Library·Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva)·3·3.2·3.2.4

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva) 3.2.4

BU 3.2.4

जिह्वा वै ग्रहः । स रसेनातिग्रहेण गृहीतः । जिह्वया हि रसान् विजानाति

jihvā vai grahaḥ | sa rasenātigraheṇa gṛhītaḥ | jihvayā hi rasān vijānāti

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

‘ The tongue is one Graha, and that is seized by taste as the AtigrAha, for with the tongue one perceives tastes.’

Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

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