Brahmananda Valli, Section 2
Original Sanskrit
1 अन्नाद्वै प्रजाः प्रजायन्ते । याः काश्च पृथिवीँ श्रिताः । अथो अन्नेनैव जीवन्ति । अथैनदपि यन्त्यन्ततः ।अन्नँ हि भूतानां ज्येष्ठम् । तस्मात् सर्वौषधमुच्यते । सर्वं वै तेऽन्नमाप्नुवन्ति । येऽन्नं ब्रह्मोपासते ।अन्नँ हि भूतानां ज्येष्ठम् । तस्मात् सर्वौषधमुच्यते । अन्नाद् भूतानि जायन्ते । जातान्यन्नेन वर्धन्ते ।अद्यतेऽत्ति च भूतानि । तस्मादन्नं तदुच्यत इति । तस्माद्वा एतस्मादन्नरसमयात् । अन्योऽन्तर आत्मा प्राणमयः ।तेनैष पूर्णः । स वा एष पुरुषविध एव । तस्य पुरुषविधताम्। अन्वयं पुरुषविधः । तस्य प्राण एव शिरः ।व्यानो दक्षिणः पक्षः । अपान उत्तरः पक्षः । आकाश आत्मा । पृथिवी पुच्छं प्रतिष्ठा । तदप्येष श्लोको भवति ॥
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Sanskrit, covering all three vallīs and 31 anuvākas with the supplied invocations and colophon. Source-language review and one documented Sanskrit repair are recorded in the source registry.
1 From food are born the creatures, all that dwell upon the earth. By food alone they live; into food they pass at last.Food is the eldest of beings; therefore it is called the remedy for all. All food is attained by those who contemplate food as Brahman.Food is the eldest of beings; therefore it is called the remedy for all. From food are beings born; once born, through food they grow.It is eaten, and it eats beings; therefore it is called food. Other than this self made of the essence of food is another self within, made of life-breath.By that this one is filled. It too has the form of a person; following this one's human form, it has a human form. Its head is the life-breath;its right wing, the diffused breath; its left wing, the downward breath; its trunk, space; its tail, its foundation, earth. Of this too there is a verse.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English translation, made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, covering all three vallīs and 31 anuvākas with the supplied invocations and colophon. Source-language review and one documented Sanskrit repair are recorded in the source registry.
1 All creatures living on earth are born from food. They live on food alone. In the end they return to it.Food is the oldest of beings. That is why it is called the medicine for all. Those who worship food as Brahman obtain all food.Food is the oldest of beings. That is why it is called the medicine for all. Beings are born from food. Once born, they grow through food.It is eaten, and it eats beings. That is why it is called food. Within this self made of the essence of food is another self, made of life-breath.The first is filled by this one. This one, too, has a human form. It takes a human form to match the human form of the first. Life-breath itself is its head.The spreading breath is its right wing. The downward breath is its left wing. Space is its torso. Earth is its tail, its support. There is also this verse about it.
About this section
Brahmananda Valli, Section 2 is part of Taittiriya 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 14 of 31 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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