Shvetashvatara Upanishad — Chapter 2
SvetUp 2.1
युञ्जानः प्रथमं मनस् तत्वाय सविता धियः अग्नेर् ज्योतिर् निचाय्य पृथिव्या अध्य् आभरत्
yuñjānaḥ prathamaṃ manas tatvāya savitā dhiyaḥ agner jyotir nicāyya pṛthivyā adhy ābharat
Yoking first the mind and the thoughts toward the truth, Savitṛ, having perceived the light of Agni, brought it up from the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SvetUp 2.2
युक्तेन मनसा वयं देवस्य सवितुः सवे सुवर्गेयाय शक्त्या %
yuktena manasā vayaṃ devasya savituḥ save suvargeyāya śaktyā %
With mind yoked, we, in the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, (strive) with (our) power for the going to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SvetUp 2.3
युक्त्वाय मनसा देवान् सुवर् यतो धिया दिवं बृहज् ज्योतिः करिष्यतः सविता प्रसुवाति तान्
yuktvāya manasā devān suvar yato dhiyā divaṃ bṛhaj jyotiḥ kariṣyataḥ savitā prasuvāti tān
Having yoked the gods with the mind, (the priests) going to heaven, to the sky, by insight — about to make the great light, Savitṛ impels them forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SvetUp 2.4
युञ्जते मन उत युञ्जते धियो विप्रा विप्रस्य बृहतो विपश्चितः वि होत्रा दधे वयुनाविद् एक इन् मही देवस्य सवितुः परिष्टुतिः
yuñjate mana uta yuñjate dhiyo viprā viprasya bṛhato vipaścitaḥ vi hotrā dadhe vayunāvid eka in mahī devasya savituḥ pariṣṭutiḥ
They yoke the mind and they yoke the insights — the inspired priests of the great inspired all-knowing one. He alone, knowing the ordinances, has distributed the priestly offices. Great indeed is the praise of the god Savitṛ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SvetUp 2.5
युजे वां ब्रह्म पूर्व्यं नमोभिर् वि श्लोक एतु पथ्येव सूरेः शृण्वन्ति विश्वे अमृतस्य पुत्रा आ ये धामानि दिवियानि तस्थुः
yuje vāṃ brahma pūrvyaṃ namobhir vi śloka etu pathyeva sūreḥ śṛṇvanti viśve amṛtasya putrā ā ye dhāmāni diviyāni tasthuḥ
With homage I yoke your ancient sacred word; let the verse go forth like the path of the sun. All the sons of the immortal hear it — those who have mounted to the heavenly abodes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SvetUp 2.6
अग्निर् यत्राभिमथ्यते वायुर् यत्राधिरुध्यते सोमो यत्रातिरिच्यते तत्र संजायते मनः
agnir yatrābhimathyate vāyur yatrādhirudhyate somo yatrātiricyate tatra saṃjāyate manaḥ
Where the fire is churned out, where the breath is restrained, where the soma overflows — there the mind is born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.7
सवित्रा प्रसवेन जुषेत ब्रह्म पूर्व्यम् तत्र योनिं कृणवसे नहि ते पूर्तम् अक्षिपत्
savitrā prasavena juṣeta brahma pūrvyam tatra yoniṃ kṛṇavase nahi te pūrtam akṣipat
By Savitṛ's impulsion one should take delight in the ancient sacred word; there you would make (your) womb (i.e. ground), for your past merit will not diminish (you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SvetUp 2.8
त्रिरुन्नतं स्थाप्य समं शरीरं हृदीन्द्रियाणि मनसा संनिवेश्य ब्रह्मोडुपेन प्रतरेत विद्वान् स्रोतांसि सर्वाणि भयावहानि
trirunnataṃ sthāpya samaṃ śarīraṃ hṛdīndriyāṇi manasā saṃniveśya brahmoḍupena pratareta vidvān srotāṃsi sarvāṇi bhayāvahāni
Holding the body even, with the three (upper parts) held erect, and settling the senses with the mind in the heart, the knower should cross over all the fearsome streams by the raft of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.9
प्राणान् प्रपीड्येह स युक्तचेष्टः क्षीने प्राणे नासिकयोच्छ्वसीत दुष्टाश्वयुक्तम् इव वाहम् एनं विद्वान् मनो धारयेताप्रमत्तः
prāṇān prapīḍyeha sa yuktaceṣṭaḥ kṣīne prāṇe nāsikayocchvasīta duṣṭāśvayuktam iva vāham enaṃ vidvān mano dhārayetāpramattaḥ
Compressing the breaths here, with his activity controlled, when the breath is diminished he should breathe out through the nose; the knower, undistracted, should hold the mind as (one holds) a cart yoked with bad horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.10
