[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Taittirīya Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya) › 2.1 # Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.1 Taittirīyopaniṣad 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya.2.1.1) āūṃ saha nāvavatu / saha nau bhunaktu / saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai / tejasvi nāvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai / āūṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ // āūṃ brahmavidāpnoti param / tadeṣā 'bhuktā / satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ brahma / yo veda nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ parame vyoman / so 'śnute sarvān kāmān saha / brahmaṇā vipaściteti // tasmādvā etasmādātmana ākāśaḥ saṃbhūtaḥ / ākāśādvāyuḥ / vāyoragniḥ / agnerāpaḥ / adabhyaḥ pṛthivī / pṛthivyā oṣadhayaḥ / oṣadhībhyonnam / annātpuruṣaḥ / sa vā eṣa puruṣo 'nnnarasamayaḥ / tasyedameva śiraḥ / ayaṃ dakṣiṇaḥ pakṣaḥ / ayamuttaraḥ pakṣaḥ / ayamātmā / idaṃ pucchaṃ pratiṣṭhā / tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati // 1// iti prathamo 'nuvākaḥ // > Om! He who knows Brahma, attains the highest! As to that this \[verse\] has been declared:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > He who knows Brahma as the real (satya), as knowledge (jñāna), as the infinite (ananta), > Set down in the secret place \[of the heart\], and in the highest heaven (parame vyoman), > He obtains all desires, > Together with the intelligent (vipaścit) Brahma. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > From this Soul (Ātman), verily, space (ākāśa) arose; from space, wind (vāyu); from wind, fire; from fire, water; from water, the earth; from the earth, herbs; from herbs, food; from food, semen; from semen, the person (puruṣa). > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > This, verily, is the person that consists of the essence of food. This, indeed, is his head; this, the right side; this, the left > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > side; this, the body (\_ātman\_); this, the lower part, the foundation. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > As to that there is also this verse:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya~en-hume.2.1.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya~en-muller.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (8) - [Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!sankara.2.1.1.p2.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Dīpikā of Rāmacandra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!ramacandra.4.5) — Rāmacandra, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabhāṣya (Madhva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!rangaramanuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyopaniṣadvyākhyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!krsnananda) — Kṛṣṇānanda, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!sankaracarya) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyopaniṣadvārttika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya!taittiriyopanisadvarttika) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.potter-1970.v3.c19.s2.1) — Karl H. Potter, English - [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v3.c29.s1.14) — Surendranath Dasgupta, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2634) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [The Conception of Buddhist Nirvāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1927.c29.s2.t54.19) — Th. Stcherbatsky, English - [Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c7.s3.t11.2) — Nalinaksha Dutt, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya.2.1) · Pramāṇa