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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva) 5.14.4

BU 5.14.4

सैषा गायत्र्य् एतस्मिंस् तुरीये दर्शते पदे परोरजसि प्रतिष्ठिता । तद् वै तत् सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितम् । चक्षुर् वै सत्यम् । चक्षुर् हि वै सत्यम् । तस्माद् यद् इदानीं द्वौ विवदमानाव् एयातम् अहम् अदर्शम् अहम् अश्रौषम् इति । य एवं ब्रूयाद् अहम् अदर्शम् इति । तस्मा एव श्रद्दध्याम । तद् वै तत् सत्यं बले प्रतिष्ठितम् । प्राणो वै बलम् । तत् प्राणे प्रतिष्ठितम् । तस्माद् आहुर् बलं सत्याद् ओगीय इति । एवं व् एषा गायत्र्य् अध्यात्मं प्रतिष्ठिता । सा हैषा गयांस् तत्रे । प्राणा वै गयाः । तत् प्राणास् तत्रे । तद् यद् गयांस् तत्रे तस्माद् गायत्री नाम । स याम् एवामूं सावित्रीम् अन्वाहैषैव सा । स यस्मा अन्वाह तस्य प्राणांस् त्रायते

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

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

That Gayatri (as described before with its three feet) rests on that fourth foot, the bright one, high above the sky. And that again rests on the True (sa- tyam), and the True is the eye, for the eye is (known to be) true. And therefore even now, if two persons come disputing, the one saying, I saw, the other, I heard, then we should trust the one who says, I saw. And the True again rests on force (balam), and force is life (pribza), and that (the True) rests on life. Therefore they say, force is stronger than the True. Thus does that Gayatri rest with respect to the self (as life). That Gayatri protects (tatre) the vital breaths (gayas); the gayas are the pra»as (vital breaths), and it protects them. And because it protects (tatre) the vital breaths (gayas), therefore it is called Giyatri. And that Savitri verse which the teacher teaches * * * * *, that is it (the life, the pra^a, and indirectly the Gayatri); and whomsoever he teaches, he protects his vital breaths.

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

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