Library·Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva)·4·4.1

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva) 4.1

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जनको ह वैदेह आसां चक्रे । अथ ह याज्ञवल्क्य आवव्राज । तं होवाच -- याज्ञवल्क्य किम् अर्थम् अचारीः पशून् इच्छन् अण्वन्तानीति । उभयम् एव संराड् इति होवाच

janako ha vaideha āsāṃ cakre | atha ha yājñavalkya āvavrāja | taṃ hovāca -- yājñavalkya kim artham acārīḥ paśūn icchan aṇvantānīti | ubhayam eva saṃrāḍ iti hovāca

When kanaka Vaideha was sitting (to give audience), Y ^»avalkya approached, and Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ Y a^avalkya, for what object did you come, wishing for cattle, or for subtle questions?’ Yd^wavalkya replied: ‘ For both, Your Majesty;

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यत् ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे जित्वा शैलिनिः -- वाग् वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तच् छैलिनिर् अब्रवीद् वाग् वै ब्रह्मेति । अवदतो हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । वाग् एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा प्रज्ञेत्य् एनद् उपासीत । का प्रज्ञता याज्ञवल्क्य । वाग् एव सम्राड् इति होवाच । वाचा वै सम्राड् बन्धुः प्रज्ञायते । ऋग्वेदो यजुर्वेदः सामवेदो ऽथर्वाङ्गिरस इतिहासः पुराणं विद्या उपनिषदः श्लोकाः सूत्राण्य् अनुव्याख्यानानि व्याख्यानानीष्टं हुतम् आशितं पायितम् अयं च लोकः परश् च लोकः सर्वाणि च भूतानि वाचैव संराट् प्रज्ञायन्ते । वाग् वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनं वाग् जहाति । सर्वाण्य् एनं भूतान्य् अभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवान् अप्येति । य एवं विद्वान् एतद् उपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभं सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः -- पिता मे ऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yat te kaścid abravīt tac chṛṇavāmeti | abravīn me jitvā śailiniḥ -- vāg vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā tac chailinir abravīd vāg vai brahmeti | avadato hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | vāg evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā prajñety enad upāsīta | kā prajñatā yājñavalkya | vāg eva samrāḍ iti hovāca | vācā vai samrāḍ bandhuḥ prajñāyate | ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo 'tharvāṅgirasa itihāsaḥ purāṇaṃ vidyā upaniṣadaḥ ślokāḥ sūtrāṇy anuvyākhyānāni vyākhyānānīṣṭaṃ hutam āśitaṃ pāyitam ayaṃ ca lokaḥ paraś ca lokaḥ sarvāṇi ca bhūtāni vācaiva saṃrāṭ prajñāyante | vāg vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ vāg jahāti | sarvāṇy enaṃ bhūtāny abhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devān apyeti | ya evaṃ vidvān etad upāste | hastyṛṣabhaṃ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- pitā me 'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

‘Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ Ganaka Vaideha replied: ‘ Gitvan Yailini told me that speech (vak) is Brahman.’ Ya^avalkya said: ‘As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Yailini tell you, that speech is Brahman; for what is the use of a dumb person? But did he tell you the body (ayatana) and the resting-place (pra- tish tk&) of that Brahman V Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ Yafwavalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ GanakaVaidehasaid: ‘Then tell me, Y&£%avalkya.’ and its form of worship (pragvietiyam upanishad brahma#aj £atur- tha^ padaA). See also Maitr. Up.VII, p. 221. Yd^avalkya said: ‘ The tongue is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as knowledge.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ What is the nature of that knowledge? ’ Y f«avalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, speech itself (is knowledge). For through speech, Your Majesty, a friend is known (to be a friend), and likewise the i?fg-veda, Yafur-veda, Sama-veda, the Atharvahgi- rasas, the Itihasa (tradition), Pura^a-vidya (knowledge of the past), the Upanishads, Ylokas (verses), Shtras (rules), Anuvyakhyanas and Vyakhyanas (commentaries x, &c.); what is sacrificed, what is poured out, what is (to be) eaten and drunk, this world and the other world, and all creatures. By speech alone, Your Majesty, Brahman is known, speech indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Speech does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ (kanaka Vaideha said: ‘I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ Ya^'«avalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’

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यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् म उदङ्कः शौल्बायनः । प्राणो वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तच् छौल्बायनो ऽब्रवीत् प्राणो वै ब्रह्मेति । अप्राणतो हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । प्राण एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा । प्रियम् इत्य् एनद् उपासीत । का प्रियता याज्ञवल्क्य । प्राण एव सम्राड् इति होवाच । प्राणस्य वै सम्राट् कामायायाज्यं याजयति । अप्रतिगृह्यस्य प्रतिगृह्णाति । अपि तत्र वधाशङ्का भवति यां दिशम् एति प्राणस्यैव सम्राट् कामाय । प्राणो वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनं प्राणो जहाति । सर्वाण्य् एनं भूतान्य् अभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवान् अप्येति । य एवं विद्वान् एतद् उपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभं सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहह् । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः -- पिता मे ऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yad eva te kaścid abravīt tac chṛṇavāmeti | abravīn ma udaṅkaḥ śaulbāyanaḥ | prāṇo vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā tac chaulbāyano 'bravīt prāṇo vai brahmeti | aprāṇato hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | prāṇa evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā | priyam ity enad upāsīta | kā priyatā yājñavalkya | prāṇa eva samrāḍ iti hovāca | prāṇasya vai samrāṭ kāmāyāyājyaṃ yājayati | apratigṛhyasya pratigṛhṇāti | api tatra vadhāśaṅkā bhavati yāṃ diśam eti prāṇasyaiva samrāṭ kāmāya | prāṇo vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ prāṇo jahāti | sarvāṇy enaṃ bhūtāny abhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devān apyeti | ya evaṃ vidvān etad upāste | hastyṛṣabhaṃ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehah | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- pitā me 'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

Ya^avalkya said: ‘ Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ Ganaka Vaideha replied: ‘ Udanka Yaulbayana told me that life (pri#a) is Brahman.’ Ya^wavalkya said: ‘As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Udanka Yaulbayana tell you that life is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without life? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ Ya^wavalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Y^»a- valkya.’ Ya^avalkya said: ‘ Breath is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is dear.’ kanaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of that which is dear? ’ Ya^avalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, life itself (is that which is dear);’ because for the sake of life, Your Majesty, a man sacrifices even for him who is unworthy of sacrifice, he accepts presents from him who is not worthy to bestow presents, nay, he goes to a country, even when there is fear of being hurt, for the sake of life. Life, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Life does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ Ya^Tzavalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’

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यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे बर्कुर् वार्ष्णः । चक्षुर् वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तद् वार्ष्णो ऽब्रवीच् चक्षुर् वै ब्रह्मेति । अपश्यतो हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । चक्षुर् एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा । सत्यम् इत्य् एतद् उपासीत । का सत्यता याज्ञवल्क्य । चक्षुर् एव सम्राड् इति होवाच । चक्षुषा वै सम्राट् पश्यन्तम् आहुर् अद्राक्षीर् इति । स आहाद्राक्षम् इति तत् सत्यं भवति । चक्षुर् वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनम् चक्षुर् जहाति । सर्वाण्य् एनं भूतान्य् अभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवान् अप्येति । य एवं विद्वान् एतद् उपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभं सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः -- पिता मे ऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yad eva te kaścid abravīt tac chṛṇavāmeti | abravīn me barkur vārṣṇaḥ | cakṣur vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā tad vārṣṇo 'bravīc cakṣur vai brahmeti | apaśyato hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | cakṣur evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā | satyam ity etad upāsīta | kā satyatā yājñavalkya | cakṣur eva samrāḍ iti hovāca | cakṣuṣā vai samrāṭ paśyantam āhur adrākṣīr iti | sa āhādrākṣam iti tat satyaṃ bhavati | cakṣur vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainam cakṣur jahāti | sarvāṇy enaṃ bhūtāny abhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devān apyeti | ya evaṃ vidvān etad upāste | hastyṛṣabhaṃ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- pitā me 'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

Yaf^avalkya said: ‘ Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ kanaka Vaideha replied: ‘Barku Varshwa told me that sight (A’akshus) is Brahman.’ Ya^avalkya said: ‘As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Barku Varsh^a tell you that sight is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot see? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman? ’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ Y&^avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, YA^wa- valkya.’ Ya^wavalkya said: ‘ The eye is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is true.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of that which is true? ’ Y a^avalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, sight itself (is that which is true); for if they say to a man who sees with his eye, “ Didst thou see?” and he says, “ I saw,” then it is true. Sight, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Sight does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ YA^wavalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’

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यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे गर्दभीविपीतो भारद्वाजः । श्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तद् भारद्वाजो ऽब्रवीच् छ्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेति । अशृण्वतो हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । श्रोत्रम् एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठानन्तम् इत्य् एनद् उपासीत । कानन्तता याज्ञवल्क्य । दिश एव सम्राड् इति होवाच । तस्माद् वै सम्राड् अपि यां काञ्च दिशं गच्छति नैवास्या अन्तं गच्छति । अनन्ता हि दिशः । दिशो वै सम्राट् श्रोत्रम् । श्रोत्रं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनं श्रोत्रं जहाति । सर्वाण्य् एनं भूतान्य् अभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवान् अप्येति । य एवं विद्वान् एतद् उपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभं सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः -- पिता मे ऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yad eva te kaścid abravīt tac chṛṇavāmeti | abravīn me gardabhīvipīto bhāradvājaḥ | śrotraṃ vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā tad bhāradvājo 'bravīc chrotraṃ vai brahmeti | aśṛṇvato hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | śrotram evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhānantam ity enad upāsīta | kānantatā yājñavalkya | diśa eva samrāḍ iti hovāca | tasmād vai samrāḍ api yāṃ kāñca diśaṃ gacchati naivāsyā antaṃ gacchati | anantā hi diśaḥ | diśo vai samrāṭ śrotram | śrotraṃ vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ śrotraṃ jahāti | sarvāṇy enaṃ bhūtāny abhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devān apyeti | ya evaṃ vidvān etad upāste | hastyṛṣabhaṃ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- pitā me 'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

