Library·Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva)·6·6.3

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva) 6.3

BU 6.3.1

स यः कामयेत -- महत् प्राप्नुयाम् इत्य् उदगयन आपूर्यमाणपक्षस्य पुण्याहे द्वादशाहम् उपसद्व्रती भूत्वौदुम्बरे कंसे चमसे वा सर्वौषधं फलानीति संभृत्य परिसमुह्य परिलिप्याग्निम् उपसमाधाय परिस्तीर्यावृताज्यं संस्कृत्य पुंसा नक्षत्रेण मन्थं संनीय जुहोति -- यावन्तो देवास् त्वयि जातवेदस् तिर्यञ्चो घ्नन्ति पुरुषस्य कामान् । तेभ्यो ऽहं भागधेयं जुहोमि ते मा तृप्ताः सर्वैः कामैस् तर्पयन्तु स्वाहा । या तिरश्ची निपद्यसे ऽहं विधरणी इति । तां त्वा घृतस्य धारया यजे संराधनीम् अहं स्वाहा

sa yaḥ kāmayeta -- mahat prāpnuyām ity udagayana āpūryamāṇapakṣasya puṇyāhe dvādaśāham upasadvratī bhūtvaudumbare kaṃse camase vā sarvauṣadhaṃ phalānīti saṃbhṛtya parisamuhya parilipyāgnim upasamādhāya paristīryāvṛtājyaṃ saṃskṛtya puṃsā nakṣatreṇa manthaṃ saṃnīya juhoti -- yāvanto devās tvayi jātavedas tiryañco ghnanti puruṣasya kāmān | tebhyo 'haṃ bhāgadheyaṃ juhomi te mā tṛptāḥ sarvaiḥ kāmais tarpayantu svāhā | yā tiraścī nipadyase 'haṃ vidharaṇī iti | tāṃ tvā ghṛtasya dhārayā yaje saṃrādhanīm ahaṃ svāhā

If a man wishes to reach greatness (wealth for performing sacrifices), he performs the upasad rule during twelve days (i. e. he lives on small quantities of milk), beginning on an auspicious day of the light half of the moon during the northern progress of the sun, collecting at the same time in a cup or a dish made of Udumbara wood all sorts of herbs, including fruits. He sweeps the floor (near the house- altar, Avasathya), sprinkles it, lays the fire, spreads grass round it according to rule \ prepares the clarified butter (Afya), and on a day, presided over by a male star (nakshatra), after having properly mixed the Mantha (the herbs, fruits, milk, honey, &c.), he sacrifices (he pours a^ya into the fire), saying: * O CAtavedas, whatever adverse gods there are in thee, who defeat the desires of men, to them I offer this portion; may they, being pleased, please me with all desires.’ SvAhA! ‘ That cross deity who lies down, thinking that all things are kept asunder by her, I worship thee as propitious with this stream of ghee.’ SvAhA!

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BU 6.3.2

ज्येष्ठाय स्वाहा श्रेष्ठाय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । प्राणाय स्वाहा वसिष्ठायै स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । वाचे स्वाहा प्रतिष्ठायै स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । चक्षुषे स्वाहा संपदे स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । श्रोत्राय स्वाहायतनाय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । मनसे स्वाहा प्रजात्यै स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । रेतसे स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति

jyeṣṭhāya svāhā śreṣṭhāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | prāṇāya svāhā vasiṣṭhāyai svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | vāce svāhā pratiṣṭhāyai svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | cakṣuṣe svāhā saṃpade svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | śrotrāya svāhāyatanāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | manase svāhā prajātyai svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | retase svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati

He then says, SvAhA to the First, SvAhA to the Best, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to Breath, SvAhA to her who is the richest, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to Speech, SvAhA to the Support, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to the Eye, SvAhA to Success, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to the Ear, SvAhA to the Home, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to the Mind, SvAhA to Offspring, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says,SvAhAto Seed, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).

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BU 6.3.3

अग्नये स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । सोमाय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । भूः स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । भुवः स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । स्वः स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । भूर् भुवः स्वः स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । ब्रह्मणे स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । क्षत्राय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । भूताय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । भविष्यते स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । विश्वाय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । सर्वाय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति । प्रजापतये स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति

agnaye svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | somāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | bhūḥ svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | bhuvaḥ svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | svaḥ svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | brahmaṇe svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | kṣatrāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | bhūtāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | bhaviṣyate svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | viśvāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | sarvāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati | prajāpataye svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati

He then says, Svaha to Agni (fire), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to Soma, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, BhM (earth), SvAhA, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Bhuva/k (sky), SvAhA, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Sva/£ (heaven), SvAhA, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Bhfir, Bhuva^, Sva^, SvAhA, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to Brahman (the priesthood), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to Kshatra (the knighthood), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, SvAhA to the Past, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). p He then says, SvAhA to the Future, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svaha to the Universe, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svaha to all things, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svaha to Pra^apati, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).

