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Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.7

Taittirīyopaniṣad 1.7

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Sanskrit

1.7.1

pṛthivyantarikṣaṃ dyaurdiśo 'vāntaradiśāḥ /
agnirvāyurādityaścandramā nakṣatrāṇi /
āpa oṣadhayo vanaspataya ākāśa ātmā /
ityadhibhūtam /
athādhyātmam /
prāṇo vyāno 'pāna udānaḥ samānaḥ /
cakṣuḥ śrotraṃ mano vāk tvak /
carma mām̐sam̐ snāvāsthi majjā /
etadadhividhāya ṛṣiravocat /
pāṅktaṃ vā idam̐ sarvam /
pāṅktenaiva pāṅktam̐ spṛṇotīti // 1//
iti saptamo 'nuvākaḥ //

Earth, atmosphere, heaven, quarters intermediate
of heaven, quarters;
fire, wind, sun, moon, stars;
water, plants, trees, space, one’s body.
—Thus with regard to material existence (adhi-bhūta).
Now with regard to oneself (adhy-ātma).—
Prāṇa Vyāna Apāna Udāna Samāna
breath, breath, breath, breath, breath
sight, hearing, mind, speech, touch;
skin, flesh, muscle, bone, marrow.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

Having analyzed in this manner, a seer has said: ‘Fivefold, verily, is this whole world. With the fivefold, indeed, one wins the fivefold.’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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