Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.4

1.4.1

yaśchandasāmṛṣabho viśvarūpaḥ /
chandobhyo 'dhyamṛtātsaṃbabhūva /
sa mendro medhayā spṛṇotu /
amṛtasya deva dhāraṇo bhūyāsam /
śarīraṃ me vicarṣaṇam /
jihvā me madhumattamā /
karṇābhyāṃ bhūri viśruvam /
brahmaṇaḥ kośo 'si medhayā pihitaḥ /
śrutaṃ me gopāya /
āvahantī vitanvānā // 1//

1. He who is pre-eminent among the Vedic hymns (*chandas*), who is the all-formed (*viśva-rūpa*),
Who has sprung into being from immortality above the Vedic hymns—
Let this Indra save (√*spṛ*) me with intelligence!
O God (*deva*), I would become possessor of immortality!
May my body be very vigorous!
May my tongue be exceeding sweet!
May I hear abundantly with my ears!
Thou art the sheath of Brahma,
With intelligence covered o’er!
Guard for me what I have heard!
[It is Prosperity] who brings, extends,
And long makes her own—
My garments and cows,
And food and drink alway.
Therefore bring me prosperity (*śrī*)
In wool, along with cattle!
Hail!

1.4.2

kurvāṇā 'cīramātmanaḥ /
vāsām̐si mama gāvaśca /
annapāne ca sarvadā /
tato me śriyamāvaha /
lomaśāṃ paśubhiḥ saha svāhā /
āmāyantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā /
vimā ' 'yantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā /
pramayantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā /
damāyantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā /
śamāyantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā // 2//

May students of sacred knowledge (*brahmacārin*) come unto me! Hail!
May students of sacred knowledge come apart unto me! Hail!
May students of sacred knowledge come forth unto me! Hail!
May students of sacred knowledge subdue themselves! Hail!
May students of sacred knowledge tranquillize themselves! Hail!

1.4.3

yaśo jane 'sāni svāhā /
śreyān vasyaso 'sāni svāhā /
taṃ tvā bhaga praviśāni svāhā /
sa mā bhaga praviśa svāhā /
tasmin sahasraśākhe nibhagāhaṃ tvayi mṛje svāhā /
yathā ' 'paḥ pravatā yanti yathā māsā aharjaram /
evaṃ māṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ /
dhātarāyantu sarvataḥ svāhā /
prativeśo 'si pra mā bhāhi pra mā padyasva // 3//
iti caturtho 'nuvākaḥ //

3. May I become glorious among men! Hail!
May I be better than the very rich! Hail!
Into thee thyself, O Gracious Lord (*bhaga*), may I enter! Hail!
Do thou thyself, O Gracious Lord, enter into me! Hail!
In such a one, a thousandfold ramified—O Gracious Lord, in thee I am cleansed! Hail!

As waters run downward, as months into the year, so, O Establisher (dhātṛ), may students of sacred knowledge run unto me from all sides! Hail! Thou art a refuge! Shine upon me! Come unto me!