Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 6.35

6.35

namo'gnaye pṛthivī kṣite lokasmṛte lokamsmai yajamānāya dhehi namo vāyave'ntarikṣakṣite lokasmṛte lakamasmai yajamānāya dhehi nama ādityāya divikṣite lokasmṛte lokamasmai yajamānāya dhehi namo brahmaṇe sarvakṣite sarvasmṛte sarvamasmai yajamānāya dhehi hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitaṃ mukham tattvaṃ pūṣannapāvṛṇu satyadharmāya viṣṇave yo'sā āditye puruṣaḥ so'sā aham eṣa ha vai satyadharmo yadādityasya ādityatvaṃ tacchuklam puruṣam aliṅgam nabhaso'ntargatasya tejasoṃ'śamātrametadyadādityasya madhya ivety akṣiṇyagnau caitadbrahmaitadamṛtametadbhargaḥ etatsatyadharmo nabhaso'ntargatasya tejasoṃ'śamātrametadyadādityasya madhye amṛtaṃ yasya hi somaḥ prāṇā vā apyayaṃkurā etaqdbrahmaitadamṛtametadbhargaḥ etatsatyadharmo nabhaso'ntargatasya tejaso'ṃśamātram etadyadādityasya madhye yajurdīpyatyaumāpojyotiraso'mṛtaṃbrahma bhūrbhuvaḥ svarom |
aṣṭapādaṃ śuciṃ haṃsaṃ trisūtramaṇumavyayam dvidharmo'ndhaṃ tejasendhaṃ sarvaṃ paśyanpaśyati nabhaso'ntargatasya tejaso'nśamātrametadyadādityasya madhye uditvā mayūkhe bhavata etatsavitsatyadharma etadyajuretattapa etadagniretadvāyuretatprāṇa etadāpa etaccandramā etacchukrametadamṛtametadbrahmaviṣayametadbhānurarṇavastasminneva yajamānaḥ saindhava iva vlīyanta eṣā vai brahmaikatātra hi sarve kāmāḥ samāhitā ityatrodāharanti aṃśudhāraya ivāṇuvāteritaḥ saṃsphuratyasāvantargaḥ surāṇām yo haivaṃvitsa savit sa dvaitavit saikadhāmetaḥ syāttadātmakaśca ye vindava ivābhyuccarantyajasram vidyudivābhrārciṣaḥ parame vyoman te'ṛciṣo vai yaśasa āśrayavāsājjaṭābhirūpā iva kṛṣṇavartmanaḥ ||

35. Adoration to Agni (Fire), who dwells in the earth, who remembers the world! Bestow the world upon this worshiper!

Adoration to Vāyu (Wind), who dwells in the atmosphere, who remembers the world! Bestow the world upon this worshiper!

Adoration to Āditya (Sun), who dwells in heaven, who remembers the world! Bestow the world upon this worshiper!

Adoration to Brahma, who dwells in all, who remembers all! Bestow all upon this worshiper!

With a golden vessel
The Real's face is covered o'er.
That do thou, O Pūshan, uncover
Unto the Eternal Real (_satya-dharma_), the Pervader (Vishṇu).

He who is yonder, yonder Person in the sun—I myself am he.

Verily, that which is the sunhood of the sun is the Eternal Real. That is the pure, the personal, the sexless (_a-liṅga_).

Of the bright power that pervades the sky (_nabhas_) it is only a portion which is, as it were, in the midst of the sun, in the eye, and in fire. That is Brahma. That is the Immortal. That is Splendor. That is the Eternal Real.

Of the bright power that pervades the sky it is only a portion which is the nectar in the midst of the sun, of which, too, the moon (Soma) and breathing spirits (_prāṇa_) are only sprouts. That is Brahma. That is the Immortal. That is Splendor. That is the Eternal Real.

Of the bright power that pervades the sky it is only a portion which shines as the Yajur-Veda in the midst of the sun. That is _Om_, water, light, essence—the immortal Brahma! _Bhūr! Bhuvas! Svar! Om!_

Eight-footed, undefiled, a swan,
Three-stringed, minute, immutable,
To good, bad blinded, lustrous bright—
On seeing Him, one sees the all.

Of the bright power that pervades the sky it is only a portion which, rising in the midst of the sun, becomes the two light-rays. That is the knower of unity, the Eternal Real. That is the Yajur-Veda. That is heat. That is fire. That is wind. That is breath. That is water. That is the moon. That is the bright. That is the immortal. That is the realm of Brahma. That is the ocean of light. In It, indeed,

worshipers become dissolved like the lump of salt. That, verily, is the Brahma-unity, for therein all desires are contained. On this point they quote:—

E'en as a lamp stirred by a gentle zephyr,
So flares up he who moves among the celestial gods.
But he who knows this—he is a knower of unity, he is a knower of duality!
He will go to the Sole Abode and become partaker of its nature!

They who rise forth perpetually like the spray-drops,
Like the lightning that is hid in the highest heaven—
They, verily, by force of their source of glorious light
Correspond unto the fire [only] like its twisting flames.