|
|
 |
 |
 |
| |
Taittiriya Upanisad
Chapter Two
Brahman
II.1
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.
1. OM. The knower of brahman wins the highest. This said is said about it:
The one who knows brahman
As truth, as knowledge, as the endless,
Hidden in the secret place and in the highest heaven
Wins all desires,
With brahman, the wise one.
Space is born from this self, air from space, fire from air, the waters from fire, earth from the waters, plants from earth, food from plants, a person from food. The person is made of the essence of food. This is his head; this is his right wing; this is his left wing; this is his self. This is his tail, his support. There is this verse about it:
II.2
'Whatever creatures depend on earth
Are born from food.
By food they live,
And into it go in the end.
'Food is the eldest of beings,
So it is called "the panacea ".
Those who worship food as brahman
Win all food.
'Food is the eldest of beings,
So it is called "the panacea".
Beings are born from food:
Born, they grow by food.
'It is eaten and it eats (ad-) beings,
Hence it is called food (anna).'
Different from and inside the self that is made of the essence of food is the self that is made of breath. This one is filled by it. It, too, is man-shaped. This, in its man-shape, matches the man-shape of that one. The breath is its head; the diffused breath is its right wing; the lower breath is its left wing; space is its self; earth is its tail, its support. There is this verse about it:
II.3
1. 'Along with breath breathe gods,
Human beings and animals.
Breath is the life of beings,
So it is called "life of all".
'Those who worship breath as brahman
Reach their full life span.
Breath is the life of beings,
So it is called "life of all".'
It is the bodily self of the previous one.
Different from and inside the self that is made of the breath is the self that is made of mind. This one is filled by it. It, too, is man-shaped. This, in its man-shape, matches the man-shape of that one. The yajus verse is its head; the rc verse is its right wing, the saman verse is its left wing; symbolic statement is its self; the hymns of the Atharvans and Angirases are its tail, its support. There is this verse about it:
Next
>>
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
| |
|
|
|
