Taittiriya Upanishad 1.5.3
Taittirīyopaniṣad 1.5.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.5.3
maha iti brahma /
brahmaṇā vāva sarve vedā mahīyante /
bhūriti vai prāṇaḥ /
bhuva ityapānaḥ /
suvariti vyānaḥ /
maha ityannam /
annena vāva sarve prāṇa mahīyante /
tā vā etāścatasraścaturdha /
catasraścatasro vyāhṛtayaḥ /
tā yo veda /
sa veda brahma /
sarve 'smai devā balimāvahanti // 3//
iti pañcamo 'nuvākaḥ //
Maha is Brahman (i.e. Om), for by Brahman (Om), indeed, are all the Vedas nourished. Bhūḥ, indeed, is prāṇa; Bhuvaḥ is apāna; Suvaḥ is vyāna; Maha is food; for by food, indeed, are all the vital forces nourished. These, then, that are four, are (each) fourfold. The Vyāhṛtis are divided into four groups of four (each). He who knows these knows Brahman. All the gods carry presents to him.
Translations (4)
- Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- The Upanishads — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
Commentaries (6)
- Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvyākhyā — Kṛṣṇānanda, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvārttika — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Deussen & Geden 1899, English