Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.3
Taittirīyopaniṣad 2.3
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2.3.1
prāṇaṃ devā anu prāṇanti /
manuṣyāḥ paśavaśca ye /
prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ /
tasmāt sarvāyuṣamucyate /
sarvameva ta āyuryanti /
ye prāṇaṃ brahmopāsate /
prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ /
tasmāt sarvāyuṣamucyata iti /
tasyaiṣa eva śārīra ātmā /
yaḥ pūrvasya /
tasmādvā etasmāt prāṇamayāt /
anyo 'ntara ātmā manomayaḥ /
tenaiṣa pūrṇaḥ /
sa vā eṣa puruṣavidha eva /
tasya puruṣavidhatām /
anvayaṃ puruṣavidhaḥ /
tasya yajureva śiraḥ /
ṛgdakṣiṇaḥ pakṣaḥ /
sāmottaraḥ pakṣaḥ /
ādeśa ātmā /
atharvāṅgirasaḥ pucchaṃ pratiṣṭhā /
tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati // 1//
iti tṛtīyo 'nuvākaḥ //
The gods do breathe along with breath (_prāṇa_),
As also men and beasts.
For truly, breath is the life (_āyus_) of beings.
Therefore it is called the Life-of-all (_sarvāyuṣa_).
To a full life (*sarvam āyus*) go they Who worship Brahma as breath. For truly, breath is the life of beings; Therefore it is called the Life-of-all.
This, indeed, is its bodily self (*śarīra-ātman*), as of the former.
Verily, other than and within that one that consists of breath is a self that consists of mind (*mano-maya*). By that this is filled. This, verily, has the form of a person. According to that one's personal form is this one with the form of a person. The Yajur-Veda is its head; the Rig-Veda, the right side; the Sāma-Veda, the left side; teaching, the body (*ātman*); the Hymns of the Atharvans and Aṅgirases, the lower part, the foundation.
As to that there is also this verse:—
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (8)
- Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Rāmacandra — Rāmacandra, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvyākhyā — Kṛṣṇānanda, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvārttika — Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge — K. N. Jayatilleke, English