Section 5.5
Original Sanskrit
5.5.1 आप एवेदमग्र आसुः ।ता आपः सत्यमसृजन्त ।सत्यं ब्रह्म ।ब्रह्म प्रजापतिम् ।प्रजापतिर्देवान् ।ते देवाः सत्यमेवोपासते ।तदेतत्त्र्यक्षरं सतियमिति स इत्येकमक्षरम् ।तीत्येकमक्षरम् ।यमित्येकमक्षरम् ।प्रथमोत्तमे अक्षरे सत्यं मध्यतोऽनृतम् ।तदेतदनृतमुभयतः सत्येन परिगृहीतम् ।सत्यभूयमेव भवति ।नैवंविद्वांसमनृतं हिनस्ति
5.5.2 तद्यत्तत्सत्यमसौ स आदित्यः ।य एष एतस्मिन्मण्डले पुरुषो यश्चायं दक्षिणेऽक्षन् पुरुषस्तावेतावन्योऽन्यस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितौ ।रश्मिभिरेषोऽस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितः प्राणैरयममुष्मिन् ।स यदोत्क्रमिष्यन् भवति शुद्धमेवैतन्मण्डलं पश्यति ।नैनमेते रश्मयः प्रत्यायन्ति
5.5.3 य एष एतस्मिन्मण्डले पुरुषस्तस्य भूरिति शिरः ।एकं शिर एकमेतदक्षरम् ।भुव इति बाहू ।द्वौ बाहू द्वे एते अक्षरे ।स्वरिति प्रतिष्ठा ।द्वे प्रतिष्ठे द्वे एते अक्षरे ।तस्योपनिषदहरिति ।हन्ति पाप्मानं जहाति च य एवं वेद
5.5.4 योऽयं दक्षिणेऽक्षन् पुरुषस्तस्य भूरिति शिरः ।एकं शिर एकमेतदक्षरम् ।भुव इति बाहू ।द्वौ बाहू द्वे एते अक्षरे ।स्वरिति प्रतिष्ठा ।द्वे प्रतिष्ठे द्वे एते अक्षरे ।तस्योपनिषदहमिति ।हन्ति पाप्मानं जहाति च य एवं वेद
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.5.1 In the beginning, all this was water alone. Those waters brought forth truth; truth is Brahman; Brahman brought forth Prajapati; Prajapati brought forth the gods. Those gods worship truth alone. Its name, satiyam, has three syllables: sa is one syllable, ti is one syllable, yam is one syllable. The first and last syllables are truth; in the middle is falsehood. This falsehood is held on both sides by truth, and so it becomes truth through and through. Falsehood does not harm one who knows this.
5.5.2 That truth is the sun over there. The person in that disk and the person here in the right eye rest in one another. Through his rays, the one rests in this one; through the vital breaths, this one rests in the other. When a person is about to leave the body, he sees that disk clear of rays. Those rays no longer come toward him.
5.5.3 For the person in that disk, Bhuh is the head: one head, one syllable. Bhuvah is the arms: two arms, two syllables. Suvar is the supporting feet: two supports, two syllables. His secret name is Ahar, "Day." Whoever knows this strikes down evil and leaves it behind.
5.5.4 For the person here in the right eye, Bhuh is the head: one head, one syllable. Bhuvah is the arms: two arms, two syllables. Suvar is the supporting feet: two supports, two syllables. His secret name is Aham, "I." Whoever knows this strikes down evil and leaves it behind.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.5.1 At first all this was water.The waters produced truth.Truth is Brahman.Brahman produced Prajapati.Prajapati produced the gods.Those gods worship truth alone.It has three syllables: sa-ti-yam. Sa is one syllable,ti is one syllable,and yam is one syllable.The first and last syllables are truth. In the middle is untruth.This untruth is held on both sides by truth.So it is filled with truth.Untruth does not harm anyone who knows this.
5.5.2 That truth is the sun up there.The person in that disk and the person in the right eye rest on each other.The one in the sun rests on the one in the eye through the sun's rays. The one in the eye rests on the one in the sun through the vital breaths.When someone is about to leave the body, they see this disk as clear.These rays no longer come toward them.
5.5.3 The person in this disk has bhur as his head.There is one head and one syllable.Bhuvah is his arms.There are two arms and two syllables.Suvar is his support.There are two supporting feet and two syllables.His secret name is ahar, day.Anyone who knows this destroys evil and leaves it behind.
5.5.4 The person in the right eye has bhur as his head.There is one head and one syllable.Bhuvah is his arms.There are two arms and two syllables.Suvar is his support.There are two supporting feet and two syllables.His secret name is aham, I.Anyone who knows this destroys evil and leaves it behind.
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Section 5.5 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 32 of 47 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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