Ya^avalkya said: ‘Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ Ganaka Vaideha replied: ‘ Gardabhivibhita Bha- radva^a told me that hearing (^rotra) is Brahman.’ Y a^Vzavalkya said: ‘As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Gardabhivibhita Bh&radva^a tell you that hearing is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot hear? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ Y&£%avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Yapa- valkya.’ Yaf^avalkya said; ‘The ear is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as what is endless.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of that which is endless?’ Y a£%avalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, space (disa^) itself (is that which is endless), and therefore to whatever space (quarter) he goes, he never comes to the end of it. For space is endless. Space indeed, O King, is hearing x, and hearing indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Hearing does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ Ya^avalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’

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

BU 4.1.6

यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे सत्यकामो जाबालः -- मनो वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तज् जाबालो ऽब्रवीन् मनो वै ब्रह्मेति । अमनसो हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञावल्क्य । मन एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठानन्द इत्य् एनद् उपासीत । कानन्दता याज्ञवल्क्य । मन एव सम्राड् इति होवाच मनसा वै सम्राट् स्त्रियम् अभि हार्यति तस्यां प्रतिरूपः पुत्रो जायते । स आनन्दः । मनो वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनं मनो जहाति । सर्वाण्य् एनं भूतान्य् अभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवान् अप्येति । य एवं विद्वान् एतद् उपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभं सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः -- पिता मे ऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yad eva te kaścid abravīt tac chṛṇavāmeti | abravīn me satyakāmo jābālaḥ -- mano vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā taj jābālo 'bravīn mano vai brahmeti | amanaso hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñāvalkya | mana evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhānanda ity enad upāsīta | kānandatā yājñavalkya | mana eva samrāḍ iti hovāca manasā vai samrāṭ striyam abhi hāryati tasyāṃ pratirūpaḥ putro jāyate | sa ānandaḥ | mano vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ mano jahāti | sarvāṇy enaṃ bhūtāny abhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devān apyeti | ya evaṃ vidvān etad upāste | hastyṛṣabhaṃ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- pitā me 'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

Yd^wavalkya said: ‘ Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ Ganaka Vaideha replied: ‘Satyakdma Gabala told me that mind (manas) is Brahman.’ Ya^wavalkya said: ‘ As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Satyakama Gabala tell you that mind is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without mind? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me/ Yd^avalkya said: ‘Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only/ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Y&^Atavalkya/ Ya^Aavalkya said: ‘ Mind itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as bliss/ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of bliss?’ Ya^Aavalkya replied: ‘ Your Majesty, mind itself; for with the mind does a man desire a woman, and a like son is born of her, and he is bliss. Mind indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Mind does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ Ya^Aavalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’

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

BU 4.1.7

यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे विदग्धः शाकल्यः । हृदयं वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तच् छाकल्यो ऽब्रवीद् धृदयं वै ब्रह्मेति । अहृदयस्य हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । हृदयम् एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा । स्थितिर् इत्य् एनद् उपासीत । का स्थितिता याज्ञवल्क्य । हृदयम् एव सम्राड् इति होवाच । हृदयं वै सम्राट् सर्वेषां भूतानाम् आयतनम् । हृदयं वै सम्राट् सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा । हृदये ह्य् एव सम्राट् सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रतिष्ठितानि भवन्ति । हृदयं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनं हृदयं जहाति । सर्वाण्य् एनं भूतान्य् अभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवान् अप्येति । य एवं विद्वान् एतद् उपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभं सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः -- पिता मे ऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yad eva te kaścid abravīt tac chṛṇavāmeti | abravīn me vidagdhaḥ śākalyaḥ | hṛdayaṃ vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā tac chākalyo 'bravīd dhṛdayaṃ vai brahmeti | ahṛdayasya hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | hṛdayam evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā | sthitir ity enad upāsīta | kā sthititā yājñavalkya | hṛdayam eva samrāḍ iti hovāca | hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānām āyatanam | hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ pratiṣṭhā | hṛdaye hy eva samrāṭ sarvāṇi bhūtāni pratiṣṭhitāni bhavanti | hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ hṛdayaṃ jahāti | sarvāṇy enaṃ bhūtāny abhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devān apyeti | ya evaṃ vidvān etad upāste | hastyṛṣabhaṃ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- pitā me 'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

Ya^Aavalkya said: ‘ Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ Ganaka Vaideha replied: ‘Vidagdha Gakalya told me that the heart (hr/daya) is Brahman.’ Yd^lavalkya said: ‘ As one who had (the benefit B.R/H ADIrANYAKA-UPANISH AD. of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Gakalya tell you that the heart is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the resting- place of that Brahman? ’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ Yaf»avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Yif»avalkya.’ Ya^iavalkya said: ‘The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ What is the nature of certainty? ’ Ya^wavalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ Yafwavalkya said: ‘ My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’

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