Brahmananda Valli, Section 4
Original Sanskrit
1 यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते । अप्राप्य मनसा सह । आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान् । न बिभेति कदाचनेति । तस्यैष एव शारीर आत्मा ।यः पूर्वस्य तस्माद्वा एतस्मान्मनोमयात् । अन्योऽन्तर आत्मा विज्ञानमयः । तेनैष पूर्णः । स वा एष पुरुषविध एव ।तस्य पुरुषविधताम् । अन्वयं पुरुषविधः । तस्य श्रद्धैव शिरः । ऋतं दक्षिणः पक्षः । सत्यमुत्तरः पक्षः । योग आत्मा ।महः 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 Words turn back from it, together with the mind, unable to attain it. Whoever knows the bliss of Brahman is never afraid. This is the embodied selfof the preceding one. Other than this self made of mind is another self within, made of understanding. 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 faith; its right wing, right order; its left wing, truth; its trunk, concentration;its tail, its foundation, the great. 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 Words turn back from it, along with the mind, unable to reach it. Whoever knows the bliss of Brahman is never afraid. This is the self within the bodyof the one before it. Within this self made of mind is another self, made of understanding. 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. Trust is its head. Right order is its right wing. Truth is its left wing. Concentration is its torso.Greatness is its tail, its support. There is also this verse about it.
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Brahmananda Valli, Section 4 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 16 of 31 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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