Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.9
Taittirīyopaniṣad 2.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.9.1
yato vāco nivartante /
aprāpya manasā saha /
ānandaṃ brahmaṇo vidvān /
na bibheti kutaścaneti /
etam̐ ha vāva na tapati /
kimaham̐ sādhu nākaravam /
kimahaṃ pāpamakaravamiti /
sa ya evaṃ vidvānete ātmānam̐ spṛṇute /
ubhe hyevaiṣa ete ātmānam̐ spṛṇute /
ya evaṃ veda /
ityupaniṣat // 1//
iti navamo 'nuvākaḥ //
iti brahmānandavallī samāptā //
Wherefrom words turn back,
Together with the mind, not having attained—
The bliss of Brahma he who knows,
Fears not from anything at all.
Such a one, verily, the thought does not torment: ‘Why have I not done the good (_sādhu_)? Why have I done the evil (_pāpa_)?’ He who knows this, saves (_spṛṇute_) himself (_ātmānam_) from these [thoughts]. For truly, from both of these he saves himself—he who knows this!
Such is the mystic doctrine (_upaniṣad_)!
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
- Taittirīyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvyākhyā — Kṛṣṇānanda, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvārttika — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation — Patrick Olivelle, English