Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 02 Nov 2011 13:10 and updated at 02 Nov 2011 13:10
BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD NOUN
BrihadArUpa1 | 3 He was not at all happy. Therefore people (still) are not happy when alone. He desired a mate. He became as big as man and Wife embracing each other. He parted this very body into two. From that came husband and Wife. Therefore, said Yajnavalkya, this (body) is one half of oneself, like one of the two halves of a split pea. Therefore this space is indeed filled by the Wife. He was united with her. From that men were born. |
BrihadArUpa1 | 17 This (aggregate of desirable objects) was but the self in the beginning the only entity. He desired, Let me have a Wife, so that I may be born (as the child). And let me have wealth, so that I may perform rites This much indeed is (the range of) desire. Even if one wishes, one cannot get more than this. Therefore to this day a man being single desires, Let me have a Wife, so that I may be born. And let me have wealth, so that I may perform rites. Until he obtains each one of these, he considers himself incomplete. His completeness also (comes thus) The mind is his self, speech his Wife, the vital force his child, the eye his human wealth, for he obtains it through the eye, the ear his divine wealth, for he hears of it through the ear, and the body is its (instrument of) rite, for he performs rites through the body. (So) this sacrifice has five factors the animals have five factors, the men have five factors, and all this that exists has five factors. He who knows it as such attains all this. |
BrihadArUpa2 | 5 He said: It is not for the sake of the husband, my dear, that he is loved, but for one s own sake that he is loved. It is not for the sake of the Wife, my dear, that she is loved, but for one s own sake that she is loved. It is not for the sake of the sons, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of wealth, my dear, that it is loved, but for one s own sake that it is loved. It is not for the sake of the Brahmana, my dear, that he is loved, but for one s own sake that he is loved. It is not for the sake of the Kshatriya, my dear, that he is loved, but for one s own sake that he is loved. It is not for the sake of worlds, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of the Devas, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of beings, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of all, my dear, that all is loved, but for one s own sake that it is loved. The Self, my dear Maitreyi, should be realised should be heard of, reflected on and meditated upon. By the realisation of the Self, my dear, through hearing, reflection and meditation, all this is known. |
BrihadArUpa3 | 1 Then Uddalaka, the son of Aruna, asked him. Yajnavalkya said, in Madra we lived in the house of Patanchala Kapya (descendant of Kapi), studying the scriptures on sacrifices. His Wife was possessed by a Gandharva. We asked him who he was. He said, Kabandha", the son of Atharvan". He said to Patanchala Kapya and those who studied the scriptures on sacrifices, Hapya", do you know that Sutra by which this life, the next life and all beings are held together Patanchala Kapya said, "I do not know it, sir". The Gandharva said to him and the students, Kapya", do you know that Internal Ruler who controls this and the next life and all beings from within Patanchala Kapya said, "I do not know Him, sir". The Gandharva said to him and the students, "He who knows that Sutra and that Internal Ruler as above indeed knows Brahman, knows the worlds, knows the Devas, knows the Vedas, knows beings, knows the self, and knows everything". He explained it all to them. I know it. If you, Yajnavalkya, do not know that Sutra and that Internal Ruler, and still take away the cows that belong only to the knowers of Brahman, your head shall fall off I know, O Gautama, that Sutra and that Internal Ruler Any one can say, "I know, I know". Tell us what you know. |
BrihadArUpa4 | 3 The human form that is in the left eye is his Wife, Viraj (matter). The space that is within the heart is their place of union. Their food is the lump of blood (the finest essence of what we eat) in the heart. Their wrap is the net like structure in the heart. Their road for moving is the nerve that goes upward from the heart; it is like a hair split into a thousand parts. In this body there are nerves called Hita, which are placed in the heart. Through these the essence of our food passes as it moves on. Therefore the subtle body has finer food than the gross body. |
BrihadArUpa4 | 21 That is his form beyond desires, free from evils and fearless. As a man, fully embraced by his beloved Wife, does not know anything at all, either external or internal, so does this infinite being (self), fully embraced by the Supreme Self, not know anything at all, either external or internal. That is his form in which all objects of desire have been attained and are but the self, and which is free from desire and devoid of grief. |
BrihadArUpa4 | 6 He said: It is not for the sake of the husband, my dear, that he is loved, but for one s own sake that he is loved. It is not for the sake of the Wife, my dear, that she is loved, but for one s own sake that she is loved. It is not for the sake of the sons, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of wealth, my dear, that it is loved, but for one s own sake that it is loved. It is not for the sake of the Brahmana, my dear, that he is loved, but for one s own sake that he is loved. It is not for the sake of the Kshatriya, my dear, that he is loved, but for one s own sake that he is loved. It is not for the sake of worlds, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of the Devas, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of beings, my dear, that they are loved, but for one s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of all, my dear, that all is loved, but for one s own sake that it is loved. The Self, my dear Maitreyi, should be realised should be heard of, reflected on and meditated upon. When the Self, my dear, is realised by being heard of, reflected on and meditated upon, all this is known. |
BrihadArUpa6 | 6 If man sees his reflection in water, he should recite the following Mantra (May the Devas grant) me lustre, manhood, reputation, wealth and merits She (his Wife) is indeed the goddess of beauty among Women. Therefore he should approach this handsome Woman and speak to her. |
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 | 13 If anybody s Wife has the monthly sickness, she should drink of three days out of a cup Kamsa(). No Sudra man or Woman should touch her. After three nights she should bathe, put on a new cloth, and be put to thresh Rice. |
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 | 27 Then he hands him to his mother to be suckled, saying, Offering Sarasvati, that breast of thine which is stored with results, is the sustainer of all, full of Milk, the obtainer of wealth (one s deserts) and generous, and through which thou nourishest all who are worthy of it (the Devas etc.) transfer that here (to my Wife, for my babe) to suck |
BrihadArUpa6 | 28 Then he addressed the mother You are the adorable Arundhati, the Wife of Vasistha; you have brought forth a male child with the help of me, who am a man. Be the mother of many sons, for you have given us a son Of him who is born as the child of a Brahmana with this particular knowledge, they say, You have exceeded your father, and you have exceeded your grandfather. You have reached the extreme limit of attainment through your splendour, fame and Brahmanical power. |
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