iti prāṇā vā ṛṣayaḥ prāṇānetadāha vāgaṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvidāneti vāgghyaṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvitte ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.8.4) imāveva gotamabharadvājāvayameva gotamo'yaṃ bharadvāja imāveva viśvāmitrajamadagnī ayameva viśvāmitro'yaṃ jamadagnirimāveva vasiṣṭhakaśyapāvayameva vasiṣṭho'yaṃ kaśyapo vāgevātrirvācā hyannamadyate'ttirha vai nāmaitadyadatririti sarvasyāttā bhavati sarvamasyānnaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda ### atha dvitīyādhyāyasya mūrtārmūrttanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.9.1) dve vāva brahmaṇo rūpe mūrttaṃ caivāmūrttaṃ ca martyaṃ cāmṛtaṃ ca sthitaṃ ca yacca, sacca tyacca ### [9.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.9.1.p1) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣye dvitīyādhyāyasya dvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam||2 ### [9.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.9.1.p2) iti navamāhnikam ||9 ### [10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.10.2) tadetanmūrttaṃ yadanyadvāyoścāntarikṣāccaitanmartyametsthitametattsattasyaitasya mūrttasyaitasya martyasyaitasya sthitasyaitasya sataḥ eṣa raso ya eṣa tapati sato hyeṣa rasaḥ ### [10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.10.3) athāmūrtaṃ vāyuścāntarikṣaṃ caitadamṛtametadyadetatsatyasyaitasyāmūrtasyaitasyāmṛtasyaitasya yata etasya tyasyaiṣa raso ya eṣa etasminmaṇḍale puruṣastasya hyeṣa rasa ityadhidaivatam ### [10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.10.4) athādhyātmamidameva mūrtaṃ yadanyatprāṇācca yaścāyamantarātmannākāśaḥ, etanmartyametatsthitametatsatattasyaitasya mūrtasyaitasya martyasyaitasya sthitasyaitasya sata eṣa raso yaccakṣuḥ sato hyeṣa rasaḥ ### [10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.10.5) athāmūrtaṃ prāṇaśca yaścāyamantarātmannākāśa etadamṛtametadyadetattyattasyaitasyāmūrtasyaitasyāmṛtasyaitasya yata etasya tyasyaiṣa raso yo'yaṃ dakṣiṇe'kṣanpuruṣastyasya hyeṣa rasaḥ ### [10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.10.6) tasya haitasya puruṣasya rūpam| yathā mahārajanaṃ vāso yathā pāṇḍvāvikaṃ yathendragopo yathā'gnyarciryathā puṇḍarīkaṃ yathā sakṛdvidyuttaṃ sakṛdvidyutteva ha vā asya śrīrbhavati, ya evaṃ vedāthāta ādeśo neti neti na hyetasmāditi netyanyatparamastyatha nāmadheya satyasya satyamiti prāṇā vai satyaṃ teṣāmeṣa satyam ### [10.6.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.10.6.p1) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye ### [11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.11.3) mūrttamūrttanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [11.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.11.3.p1) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣye dvitīyādhyāyasya mūrttāmūrttanāmatṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ||3 ### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.1) maitreyīti hovāca yājñavalkya, udyāsyanvā are'hamasmātsthānādasmi hanta te'nayā kātyāyanyā'ntaṃ karavāṇīti ### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.2) sā hovāca maitreyī yannu ma iyaṃ bhagoḥ sarvā pṛthivī vittena pūrṇā syātkathaṃ tenāmṛtā syāmiti, neti hovāca yājñavalkyo yathaivopakaraṇavatāṃ jīvitaṃ tathaiva te jīvita1 syādamṛtatvasya tu nā''śā'sti vitteneti ### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.3) sā hovāca maitreyī yenāhaṃ nāmṛtā syāṃ kimahaṃ tena kuryāṃ yadeva bhagavānveda tadeva me brūhīti ### [12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.4) sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ priyā batāre naḥ satī priyaṃ bhāṣasa ehyāssva vyākhyāsyāmi te vyācakṣāṇasya tu me nididhyāsasveti ### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.5) sa hovāca na vā are patyuḥ kāmāya patiḥ priyo bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya patiḥ priyo bhavati | na vā are jāyāyai kāmāya jāyā priyā bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya jāyā priyā bhavati | na vā are putrāṇāṃ kāmāya putrāḥ priyā bhavantyātmanastu kāmāya putrāḥ priyā bhavanti| na vā are vittasya kāmāya vittaṃ priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya vittaṃ priyaṃ bhavati| na vā are brahmaṇaḥ kāmāya brahma priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya brahma priyaṃ bhavati| na vā are kṣatrasya kāmāya kṣatraṃ priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya kṣatraṃ priyaṃ bhavati| na vā are lokānāṃ kāmāya lokāḥ priyā bhavantyātmanastu kāmāya lokāḥ priyā bhavanti| na vā are devānāṃ kāmāya devāḥ priyā bhavantyātmanastu kāmāya devāḥ priyā bhavanti| na vā are bhūtānāṃ kāmāya bhūtāni priyāṇi bhavantyātmanastu kāmāya bhūtāni priyāṇi bhavanti| na vā are sarvasya kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃ bhavatyātmanastu kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃ bhavati ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyo mantavyo nididhyāsitavyo maitreyyātmano vā are darśanena śravaṇena matyā vijñānenedam̐ sarvaṃ viditam ### [12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.6) brahma taṃ parādādyo'nyatrā''tmano brahma veda kṣatraṃ taṃ parādādyo'nyatrā''tmanaḥ kṣatraṃ veda lokāstaṃ parāduryo'nyatrā''tmano lokānveda devāstaṃ parāduryo'nyatrā''tmano devānveda bhūtāni taṃ parāduryo'nyatrā''tmano bhūtāni veda sarvaṃ taṃ parādādyo'nyatrā''tmanaḥ sarvaṃ vededaṃ brahmedaṃ kṣatramime lokā ime devā imāni bhūtānīdaṃ sarvaṃ yadayamātmā ### [12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.7) sa yathā dundubherhanyamānasya na bāhyāñśabdāñśaknuyādgrahaṇāya dundubhestu grahaṇena dundubhyāghātasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ ### [12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.8) sa yathā śaṅkhasya dhmāyamānasya na bāhyāñśabdāñśaknuyādgrahaṇāya śaṅkhasya tu grahaṇena śaṅkhadhmasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ ### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.9) sa yathā vīṇāyai vādyamānāyai na bāhyāñśabdāñśaknuyādgrahaṇāya vīṇāyai tu grahaṇena vīṇāvādasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ ### [12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.10) sa yathā''rdrendhāgnerabhyāhitātpṛthagdhūmā viniścarantyevaṃ vā are'sya mahato bhūtasya niḥśvasitametadyadṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo'tharvāṅgirasa itihāsaḥ purāṇaṃ vidyā upaniṣadaḥ ślokāḥ sūtrāṇyanuvyākhyānāni vyākhyānānyasyaivaitāni niḥśvasitāni ### [12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.11) sa yathā sarvāsāmapāṃ samudra ekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ sparśānāṃ tvagekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ gandhānāṃ nāsike ekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ rasānāṃ jihvaikāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ rūpāṇāṃ cakṣurekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ śabdānāṃ śrotramekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣām̐ saṃkalpānāṃ mana ekāyanamevam̐ sarvāsāṃ vidyānām̐ hṛdayamekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāṃ karmaṇām̐ hastāvekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāmānandānāmupastha ekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāṃ visargāṇāṃ pāyurekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāmadhvanāṃ pādāvekāyanamevam̐ sarveṣāṃ vedānāṃ vāgekāyanam ### [12.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.12.11.p1) iti daśamāhnikam ||10 ### [13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.13.12) sa yathā saindhavakhilya udake prāsta udakamevānuvilīyeta na hāsyodgrahaṇāyeva syāt| yato yatastvādadīta lavaṇamevaivaṃ vā ara idaṃ mahadbhūtamanantamapāraṃ vijñānaghana eva| etebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ samutthāya tānyevānu vinaśyati na pretya saṃjñā'stītyare bravīmīti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ ### [13.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.13.12-2) na tatra pretya viśeṣasaṃjñā'sti nāsti iti hovāco yājñavalkyaḥ ### [13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.13.13) sā hovāca maitreyyatraiva mā bhagavānamūmuhanna pretya saṃjñā'stīti sa hovāca yājñavalkyo na vā are'haṃ mohaṃ bravīmyalaṃ vā ara idaṃ vijñānāya ### [13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.13.14) yatra hi dvaitamiva bhavati taditara itaraṃ jighrati taditara itaraṃ paśyati taditara itaraśṃ śṛṇoti taditara itaramabhivadati taditara itaraṃ manute taditara itaraṃ vijānāti yatra vā asya sarvamātmaivābhūttatkena kaṃ jighrettatkena kaṃ paśyettatkena kaśṃ śṛṇuyāttatkena kamabhivadettatkena kaṃ manvīta tatkena kaṃ vijānīyāt| yenedaśṃ sarvaṃ vijānāti taṃ kena vijānīyādvijñātāramare kena vijānīyāditi ### [13.14.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.13.14.p1) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye ### [14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.4) maitreyīnāmacaturthaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.1) iyaṃ pṛthivī sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasyai pṛthivyai sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ śārīrastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ### [14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.2) imā āpaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvāsāmapāthaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamāsvapsu tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmathaṃ raitasastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmeda sarvam ### [14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.3) ayam‌gniḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasyāgneḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminnagnau tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ vāṅmayastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam‌ ### [14.