समे शुचौ शर्करावह्निवालुकाविवर्जिते शब्दजलाश्रयादिभिः मनोऽनुकूले न तु चक्षुपीडने गुहानिवाताश्रयणे प्रयोजयेत्
same śucau śarkarāvahnivālukāvivarjite śabdajalāśrayādibhiḥ mano'nukūle na tu cakṣupīḍane guhānivātāśrayaṇe prayojayet
On a level, clean (place), free of pebbles, fire and sand, agreeable to the mind by sounds, water and shelter and the like, and not hurtful to the eye, in a cave sheltered from the wind — there one should practise (yoga).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SvetUp 2.11
नीहारधूमार्कानलानिलानां खद्योतविद्युत्स्फटिकाशशीनाम् एतानि रूपाणि पुरःसराणि ब्रह्मण्य् अभिव्यक्तिकराणि योगे
nīhāradhūmārkānalānilānāṃ khadyotavidyutsphaṭikāśaśīnām etāni rūpāṇi puraḥsarāṇi brahmaṇy abhivyaktikarāṇi yoge
Of mist, smoke, sun, fire, wind, of firefly, lightning, crystal and moon — these are the forms that go before, producing the manifestation of brahman in yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.12
पृथ्व्यप्तेजोऽनिलखे समुत्थिते पञ्चात्मके योगगुणे प्रवृत्ते न तस्य रोगो न जरा न मृत्युः प्राप्तस्य योगाग्निमयं शरीरम्
pṛthvyaptejo'nilakhe samutthite pañcātmake yogaguṇe pravṛtte na tasya rogo na jarā na mṛtyuḥ prāptasya yogāgnimayaṃ śarīram
When the fivefold quality of yoga, arisen from earth, water, fire, air and space, has come into operation, there is for him no illness, no old age, no death, since he has attained a body made of the fire of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.13
लघुत्वम् आरोग्यम् अलोलुपत्वं वर्णप्रसादः स्वरसौष्ठवं च गन्धः शुभो मूत्रपुरीषम् अल्पं योगप्रवृत्तिं प्रथमां वदन्ति
laghutvam ārogyam alolupatvaṃ varṇaprasādaḥ svarasauṣṭhavaṃ ca gandhaḥ śubho mūtrapurīṣam alpaṃ yogapravṛttiṃ prathamāṃ vadanti
Lightness, health, freedom from craving, clearness of complexion, excellence of voice, a pleasant smell, and little urine and excrement — these, they say, are the first stage of progress in yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.14
यथैव बिम्बं मृदयोपलिप्तं तेजोमयं भ्राजते तत् सुधान्तम् तद् वात्मतत्त्वं प्रसमीक्ष्य देही एकः कृतार्थो भवते वीतशोकः
yathaiva bimbaṃ mṛdayopaliptaṃ tejomayaṃ bhrājate tat sudhāntam tad vātmatattvaṃ prasamīkṣya dehī ekaḥ kṛtārtho bhavate vītaśokaḥ
Just as a mirror smeared over with clay shines full of brightness when it has been well cleaned, so the embodied one, having seen the true nature of the self, becomes single, fulfilled, and free of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.15
यद् आत्मतत्त्वेन तु ब्रह्मतत्त्वं दीपोपमेनेह युक्तः प्रपश्येत् अजं ध्रुवं सर्वतत्त्वैर् विशुद्धं ज्ञात्वा देवं मुच्यते सर्वपाशैः
yad ātmatattvena tu brahmatattvaṃ dīpopameneha yuktaḥ prapaśyet ajaṃ dhruvaṃ sarvatattvair viśuddhaṃ jñātvā devaṃ mucyate sarvapāśaiḥ
But when, yoked here, one sees the reality of brahman by means of the reality of the self, as by a lamp — having known the god, unborn, steadfast, pure of all the (material) principles, one is freed from all bonds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.16
एष ह देवः प्रदिशो ऽनु सर्वाः पूर्वो ह जातः स उ गर्भे अन्तः स एव जातः स जनिष्यमानः प्रत्यङ् जनास् तिष्ठति सर्वतोमुखः
eṣa ha devaḥ pradiśo 'nu sarvāḥ pūrvo ha jātaḥ sa u garbhe antaḥ sa eva jātaḥ sa janiṣyamānaḥ pratyaṅ janās tiṣṭhati sarvatomukhaḥ
This god (is) throughout all the directions; he was born first, and he is within the womb. He indeed has been born, and he will be born; he stands facing people, having faces on all sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SvetUp 2.17
यो देवो अग्नौ यो अप्सु यो विश्वं भुवनम् आविवेश य ओषधीषु यो वनस्पतीषु तस्मै देवाय नमो नमः
yo devo agnau yo apsu yo viśvaṃ bhuvanam āviveśa ya oṣadhīṣu yo vanaspatīṣu tasmai devāya namo namaḥ
The god who is in fire, who is in the waters, who has entered the whole world, who is in the plants, who is in the trees — to that god be homage, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition