Brahmananda Valli, Section 7
Original Sanskrit
1 असद्वा इदमग्र आसीत् । ततो वै सदजायत । तदात्मानँ स्वयमकुरुत । तस्मात्तत्सुकृतमुच्यत इति । यद्वै तत् सुकृतम् ।रसो वै सः । रसँ ह्येवायं लब्ध्वाऽऽनन्दी भवति । को ह्येवान्यात्कः प्राण्यात् । यदेष आकाश आनन्दो न स्यात् ।एष ह्येवानन्दयाति । यदा ह्येवैष एतस्मिन्नदृश्येऽनात्म्येऽनिरुक्तेऽनिलयनेऽभयं प्रतिष्ठां विन्दते । अथ सोऽभयं गतो भवति ।यदा ह्येवैष एतस्मिन्नुदरमन्तरं कुरुते । अथ तस्य भयं भवति । तत्त्वेव भयं विदुषोऽमन्वानस्य । 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 In the beginning this was nonexistent. From that, existence was born. It made itself by itself; therefore it is called the well-made. What is well-madeis indeed flavor. Only by attaining this flavor does one become blissful. Who could draw breath, who could breathe, if this bliss were not in space?For this alone bestows bliss. When one finds fearless footing in that invisible, bodiless, indefinable, unsupported being, one has reached fearlessness.But when one makes even the smallest division within it, fear arises. It is fear even for the learned who fail to understand. 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 In the beginning, this was nonexistent. From that, what exists was born. It made itself by itself. That is why it is called well made. What is well madeis the flavor. On gaining this flavor, a person becomes blissful. Who could breathe in or breathe out if this bliss were not here in space?It is this that gives bliss. When a person finds a fearless foothold in what cannot be seen, has no body, cannot be described, and has no resting place, that person has reached fearlessness.But when a person makes even a small gap within it, fear arises. That itself brings fear even to someone learned who does not understand. There is also this verse about it.
About this section
Brahmananda Valli, Section 7 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 19 of 31 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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