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BU 6.3.4

अथैनम् अभिमृशति -- भ्रमद् असि । ज्वलद् असि । पूर्णम् असि । प्रस्तब्धम् असि । एकसभम् असि । हिङ्कृतम् असि । हिङ्क्रियमानम् असि । उद्गीथम् असि । उद्गीयमानम् असि । श्रावितम् असि । प्रत्याश्रावितम् असि । आर्द्रे संदीप्तम् असि । विभूर् असि । प्रभूर् असि । अन्नम् असि । ज्योतिर् असि । निधनम् असि । संवर्गो ऽसीति

athainam abhimṛśati -- bhramad asi | jvalad asi | pūrṇam asi | prastabdham asi | ekasabham asi | hiṅkṛtam asi | hiṅkriyamānam asi | udgītham asi | udgīyamānam asi | śrāvitam asi | pratyāśrāvitam asi | ārdre saṃdīptam asi | vibhūr asi | prabhūr asi | annam asi | jyotir asi | nidhanam asi | saṃvargo 'sīti

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

BU 6.3.5

अथैनम् उद्यच्छत्य् आमंस्य् आमं हि ते महि । स हि राजेशानो ऽधिपतिः । स मां राजेशनो ऽधिपतिं करोत्व् इति

athainam udyacchaty āmaṃsy āmaṃ hi te mahi | sa hi rājeśāno 'dhipatiḥ | sa māṃ rājeśano 'dhipatiṃ karotv iti

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

BU 6.3.6

अथैनम् आचामति -- तत् सवितुर् वरेण्यम् । मधु वाता ऋतायते मधु क्षरन्ति सिन्धवः । माध्वीर् नः सन्त्व् ओषधीः । भूः स्वाहा । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि मधु नक्तम् उतोषसो मधुमत् पार्थिवं रजः । मधु द्यौर् अस्तु नः पिता । भुवः स्वाहा । धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् । मधुमान् नो वनस्पतिर् मधुमां अस्तु सूर्यः । माध्वीर् गवो भवन्तु नः । स्वः स्वाहा । सर्वां च सावित्रीम् अन्वाह । सर्वाश् च मधुमतीर् अहम् एवेदं सर्वं भूयासं भूर् भुवः स्वः स्वाहेति अन्तत आचम्य पाणी प्रक्षाल्य जघनेनाग्निं प्राक्शिराः संविशति । प्रातर् आदित्यम् उपतिष्ठते । दिशाम् एकपुण्डरीकम् असि । अहं मनुष्याणाम् एकपुण्डरीकं भूयासम् इति । यथेतम् एत्य जघनेनाग्निम् आसीनो वंशं जपति

athainam ācāmati -- tat savitur vareṇyam | madhu vātā ṛtāyate madhu kṣaranti sindhavaḥ | mādhvīr naḥ santv oṣadhīḥ | bhūḥ svāhā | bhargo devasya dhīmahi madhu naktam utoṣaso madhumat pārthivaṃ rajaḥ | madhu dyaur astu naḥ pitā | bhuvaḥ svāhā | dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt | madhumān no vanaspatir madhumāṃ astu sūryaḥ | mādhvīr gavo bhavantu naḥ | svaḥ svāhā | sarvāṃ ca sāvitrīm anvāha | sarvāś ca madhumatīr aham evedaṃ sarvaṃ bhūyāsaṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ svāheti antata ācamya pāṇī prakṣālya jaghanenāgniṃ prākśirāḥ saṃviśati | prātar ādityam upatiṣṭhate | diśām ekapuṇḍarīkam asi | ahaṃ manuṣyāṇām ekapuṇḍarīkaṃ bhūyāsam iti | yathetam etya jaghanenāgnim āsīno vaṃśaṃ japati

Then he eats it, saying: ‘Tat savitur vare- «yam (We meditate on that adorable light)—The winds drop honey for the righteous, the rivers drop honey, may our plants be sweet as honey! Bhu/£ (earth) Svaha! ‘ Bhargo devasya dhimahi (of the divine SavitW)—May the night be honey in the morning, may the air above the earth, may heaven, our father, be honey! Bhuva^ (sky) Svaha! ‘Dhiyo yo na^ pro/£odayclt (who should rouse our thoughts)—May the tree be full of honey, may the sun be full of honey, may our cows be sweet like honey! Sva/§ (heaven) Svaha! ’ He repeats the whole Savitri verse, and all the verses about the honey, thinking, May I be all this! Bhur, Bhuva/fc, Sva/£, Svaha! Having thus swallowed all, he washes his hands, and sits down behind the altar, turning his head to the East. In the morning he worships Aditya (the sun), with the hymn, ‘ Thou art the best lotus of the four quarters, may I become the best lotus among men.’ Then returning as he came, he sits down behind the altar and recites the genealogical list.

