Shiksha Valli, Section 5
Original Sanskrit
1 भूर्भुवः सुवरिति वा एतास्तिस्रो व्याहृतयः । तासामुह स्मैतां चतुर्थीं माहाचमस्यः प्रवेदयते । मह इति ।तत् ब्रह्म । स आत्मा । अङ्गान्यन्या देवताः । भूरिति वा अयं लोकः । भुव इत्यन्तरिक्षम् । सुवरित्यसौ लोकः ॥
2 मह इत्यादित्यः । आदित्येन वाव सर्वे लोका महीयन्ते । भूरिति वा अग्निः । भुव इति वायुः । सुवरित्यादित्यः ।मह इति चन्द्रमाः । चन्द्रमसा वाव सर्वाणि ज्योतीँषि महीयन्ते । भूरिति वा ऋचः । भुव इति सामानि । सुवरिति यजूँषि ॥
3 मह इति ब्रह्म । ब्रह्मणा वाव सर्वे वेदा महीयन्ते । भूरिति वै प्राणः । भुव इत्यपानः । सुवरिति व्यानः । मह इत्यन्नम् ।अन्नेन वाव सर्वे प्राणा महीयन्ते । ता वा एताश्चतस्रश्चतुर्धा । चतस्रश्चतस्रो व्याहृतयः । ता यो वेद । स वेद ब्रह्म ।सर्वेऽस्मै देवा बलिमावहन्ति ॥
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 Bhur, Bhuvah, Suvar: these are the three sacred utterances. Mahachamasya made known a fourth of these: Mahah.That is Brahman; that is the self. The other deities are its limbs. Bhur is this world; Bhuvah, the middle region; Suvar, that world above.
2 Mahah is the sun: through the sun all worlds are magnified. Bhur is fire; Bhuvah, wind; Suvar, the sun.Mahah is the moon: through the moon all lights are magnified. Bhur is the Rig verses; Bhuvah, the Saman chants; Suvar, the Yajus formulas.
3 Mahah is Brahman: through Brahman all the Vedas are magnified. Bhur is the life-breath; Bhuvah, the downward breath; Suvar, the diffused breath; Mahah, food.Through food all the breaths are magnified. These four are fourfold: four sacred utterances in each group of four. Whoever knows them knows Brahman.All the gods bring him tribute.
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 Bhur, Bhuvah, and Suvar are the three sacred utterances. Mahachamasya made known a fourth one: Mahah.That is Brahman. That is the self. The other gods are its limbs. Bhur is this world. Bhuvah is the space between earth and heaven. Suvar is that world above.
2 Mahah is the sun. Through the sun, all the worlds become great. Bhur is fire. Bhuvah is wind. Suvar is the sun.Mahah is the moon. Through the moon, all the lights become great. Bhur is the Rig verses. Bhuvah is the Saman chants. Suvar is the Yajus formulas.
3 Mahah is Brahman. Through Brahman, all the Vedas become great. Bhur is the incoming breath. Bhuvah is the downward breath. Suvar is the breath spread through the body. Mahah is food.Through food, all the vital breaths become great. These four each have four forms: four groups of four sacred utterances. Whoever knows them knows Brahman.All the gods bring him offerings.
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Shiksha 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 5 of 31 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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