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Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 20 Oct 2011 11:43 and updated at 20 Oct 2011 11:43

BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD NOUN

BrihadArUpa1 2 That the father produced seven kinds of food through meditation and rites means that the father indeed produced them through meditation and rites. One is common to all eaters means, this food that is eaten is the common food of all eaters. He who adores (monopolises) this food is never free from evil, for this is general food. Two he apportioned to the Devas means making oblations in the fire, and offering presents otherwise to the Devas. Therefore people perform both these. Some, however, say, those two are the new and full Moon sacrifices. Therefore one should not be engrossed with sacrifices for material ends. One he gave to the animals it is Milk. For men and animals first live on Milk alone. Therefore they first make a new born babe lick clarified Butter or suckle it. And they speak of a new born calf as not yet eating grass. On it rests everything what lives and what does not means that on Milk indeed rests all this that lives and that does not. It is said that by making offerings of Milk in the fire for a year one conquers further death. One should not think like that. He who knows as above conquers further death the very day he makes that offering, for he offers all eatable food to the Devas, Why are they not exhausted, although they are always being eaten means that the being (eater) is indeed the cause of their permanence, for the produces this food again and again. He who knows this cause of their permanence means that the being (eater) is
BrihadArUpa6 1 He who wishes to attain greatness (should perform) on an auspicious day in a fortnight in which the Moon waxes, and under a male constellation, during the northward march of the Sun, (a sacrifice in the following manner) He should undertake for twelve days a vow connected with the Upasads (i.e. live on Milk), collect in a cup of bowl made of fig wood all herbs and their grains, sweep and plaster (the ground), purify the offerings in the prescribed manner, interpose the Mantha (paste made of those things), and offer oblations with the following Mantras O Agni, to all those Devas under you, who spitefully frustrate men s desires, I offer their share. May they, being satisfied, satisfy me with all objects of desire Svaha. To that all procuring deity who turns out spiteful under your protection, thinking she is the support of all, I offer this stream of clarified Butter. Svaha
BrihadArUpa6 13 Four things are made of fig wood the ladle, the bowl, the fuel and the two mixing rods. The cultivated grains are ten in number Rice, barley, sesame, beans, Anu, Priyangu, wheat, lentils, pulse and vetches. They should be crushed and soaked in Curds, Honey and clarified Butter, and offered as an oblation.
BrihadArUpa6 12 If a man s Wife has a lover whom he wishes to injure, he should put the fire in an unbaked earthen Vessel, spread stalks of reed and Kusa grass in an inverse way, and offer the reed tips, soaked in clarified Butter, in the fire in an inverse way, saying, Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy Prana and Apana such and such. Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy sons and animals such and such. Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy Vedic rites and those done according to the Smriti such and such. Thou hast sacrificed in my kindled fire, I take away thy hopes and expectations such and such The man whom a Brahmana with knowledge of this ceremony curses, departs from this world emasculated and shorn of his merits. Therefore one should not wish even to cut jokes with the Wife of a Vedic scholar who knows this ceremony, for he who has such knowledge becomes an enemy.
BrihadArUpa6 14 He who wishes that his son should be born fair, study one Veda and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked in Milk, and he and his Wife should eat it with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a son.
BrihadArUpa6 15 He who wishes that his son should be born tawny or brown, study two Vedas and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked in Curd, and he and his Wife should eat it with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a son.
BrihadArUpa6 16 He who wishes that his son should be born dark with red eyes, study three Vedas and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked in water and he and his Wife should eat with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a son.
BrihadArUpa6 17 He who wishes that a daughter should be born to him who would be a scholar and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked with sesame, and he and his Wife should eat it with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a daughter.
BrihadArUpa6 19 In the very morning he purifies the clarified Butter according to the mode of Sthalipaka, and offers Sthalipaka oblations again and again, saying, Svaha to fire, Svaha to Anumati, Svaha to the radiant Sun who produces infallible results After offering, he takes up (the remnant of the cooked food), eats part of it and gives the rest to his Wife. Then he washes his hands, fills the water vessel and sprinkles her thRice with that water, saying. Get up from here, Visvavasu, and find out another young Woman (who is) with her husband.
BrihadArUpa6 24 When (the son) is born, he should bring in the fire, take him in his lap, put a mixture of Curd and clarified Butter in a cup, and offer oblations again and again with that, saying, Growing in this home of mine (as the son), may I maintain a thousand people May (the goddess of fortune) never depart with children and animals from his line Svaha. The vital force that is in me, I mentally transfer to you. Svaha. If I have done anything too much or to little in this ceremony, may the all knowing beneficent fire make it just right for me neither too much nor too little Svaha.
BrihadArUpa6 25 Then putting (his mouth) to the child s right ear, he should thrice repeat, Speech, speech Next mixing Curd, Honey and clarified Butter, he feeds him with (a strip of) gold not obstructed (by anything), saying, I put the Earth into you, I put the Sky into you, I put Heaven into you, I put the whole of the Earth, Sky and Heaven into you

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