Brihadaranyaka Upanishad — Chapter 5

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pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate | pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate | khaṃ brahma | khaṃ purāṇam | vāyuraṃ kham | iti ha smāha kauravyāyaṇīputraḥ | vedo 'yaṃ brāhmaṇā viduḥ | vedainena yad veditavyam

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trayāḥ prājāpatyāḥ prajāpatau pitari brahmacaryam ūṣuḥ | devā manuṣyā asurāḥ | uṣitvā brahmacaryaṃ devā ūcur bravītu no bhavān iti | tebhyo haitad akṣaram uvāca da iti | vyajñāsiṣṭā3 iti | vyajñāsiṣmeti hocuḥ | dāmyateti na āttheti | om iti hovāca vyajñāsiṣṭeti

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atha hainaṃ manuṣyā ūcur bravītu no bhavān iti | tebhyo haitad evākṣaram uvāca da iti | vyajñāsiṣṭā3 iti | vyajñāsiṣmeti hocuḥ | datteti na āttheti | om iti hovāca vyajñāsiṣṭeti

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atha hainam asurā ūcur bravītu no bhavān iti | tebhyo haitad evākṣaram uvāca da iti | vyajñāsiṣṭā3 iti | vyajñāsiṣmeti hocuḥ | dayadhvam iti na āttheti | om iti hovāca vyajñāsiṣṭeti | tad etad evaiṣā daivī vāg anuvadati stanayitnur da da da iti | damyata datta dayadhvam iti | tad etat trayaṃ śikṣed damam dānam dayām iti

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eṣa prajāpatir yad dhṛdayam | etad brahma | etat sarvam | tad etat tryakṣaraṃ hṛdayam iti | hṛ ity ekam akṣaram | abhiharanty asmai svāś cānye ca ya evaṃ veda | da ity ekam akṣaram | dadaty asmai svāś cānye ca ya evaṃ veda | yam ity ekam akṣaram | eti svargaṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda

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tad vai tad etad eva tad āsa | satyam eva | sa yo haitaṃ mahad yakṣaṃ prathamajaṃ veda satyaṃ brahmeti jayatīmāṃl lokān -- jita in nv asāv asat -- ya evam etan mahad yakṣaṃ prathamajaṃ veda satyaṃ brahmeti | satyaṃ hy eva brahma

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āpa evedam agra āsuḥ | tā āpaḥ satyam asṛjanta | satyaṃ brahma | brahma prajāpatim | prajāpatir devān | te devāḥ satyam evopāsate | tad etat tryakṣaraṃ sa-ti-yam iti sa ity ekam akṣaram | tīty ekam akṣaram | yam ity ekam akṣaram | prathamottame akṣare satyam madhyato 'nṛtam | tad etad anṛtam ubhayataḥ satyena parigṛhītam | satyabhūyam eva bhavati | naivaṃvidvāṃsam anṛtaṃ hinasti

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tad yat tat satyam asau sa ādityaḥ | ya eṣa etasmin maṇḍale puruṣo yaś cāyaṃ dakṣiṇe 'kṣan puruṣas tāv etāv anyo 'nyasmin pratiṣṭhitau | raśmibhir eṣo 'smin pratiṣṭhitaḥ prāṇair ayam amuṣmin | sa yadotkramiṣyan bhavati śuddham evaitan maṇḍalaṃ paśyati | nainam ete raśmayaḥ pratyāyanti

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ya eṣa etasmin maṇḍale puruṣas tasya bhūr iti śiraḥ | ekaṃ śira ekam etad akṣaram | bhuva iti bāhū | dvau bāhū dve ete akṣare | svar iti pratiṣṭhā | dve pratiṣṭhe dve ete akṣare | tasyopaniṣad ahar iti | hanti pāpmānaṃ jahāti ca ya evaṃ veda

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yo 'yaṃ dakṣiṇe 'kṣan puruṣas tasya bhūr iti śiraḥ | ekaṃ śira ekam etad akṣaram | bhuva iti bāhū | dvau bāhū dve ete akṣare | svar iti pratiṣṭhā | dve pratiṣṭhe dve ete akṣare | tasyopaniṣad aham iti | hanti pāpmānaṃ jahāti ca ya evaṃ veda

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manomayo 'yaṃ puruṣo bhāḥsatyaḥ | tasminn antar hṛdaye yathā vrīhir vā yavo vā | sa eṣa sarvasyeśānaḥ sarvasyādhipatiḥ sarvam idaṃ praśāsti yad idaṃ kiñca