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.4-2) ayaṃ vāyuḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasya vāyoḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminvāyau tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ prāṇastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ### [14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.5) ayamādityaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasyā''dityasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminnāditye tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ cākṣuṣastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ### [14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.6) imā diśaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvāsāṃ diśāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamāsu dikṣu tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ śrotraḥ prātiśrutkastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmeda sarvam ### [14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.7) ayaṃ candraḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasya candrasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasmiṃścandre tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ mānasastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmeda sarvam ### [14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.8) iyaṃ vidyutsarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasyai vidyutaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasyāṃ vidyuti tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ taijasastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ### [14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.9) ayam̐ stanayitnuḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasya stanayitnoḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminstanayitnau tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmam̐ śābdaḥ sauvarastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedam̐ sarvam ### [14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.10) ayamākāśaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasyā''kāśasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminnākāśe tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ hṛdyākāśastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ### [14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.11) ayaṃ dharmaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasya dharmasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasmindharme tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ ghārmastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ### [14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.12) idam̐ satyam̐ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasya satyasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminsatye tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmam̐ sātyastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedam̐ sarvam ### [14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.13) idaṃ mānuṣa sarvveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasya mānuṣasya sarvvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminmānuṣe tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ mānuṣastejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmeda sarvvam ### [14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.14) ayamātmā sarvveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhvasyā''tmanaḥ sarvvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaścāyamasminnātmani tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yaścāyamātmā tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo'yameva sa yo'yamātmedamamṛtamidaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ### [14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.15) sa vā ayamātmā sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmadhipatiḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ rājā tadyathā rathanābhau ca rathanemau cārāḥ sarve samarpitā evamevāsminnātmani sarvāṇi bhūtāni sarve devāḥ sarve lokāḥ sarve prāṇāḥ sarva eta ātmānaḥ samarpitāḥ ### [14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.16) idaṃ vai tanmadhu dadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo'śvibhyāmuvāca tadetadṛṣiḥ paśyannavocat | tadvāṃ narā sanaye daṃsa ugramāviṣkṛṇomi tanyaturna vṛṣṭim dadhyaṅ ha yanmadhvātharvaṇo vāmaśvasya śīrṣṇā pra yadīmuvāceti ### [14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.17) idaṃ vai tanmadhu dadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo'śvibhyāmuvāca tadetadṛṣiḥ paśyannavocat | ātharvaṇāyāśvinā dadhīce'śvyam̐ śiraḥ pratyairayatam | sa vāṃ madhu pravocadṛtāyantvāṣṭraṃ yaddasrāvapi kakṣyaṃ vāmiti ### [14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.18) idaṃ vai tanmadhu dadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo'śvibhyāmuvāca tadetadṛṣiḥ paśyannavocat| puraścakre dvipadaḥ puraścakre catuṣpadaḥ| puraḥ sa pakṣī bhūtvā puraḥ puruṣa āviśaditi| sa vā ayaṃ puruṣaḥ sarvāsu pūrṣu puriśayo nainena kiṃcanānāvṛtaṃ nainena kiṃcanāsaṃvṛtam ### [14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.14.19) idaṃ vai tanmadhu dadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo'śvibhyāmuvāca tadetadṛṣiḥ paśyannavocat | rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva tadasya rūpaṃ praticakṣaṇāya indro māyābhiḥ pururūpa īyate yuktā hyasya harayaḥ śatā daśeti | ayaṃ vai harayo'yaṃ vai daśa ca sahasrāṇi bahūni cānantāni ca tadetadbrahmāpūrvamanaparamanantaramabāhyamayamātmā brahma sarvānubhūrityanuśāsanam ### atha dvitīyādhyāyasya madhuvaṃśanāmaṣaṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.15.1) atha vaṃśaḥ| pautimāṣyo gaupavanādgaupavanaḥ pautimāṣyātpautimāṣyo gaupavanādgaupavanaḥ kauśikātkauśikaḥ kauṇḍinyātkauṇḍinyaḥ śāṇḍilyācchāṇḍilyaḥ kauśikācca gautamācca gautamaḥ ### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.15.2) vaṃśa varṇana se 4 lābha : ① vidyāstuti ② brahmavidyā utpatti ③ pratidina pāṭha se jāpa se apūrva. ④ adhyayana adhyāpana. āgniveśyādāgniveśyaḥ śāṇḍilyāccānabhimlātāccānabhimlāta ānabhimlātādānabhimlāta ānabhimlātādānabhimlāto gautamādgautamaḥ saitavaprācīnayogyābhyāṃ saitavaprācīnayogyau pārāśaryātpārāśaryo bhāradvājāddvā radvājo bhāradvājācca gautamācca gautamo bhāradvājādbhāradvājaḥ pārāśaryātpārāśaryo baijavāpāyanādbaijavāpāyanaḥ kauśikāyaneḥ kauśikāyaniḥ ### [15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.15.3) ghṛtakauśikādghṛtakauśikaḥ pārāśaryāyaṇātpārāśaryāyaṇaḥ pārāśaryātpārāśaryo jātūkarṇyājjātūkarṇya āsurāyaṇācca yāskāccā''surāyaṇastraivaṇestraivaṇiraupajandhaneraupajandhanirāsurerāsurirbhāradvājādbhāradvājaśāṇḍilyācchāṇḍilyaḥ kaiśoryātkāpyātkaiśoryaḥ kāpyaḥ kumārahāritātātreyādātreyo māṇṭermāṇṭirgautamādgautamo gautamādgautamo vātsyādvātsyaḥ kumārahārito gālavādgālavo vidarbhīkauṇḍinyādvidarbhīkauṇḍinyo vatsanapāto bābhravādvatsanapādbābhravaḥ pathaḥ saubharātpanthāḥ saubharo'yāsyādāṅgirasādayāsya āṅgirasa ābhūtestvāṣṭrādābhūtistvāṣṭro viśvarūpāttvāṣṭrādviśvarūpastvāṣṭro'śvibhyāmaśvinau dadhīca ātharvaṇāddadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo'tharvaṇo daivādatharvā daivo mṛtyoḥ prādhvaya̍ṃsanānmṛtyuḥ prādhva̍ṃsanaḥ pradhva̍ṃsanātpradhva̍ṃsana ekarṣerekarṣirvipracittervipracittirvyaṣṭervyaṣṭiḥ sanāroḥ sanāruḥ ^sanā̍tanātsanātanaḥ sanagātsanagaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ parameṣṭhī brahmaṇo brahma svayaṃbhu brahmaṇe namaḥ ### [15.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.15.3.p1) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye madhuvaṃśanāmaṣaṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇam ||6 ### [15.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.15.3.p2) iti bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||2 ### [16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.16.4) bṛhadāraṇyakakrameṇa caturtho'dhyāyaḥ ## See also: more in [Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) - [Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka) — Sanskrit; 725–550 BCE - [Katha Upanishad (Kaṭhopaniṣad)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha) — Sanskrit; 400–200 BCE - [Chandogya Upanishad (Chāndogyopaniṣad)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) — Sanskrit; 725–550 BCE - [Isha Upanishad (Īśopaniṣad)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa) — Sanskrit; 400–200 BCE - [Mandukya Upanishad (Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya) — Sanskrit; 0–200 CE - [Mundaka Upanishad (Muṇḍakopaniṣad)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka) — Sanskrit; 200 BCE – 0 CE _Discussed in 3 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page)._ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda) · Pramāṇa