Section 5.12
Original Sanskrit
5.12.1 अन्नं ब्रह्मेत्येक आहुः ।तन्न तथा ।पूयति वा अन्नमृते प्राणात् ।प्राणो ब्रह्मेत्येक आहुः ।तन्न तथा ।शुष्यति वै प्रण ऋतेऽन्नात् ।एते ह त्वेव देवते एकधाभूयं भूत्वा परमतां गच्छतः ।तद्ध स्माह प्रातृदः पितरम् ।किं स्विदेवैवं विदुषे साधु कुर्यां किमेवास्मा असाधु कुर्यामिति ।स ह स्माह पाणिना मा प्रातृद ।कस्त्वेनयोरेकधाभूयं भूत्वा परमतां गच्छतीति ।तस्मा उ हैतदुवाच वीति ।अन्नं वै वि ।अन्ने हीमानि सर्वाणि भूतानि विष्टानि ।रमिति ।प्राणो वै रम् ।प्राणे हीमानि सर्वाणि भूतानि रमन्ते ।सर्वाणि ह वा अस्मिन् भूतानि विशन्ति ।सर्वाणि भूतानि रमन्ते 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.
5.12.1 Some say, "Food is Brahman." It is not so: without breath, food rots. Some say, "Breath is Brahman." It is not so: without food, breath withers. Only when these two deities become one do they reach the highest state.
Pratrida once said to his father, "What good could I do for someone who knows this? What harm could I do him?"
His father replied with a gesture of his hand, "No, Pratrida. Who, then, reaches the highest state by becoming one with these two?"
He told him this: "Vi—food is vi, for all these beings enter into food. Ram—breath is ram, for all these beings delight in breath."
All beings enter into the one who knows this; all beings delight in him.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.12.1 Some say, "Food is Brahman."That is not so.Food rots without breath.Some say, "Breath is Brahman."That is not so.Breath dries up without food.These two gods reach the highest state by becoming one.Pratrida once said to his father,"What good could I do for someone who knows this? What harm could I do to him?"His father signaled with his hand, "No, Pratrida!Who can reach the highest state by becoming one with these two?"He told him this: "Vi."Food is vi,because all these beings have entered, vishta, into food."Ram."Breath is ram,because all these beings take pleasure, ram, in breath.All beings enter anyone who knows this.All beings take pleasure in that person.
About this section
Section 5.12 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 39 of 47 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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