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vidyud brahmety āhuḥ | vidānād vidyut | vidyaty enaṃ pāpmano ya evaṃ veda vidyud brahmeti | vidyud dhy eva brahma

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vācaṃ dhenum upāsīta | tasyāś catvāraḥ stanāḥ | svāhākāro vaṣaṭkāro hantakāraḥ svadhākāraḥ | tasyai dvau stanau devā upajīvanti | svāhākāraṃ ca vaṣaṭkāraṃ ca | hantakāraṃ manuṣyāḥ | svadhākāraṃ pitaraḥ | tasyāḥ prāṇa ṛṣabho mano vatsaḥ

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ayam agnir vaiśvānaro yo 'yam antaḥ puruṣe | yenedam annaṃ pacyate | yad idam adyate | tasyaiṣa ghoṣo bhavati | yam etat karṇāv apidhāya śṛṇoti | sa yadotkramiṣyan bhavati nainaṃ ghoṣaṃ śṛṇoti

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yadā vai puruṣo 'smāl lokāt praiti sa vāyum āgacchati | tasmai sa tatra vijihīte yathā rathacakrasya kham | tena sa ūrdhva ākramate | sa ādityam āgacchati | tasmai sa tatra vijihīte | yathā lambarasya kham | tena sa ūrdhva ākramate | sa candramasam āgacchati | tasmai sa tatra vijihīte | yathā dundubheḥ kham | tena sa ūrdhva ākramate | sa lokam āgacchaty aśokam ahimam | tasmin vasati śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

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etad vai paramaṃ tapo yad vyāhitas tapyate | paramaṃ haiva lokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda | etad vai paramaṃ tapo yaṃ pretam araṇyaṃ haranti | paramaṃ haiva lokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda | etad vai paramaṃ tapo yaṃ pretam agnāv abhyādadhati | paramaṃ haiva lokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda

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annaṃ brahmety eka āhuḥ | tan na tathā | pūyati vā annam ṛte prāṇāt | prāṇo brahmety eka āhuḥ | tan na tathā | śuṣyati vai praṇa ṛte 'nnāt | ete ha tv eva devate ekadhābhūyaṃ bhūtvā paramatāṃ gacchataḥ | tad dha smāha prātṛdaḥ pitaram | kiṃ svid evaivaṃ viduṣe sādhu kuryāṃ kim evāsmā asādhu kuryām iti | sa ha smāha pāṇinā mā prātṛda | kas tv enayor ekadhābhūyaṃ bhūtvā paramatāṃ gacchatīti | tasmā u haitad uvāca vīti | annaṃ vai vi | anne hīmāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni viṣṭāni | ram iti | prāṇo vai ram | prāṇe hīmāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni ramante | sarvāṇi ha vā asmin bhūtāni viśanti | sarvāṇi bhūtāni ramante ya evaṃ veda

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uktham | prāṇo vā uktham | prāṇo hīdaṃ sarvam utthāpayati | ud dhasmād ukthavid vīras tiṣṭhati | ukthasya sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda

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yajuḥ | prāṇo vai yajuḥ | prāṇe hīmāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni yujyante | yujyante hāsmai sarvāṇi bhūtāni śraiṣṭhyāya | yajuṣaḥ sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda

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sāma | prāṇo vai sāma | prāṇe hīmāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni samyañci | samyañci hāsmai sarvāṇi bhūtāni śraiṣṭhyāya kalpante | sāmnaḥ sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda

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trāyate hainaṃ prāṇaḥ kṣaṇitoḥ | pra kṣatram atram āpnoti | kṣatrasya sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda

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bhūmir antarikṣaṃ dyaur ity aṣṭāv akṣarāṇi | aṣṭākṣaraṃ ha vā ekaṃ gāyatryai padam | etad u haivāsyā etat | sa yāvad eṣu triṣu lokeṣu tāvad dha jayati yo 'syā etad evaṃ padaṃ veda

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ṛco yajūṣi sāmānīty aṣṭāv akṣarāṇi | aṣṭākṣaraṃ ha vā ekaṃ gāyatryai padam | etad u haivāsyā etat | sa yāvatīyaṃ trayī vidyā tāvad dha jayati yo 'syā etad evaṃ padaṃ veda