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BU 6.3.7

तं हैतम् उद्दालक आरुणिर् वाजसनेयाय याज्ञवल्क्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच -- अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज् जायेरञ् छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति

taṃ haitam uddālaka āruṇir vājasaneyāya yājñavalkyāyāntevāsina uktvovāca -- api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcej jāyerañ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Uddalaka Aru;d told this (Mantha-doctrine) to his pupil Vafasaneya Yi^avalkya, and said: ‘If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.’ lated them. They correspond to ‘ amo namasy ama hi te sarvam idam’ in the Kha nd. Up. V,,,. The Madhyandinas read: amo ’sy amaw hi te mayi, sa hi ra^a, &c. Dvivedagahga translates: ‘ thou art the knower, thy knowledge extends to me.’ B.R/HADARA VY AK A-UPANISHAD.

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BU 6.3.8

एतम् उ हैव वाजसनेयो याज्नवल्क्यो मधुकाय पैङ्ग्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच -- अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज् जायेरञ् छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति

etam u haiva vājasaneyo yājnavalkyo madhukāya paiṅgyāyāntevāsina uktvovāca -- api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcej jāyerañ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Va^asaneya YifUzavalkya told the same to his pupil Madhuka Paingya, and said: ‘ If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.’

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BU 6.3.9

एतम् उ हैव मधुकः पैङ्ग्यश् चूलाय भागवित्तये ऽन्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच -- अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज् जायेरञ् छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति

etam u haiva madhukaḥ paiṅgyaś cūlāya bhāgavittaye 'ntevāsina uktvovāca -- api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcej jāyerañ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Madhuka Paingya told the same to his pupil Bhagavitti, and said: ‘If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.’

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BU 6.3.10

एतम् उ हैव चूलो भागवित्तिर् जानकय आयःस्थूणायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच -- अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज् जायेरञ् छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति

etam u haiva cūlo bhāgavittir jānakaya āyaḥsthūṇāyāntevāsina uktvovāca -- api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcej jāyerañ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

BU 6.3.11

एतम् उ हैव जानकिर् आयस्थूणः सत्यकामाय जाबालायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच -- अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज् जायेरञ् छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति

etam u haiva jānakir āyasthūṇaḥ satyakāmāya jābālāyāntevāsina uktvovāca -- api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcej jāyerañ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Gk naki Ayasthhwa told the same to his pupil Satyakama Gabala, and said: ‘ If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.’

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BU 6.3.12

एतम् उ हैव सत्यकामो जाबालो ऽन्तेवासिभ्य उक्त्वोव -- अचापि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज् जायेरञ् छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति । तम् एतं नापुत्राय वानन्तेवासिने वा ब्रूयात्

etam u haiva satyakāmo jābālo 'ntevāsibhya uktvova -- acāpi ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcej jāyerañ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti | tam etaṃ nāputrāya vānantevāsine vā brūyāt

Satyak&ma Gabala told the same to his pupils, and said: ‘ If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.’ Let no one tell this to any one, except to a son or to a pupil.

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BU 6.3.13

चतुरौदुम्बरो भवति । औदुम्बरः स्रुव औदुम्बरश् चमस औदुम्बर इध्म औदुम्बर्या उपमन्थन्यौ । दश ग्राम्याणि धान्यानि भवन्ति । व्रीहियवास् तिलमाषा अणुप्रियंगवो गोधूमाश् च मसूराश् च खल्वाश् च खलकुलाश् च । तान् पिष्टान् दधनि मधुनि घृत उपसिञ्चति । आज्यस्य जुहोति

caturaudumbaro bhavati | audumbaraḥ sruva audumbaraś camasa audumbara idhma audumbaryā upamanthanyau | daśa grāmyāṇi dhānyāni bhavanti | vrīhiyavās tilamāṣā aṇupriyaṃgavo godhūmāś ca masūrāś ca khalvāś ca khalakulāś ca | tān piṣṭān dadhani madhuni ghṛta upasiñcati | ājyasya juhoti

Four things are made of the wood of the Udumbara tree, the sacrificial ladle (sruva), the cup (/famasa), the fuel, and the two churning sticks. There are ten kinds of village (cultivated) seeds, viz. rice and barley (brihiyavas), sesamum and kidney- beans (tilamdshas), millet and panic seed (a#upriyan- gavas), wheat (godhhmas), lentils (masuras), pulse (khalvas), and vetches (khalakulas). After having ground these he sprinkles them with curds (dadhi), honey, and ghee, and then offers (the proper portions) of clarified butter (agya).

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