Shiksha Valli, Section 7
Original Sanskrit
1 पृथिव्यन्तरिक्षं द्यौर्दिशोऽवान्तरदिशाः । अग्निर्वायुरादित्यश्चन्द्रमा नक्षत्राणि । आप ओषधयो वनस्पतय आकाश आत्मा ।इत्यधिभूतम् । अथाध्यात्मम् । प्राणो व्यानोऽपान उदानः समानः । चक्षुः श्रोत्रं मनो वाक् त्वक् । चर्म माँसँस्नावास्थिमज्जा ।एतदधि विधाय ऋषिरवोचत् । पाङ्क्तं वा इदँ सर्वम् । पाङ्क्तेनैव पाङ्क्तँ स्पृणोतीति ॥
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 Earth, the middle region, heaven, the directions, the directions between; fire, wind, sun, moon, stars; waters, herbs, trees, space, the self:so much for beings. Now, concerning the self: the life-breath, the diffused breath, the downward breath, the rising breath, the equalizing breath; sight, hearing, mind, speech, touch; skin, flesh, sinew, bone, marrow.Having set these out, the seer declared: "All this is fivefold. Through the fivefold, one fills the fivefold."
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 Earth, the space between earth and heaven, heaven, the directions, and the intermediate directions; fire, wind, the sun, the moon, and the stars; water, herbs, trees, space, and the self:these concern the elements. Now, the individual self: the incoming breath, the breath spread through the body, the downward breath, the rising breath, and the balancing breath; sight, hearing, mind, speech, and touch; skin, flesh, sinews, bone, and marrow.Having arranged these, the seer said, "All this comes in groups of five. Through a group of five, one fills a group of five."
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Shiksha 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 7 of 31 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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