Section 3.18
Original Sanskrit
3.18.1 मनो ब्रह्मेत्युपासीतेत्यध्यात्ममथाधिदैवतमाकाशो ब्रह्मेत्युभयमादिष्टं भवत्यध्यात्मं चाधिदैवतं च ॥ १ ॥
3.18.2 तदेतच्चतुष्पाद्ब्रह्म वाक्पादः प्राणः पादश्चक्षुः पादः श्रोत्रं पाद इत्यध्यात्ममथाधिदैवतमग्निः पादो वायुः पाद अदित्यः पादो दिशः पाद इत्युभयमेवादिष्टं भवत्यध्यात्मं चैवाधिदैवतं च ॥ २ ॥
3.18.3 वागेव ब्रह्मणश्चतुर्थः पादः सोऽग्निना ज्योतिषा भाति च तपति च भाति च तपति च कीर्त्या यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन य एवं वेद ॥ ३ ॥
3.18.4 प्राण एव ब्रह्मणश्चतुर्थः पादः स वायुना ज्योतिषा भाति च तपति च भाति च तपति च कीर्त्या यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन य एवं वेद ॥ ४ ॥
3.18.5 चक्षुरेव ब्रह्मणश्चतुर्थः पादः स आदित्येन ज्योतिषा भाति च तपति च भाति च तपति च कीर्त्या यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन य एवं वेद ॥ ५ ॥
3.18.6 श्रोत्रमेव ब्रह्मणश्चतुर्थः पादः स दिग्भिर्ज्योतिषा भाति च तपति च भाति च तपति च कीर्त्या यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन य एवं वेद य एवं वेद ॥ ६ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
3.18.1 "One should meditate on mind as Brahman": this concerns the person. Now concerning the gods: "Space is Brahman." Thus both have been taught, concerning the person and concerning the gods.
3.18.2 This Brahman has four feet. Speech is a foot, life-breath is a foot, the eye is a foot, and the ear is a foot: this concerns the person. Now concerning the gods: fire is a foot, wind is a foot, the sun is a foot, and the directions are a foot. Thus both have been taught, concerning the person and concerning the gods.
3.18.3 Speech is one quarter of Brahman. With fire as its light, it shines and gives heat. One who knows thus shines and gives heat through renown, glory, and sacred radiance.
3.18.4 Life-breath is one quarter of Brahman. With wind as its light, it shines and gives heat. One who knows thus shines and gives heat through renown, glory, and sacred radiance.
3.18.5 The eye is one quarter of Brahman. With the sun as its light, it shines and gives heat. One who knows thus shines and gives heat through renown, glory, and sacred radiance.
3.18.6 The ear is one quarter of Brahman. With the directions as its light, it shines and gives heat. One who knows thus shines and gives heat through renown, glory, and sacred radiance—one who knows thus.
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
3.18.1 One should meditate on the mind as Brahman. This is the teaching about oneself. Now the teaching about the gods: one should meditate on space as Brahman. Both have been taught—the teaching about oneself and the teaching about the gods.
3.18.2 This Brahman has four feet. Speech is one foot, life-breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, and the ear is one foot. This is the teaching about oneself. Now the teaching about the gods: Agni is one foot, the wind is one foot, the sun is one foot, and the directions are one foot. Both have been taught—the teaching about oneself and the teaching about the gods.
3.18.3 Speech is one of Brahman's four feet. It shines and gives heat through the light of Agni. Anyone who knows this shines and gives heat through renown, fame, and the radiance of sacred learning.
3.18.4 Life-breath is one of Brahman's four feet. It shines and gives heat through the light of the wind. Anyone who knows this shines and gives heat through renown, fame, and the radiance of sacred learning.
3.18.5 The eye is one of Brahman's four feet. It shines and gives heat through the light of the sun. Anyone who knows this shines and gives heat through renown, fame, and the radiance of sacred learning.
3.18.6 The ear is one of Brahman's four feet. It shines and gives heat through the light of the directions. Anyone who knows this shines and gives heat through renown, fame, and the radiance of sacred learning—anyone who knows this.
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