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Taittiriya Upanisad
Chapter Three
III.10
1. One should not refuse anyone in one's house: that should be the vow. So one should get food by any means possible. Folk say, 'Food is prepared for him.' This food is prepared for another first, so it is prepared for him first. This food is prepared for another in the middle, so it is prepared for him in the middle. This food is prepared for another last, so it is prepared for him last.
2. The one who knows this.
'Enjoying' in speech; 'getting and enjoying' in the breath and the lower breath; 'action' in the hands; 'movement’ in the feet; 'excretion' in the anus: these are its human titles. As for its divine titles: 'contentment’ in rain; 'strength' in lightning,
3. 'Glory' in animals; 'light' in the constellations; ‘procreation, immortality and joy' in the loins; 'all' in space. One should worship it as the support: one becomes supported. One should worship it as MAHAH: one becomes great (mahat). One should worship it as mind (manas): one becomes respected (manavat).
4. One should worship it as homage: desires pay one homage. One should worship it as brahman: one becomes endowed with brahman. One should worship it as the dying-around of brahman: rivals who hate one die around one, and so do those adversaries who are not dear. This one who is in the person, and that one who is in the sun are one:
5. And the one who leaves this world knowing this goes up to the self made of food, goes up to the self made of breath, goes up to the self made of mind, goes up to the self made of knowledge, goes up to the self made of joy. He moves about the worlds, with food at his desire, with forms at his desire. He continually sings this saman: ‘Oh, bliss ... ! Oh, bliss . . . ! Oh, bliss . . . ! I am food, I am food, I am food. I am the eater of food. I am the eater of food. I am the eater of food. I am the maker of verse. I am the maker of verse. I am the maker of verse. I am the first-born of law . . ., before the gods, in the navel . . . of immortality. You protect . . . the one who gives to me. I eat . . . food and the one who eats food. I have overcome the whole universe. I am light like the sun.'
... The one who knows this. This is the inner teaching.
OM. Together may it protect us two:
Together may it profit us two:
Together may we do a hero's work.
May we learn intelligently:
May we never hate one another.
OM. Peace, peace, peace.
OM. May Mitra be kind, may Varuna be kind,
May Aryaman be kind to us.
May Indra and Brhaspati be kind,
May wide?striding Visnu be kind to us.
Homage to brahman, homage to you, Vayu:
You are brahman manifest:
I will speak of you as brahman manifest.
I will speak law: I will speak truth.
May that protect me: may that protect the speaker.
May it protect me: may it protect the speaker.
OM. Peace, peace, peace.
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