Brahmananda Valli, Section 5
Original Sanskrit
1 विज्ञानं यज्ञं तनुते । कर्माणि तनुतेऽपि च । विज्ञानं देवाः सर्वे । ब्रह्म ज्येष्ठमुपासते । विज्ञानं ब्रह्म चेद्वेद ।तस्माच्चेन्न प्रमाद्यति शरीरे पाप्मनो हित्वा । सर्वान्कामान्समश्नुत इति । तस्यैष एव शारीर आत्मा । यः पूर्वस्य ।तस्माद्वा एतस्माद्विज्ञानमयात् । अन्योऽन्तर आत्माऽऽनन्दमयः । तेनैष पूर्णः । स वा एष पुरुषविध एव ।तस्य पुरुषविधताम् । अन्वयं पुरुषविधः । तस्य प्रियमेव शिरः । मोदो दक्षिणः पक्षः । प्रमोद उत्तरः पक्षः ।आनन्द आत्मा । ब्रह्म 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 Understanding extends the sacrifice; it extends actions too. All the gods contemplate understanding as Brahman, the eldest. If one knows understanding as Brahmanand does not stray from it, leaving evils in the body, one enjoys all desires. This is the embodied self of the preceding one.Other than this self made of understanding is another self within, made of bliss. 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 pleasure; its right wing, joy; its left wing, great joy;its trunk, bliss; its tail, its foundation, Brahman. 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 Understanding carries out sacrifice. It carries out actions, too. All the gods worship understanding as Brahman, the oldest. If someone knows understanding as Brahman,and does not lose sight of it, they leave evil behind in the body and enjoy everything desired. This is the self within the body of the one before it.Within this self made of understanding is another self, made of bliss. 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. Pleasure is its head. Joy is its right wing. Great joy is its left wing.Bliss is its torso. Brahman is its tail, its support. There is also this verse about it.
About this section
Brahmananda Valli, Section 5 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 17 of 31 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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