Brahmananda Valli, Section 3
Original Sanskrit
1 प्राणं देवा अनु प्राणन्ति । मनुष्याः पशवश्च ये । प्राणो हि भूतानामायुः । तस्मात् सर्वायुषमुच्यते । सर्वमेव त आयुर्यन्ति ।ये प्राणं ब्रह्मोपासते । प्राणो हि भूतानामायुः । तस्मात् सर्वायुषमुच्यत इति । तस्यैष एव शारीर आत्मा ।यः पूर्वस्य तस्माद्वा एतस्मात् प्राणमयात् । अन्योऽन्तर आत्मा मनोमयः । तेनैष पूर्णः । स वा एष पुरुषविध एव ।तस्य पुरुषविधताम् । अन्वयं पुरुषविधः । तस्य यजुरेव शिरः । ऋग्दक्षिणः पक्षः । सामोत्तरः पक्षः । आदेश आत्मा ।अथर्वाङ्गिरसः 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 The gods breathe in the wake of life-breath, as do humans and the animals. Life-breath is the life of beings; therefore it is called the life of all. They attain their full span of lifewho contemplate life-breath as Brahman. Life-breath is the life of beings; therefore it is called the life of all. This is the embodied selfof the preceding one. Other than this self made of life-breath is another self within, made of mind. 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 Yajus; its right wing, the Rig; its left wing, the Saman; its trunk, instruction;its tail, its foundation, the Atharvan and Angiras chants. 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 The gods breathe by following life-breath, as do humans and animals. Life-breath is the life of beings. That is why it is called the life of all. They reach their full lifespan,those who worship life-breath as Brahman. Life-breath is the life of beings. That is why it is called the life of all. This is the self within the bodyof the one before it. Within this self made of life-breath is another self, made of mind. 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. The Yajus formulas are its head. The Rig verses are its right wing. The Saman chants are its left wing. Instruction is its torso.The hymns of Atharvan and Angiras are its tail, its support. There is also this verse about it.
About this section
Brahmananda Valli, Section 3 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 15 of 31 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
Open the work page for the full contents, every edition, and the download links, or go back to Explore to browse other complete works in the Hindu tradition. The reader keeps your place when you are signed in and lets you compare the original with each translation, one edition at a time.