Atharvaśiras Upaniṣad 35

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atha kasmād ucyate oṃkāraḥ yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva prāṇān ūrdhvam utkrāmayati tasmād ucyate oṃkāraḥ /
atha kasmād ucyate praṇavaḥ yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvāṅgirasaṃ brahma brāhmaṇebhyaḥ praṇāmayati nāmayati ca tasmād ucyate praṇavaḥ /
atha kasmād ucyate sarvavyāpī yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva yathā snehena palalapiṇḍam iva śāntarūpam otaprotam anuprāpto vyatiṣaktaś ca tasmād ucyate sarvavyāpī /
atha kasmād ucyate 'nantaḥ yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva tiryag ūrdhvam adhastāc cāsyānto nopalabhyate tasmād ucyate 'nantaḥ /
atha kasmād ucyate tāraṃ yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva garbhajanmavyādhijarāmaraṇasaṃsāramahābhayāt tārayati trāyate ca tasmād ucyate tāram /
atha kasmād ucyate śuklaṃ yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva klandate klāmayati ca tasmād ucyate śuklam /
atha kasmād ucyate sūkṣmaṃ yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva sūkṣmo bhūtvā śarīrāṇy adhitiṣṭhati sarvāṇi cāṅgāny abhimṛśati tasmād ucyate sūkṣmam /
atha kasmād ucyate vaidyutaṃ yasmād uccāryamāṇa eva vyakte mahati tamasi dyotayati tasmād ucyate vaidyutam /
atha kasmād ucyate paraṃ brahma yasmāt param aparaṃ parāyaṇaṃ ca bṛhad bṛhatyā bṛṃhayati tasmād ucyate paraṃ brahma /
atha kasmād ucyate ekaḥ yaḥ sarvān prāṇān saṃbhakṣya saṃbhakṣaṇenājaḥ saṃsṛjati visṛjati tīrtham eke vrajanti tīrtham eke dakṣiṇāḥ pratyañca udañcaḥ prāñco 'bhivrajanty eke teṣāṃ sarveṣām iha saṃgatiḥ /
sākaṃ sa eko bhūtaś carati prajānāṃ tasmād ucyate ekaḥ /
atha kasmād ucyate rudraḥ yasmād ṛṣibhir nānyair bhaktair drutam asya rūpam upalabhyate tasmād ucyate rudraḥ /
atha kasmād ucyate īśānaḥ yaḥ sarvān devān īśate īśānībhir jananībhiś ca śaktibhiḥ /
abhittvā śūraṇo numo dugdhā iva dhenavaḥ /
īśānam asya jagataḥ svadarśam īśānam indratasthuṣa iti tasmād ucyate īśānaḥ /
atha kasmād ucyate bhagavān maheśvaraḥ yasmād bhaktājñānena bhajaty anugṛhṇāti ca vācaṃ saṃsṛjati visṛjati ca sarvān bhāvān parityajyātmajñānena yogaiśvaryeṇa mahati mahīyate tasmād ucyate bhagavān maheśvaraḥ tad etad rudracaritam //