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prāṇo 'pāno vyāna ity aṣṭāv akṣarāṇi | aṣṭākṣaraṃ ha vā ekaṃ gāyatryai padam | etad u haivāsyā etat | sa yāvad idaṃ prāṇi tāvad dha jayati yo 'syā etad evaṃ padaṃ veda | athāsyā etad eva turīyaṃ darśataṃ padaṃ parorajā ya eṣa tapati | yad vai caturthaṃ tat turīyam | darśataṃ padam iti dadṛśa iva hy eṣaḥ | parorajā iti sarvam u hy evaiṣa raja upary upari tapati | evaṃ haiva śriyā yaśasā tapati yo 'syā etad evaṃ padaṃ veda

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saiṣā gāyatry etasmiṃs turīye darśate pade parorajasi pratiṣṭhitā | tad vai tat satye pratiṣṭhitam | cakṣur vai satyam | cakṣur hi vai satyam | tasmād yad idānīṃ dvau vivadamānāv eyātam aham adarśam aham aśrauṣam iti | ya evaṃ brūyād aham adarśam iti | tasmā eva śraddadhyāma | tad vai tat satyaṃ bale pratiṣṭhitam | prāṇo vai balam | tat prāṇe pratiṣṭhitam | tasmād āhur balaṃ satyād ogīya iti | evaṃ v eṣā gāyatry adhyātmaṃ pratiṣṭhitā | sā haiṣā gayāṃs tatre | prāṇā vai gayāḥ | tat prāṇās tatre | tad yad gayāṃs tatre tasmād gāyatrī nāma | sa yām evāmūṃ sāvitrīm anvāhaiṣaiva sā | sa yasmā anvāha tasya prāṇāṃs trāyate

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tāṃ haitām eke sāvitrīm anuṣṭubham anvāhuḥ | vāg anuṣṭup | etad vācam anubrūma iti | na tathā kuryāt | gāyatrīm eva sāvitrīm ānubrūyāt | yadi ha vā apy evaṃvid bahv iva pratigṛhṇāti na haiva tad gāyatryā ekaṃ cana padaṃ prati

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sa ya imāṃs trīṃl lokān pūrṇān pratigṛhṇīyāt so 'syā etat prathamaṃ padam āpnuyāt | atha yāvatīyaṃ trayī vidyā yas tāvat pratigṛhṇīyāt so 'syā etad dvitīyaṃ padam āpnuyāt | atha yāvad idaṃ prāṇi yas tāvat pratigṛhṇīyāt so 'syā etat tṛtīyaṃ padam āpnuyāt | athāsyā etad eva turīyaṃ darśataṃ padaṃ parorajā ya eṣa tapati | naiva kena canāpyam | kuta u etāvat pratigṛhṇīyāt

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tasyā upasthānam | gāyatry asy ekapadī dvipadī tripadī catuṣpadi | apad asi | na hi padyase | namas te turīyāya darśatāya padāya parorajase | asāv ado mā prāpad iti | yaṃ dviṣyād asāv asmai kāmo mā samardhīti vā | na haivāsmai sa kāmaḥ samṛdhyate yasmā evam upatiṣṭhate | aham adaḥ prāpam iti vā

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etad dha vai taj janako vaideho buḍilam āśvatarāśvim uvāca -- yan nu ho tad gāyatrīvid abrūthāḥ | atha kathaṃ hastībhūto vahasīti | mukhaṃ hy asyāḥ samrāṇ na vidāṃ cakareti hovāca | tasyā agnir eva mukham | yadi ha vā api bahv ivāgnāv abhyādadhati sarvam eva tat saṃdahati | evaṃ haivaivaṃvid yady api bahv iva pāpaṃ kurute sarvam eva tat saṃpsāya śuddhaḥ pūto 'jaro 'mṛtaḥ saṃbhavati

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hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitaṃ mukham | tat tvam pūṣann apāvṛṇu satyadharmāya dṛṣṭaye | pūṣann ekarṣe yama sūrya prājāpatya vyūha raśmīn samūha tejaḥ | yat te rūpaṃ kalyāṇatamam tat te paśyāmi yo 'sāv asau puruṣaḥ so 'ham asmi | vāyur anilam amṛtam athedaṃ bhasmāntaṃ śarīram | oṃ krato smara kṛtaṃ smara krato smara kṛtaṃ smara | agne naya supathā rāye 'smān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhy asmaj juhurāṇam eno bhūyiṣṭhāṃ te namauktiṃ vidhema