Section 5.1
Original Sanskrit
5.1.1 पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ।खं ब्रह्म ।खं पुराणम् ।वायुरं खम् ।इति ह स्माह कौरव्यायणीपुत्रः ।वेदोऽयं ब्राह्मणा विदुः ।वेदैनेन यद्वेदितव्यम्
Musean translation
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5.1.1 That is fullness; this is fullness. From fullness, fullness rises.Take fullness from fullness: fullness alone remains.Space is Brahman.Space is ancient.Space is filled with air.So the son of Kauravyayani used to say.The Brahmins know this as the Veda.Through it one knows what must be known.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.1.1 That is whole. This is whole. What is whole comes from what is whole.When the whole is taken from the whole, the whole remains.Space is Brahman.Space is ancient.Space is full of air.That is what the son of Kauravyayani used to say.The Brahmins know this Veda.Through it a person knows what must be known.
About this section
Section 5.1 is part of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 28 of 47 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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