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2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ oat a abso eadire Suet yard eh mes m: cee Ty = $e pl tees merch ee cs Se are peite Trace Ree wed ay SF eaters eons : 4 epee ey OF et me patel geehtnetinn : learn} gu ey hong ante ak hen etre Or fen Sa gore vie b-r-Rin ry encte tebesmascptarereet et phere yin rnt c * . ee paar owen aren g Beer el rete eee vin yom penne ger eh Sry Neches ree ree a Hy ara = 0 he too Siitiot a tie ie 1 el amy ee te 8G Ane 1 A SRO Neto, Me i etenPlinaetlont PO Vuer 64° * a ORR Sipe 2 wees . Taw eer Ss lc fitenteL toe sage tae = Wages olan sete a metho Potash ce rary oa as rete ene iene re tee SA engrem ep, ee 5 Te eee rennet pis I te " nme rer aw “WRN T esaaoees be she, . —< nos yey? A es we, : Sei DP eet Oo ea Tad Lb 2P0-2 CU) HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY Digitized by Google Digitized by G O08 le 1a f { . ' . »* / ha rz y | PC) 2 : fe - | ; lad ( nite! : if, cd tent: (A coer cdte Ounnca 5 ; es Vorietin ye of) <pis rr ~ snr , Pc rnwte mn oy g Melle, tn. 3 Re Belagaks 7 the ce ta ? ewes gR. bain.’ Aered '/SB2. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST [3] a London MACMILLAN AND CO. PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF @xford. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. I @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1879 [All rights reserved] THE UPANISHADS TRANSLATED BY F. MAX MULLER PART I THE XHANDOGYA-UPANISHAD THE TALAVAKARA-UPANISHAD THE AITAREYA-ARAVYAKA THE KAUSHITAKI-BRAHMANA-UPANISHAD AND THE VAGASANEYI-SAMHITA-UPANISHAD @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1879 [All rights reserved] HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 aque” TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K.G. CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, LATELY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA, SIR HENRY J. 8. MAINE, K.0.8.1. MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF INDIA, AND THE VERY BEV. H. G. LIDDELL, D.D. DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH, TO WHOSE KIND INTEREST AND EXERTIONS THIS ATTEMPT TO MAKE KNOWN TQ THE ENGLISH PEOPLE THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST IS SO LARGELY INDEBTED, I NOW DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES WITH SINCERE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, F. MAX MULLER. [3] a3 Digitized by Goog le ‘The general inclinations which are naturally implanted in my soul to some religion, it ts impossible for me to shift off: but there being such a multiplicity of religions in the world, I desire now seriously to consider with my self which of them all to restrain these my general inclinations to. And the reason of this my enquiry ts not, that Iam in the least dissatisfied with that religion I have already embraced; but because tis natural for all men to have an overbearing opinion and esteem for that particular religion they are born and bred-up in. That, therefore, I may not seem biassed by the prejudice of education, I am resolved to prove and examine them all;
3That, therefore, I may not seem biassed by the prejudice of education, I am resolved to prove and examine them all; ‘Indeed there was never any religion so barbarous and diabolical, but it was preferred before all other religions whatsoever, by them that did profess it; otherwise they would not have professed tho... ‘And why, say they, may not you be mistaken as well as we? Espectally when there ts, at least, six to one against your Christian religion; all of which think they serve God aright; and expect happiness thereby as well @s you..... And hence it is that in my looking out for the truest religion, being conscious to my self how great an ascendant Christianity holds over me beyond the rest, as being that religion whereinto I was born and baptized, that which the supreme authority has enjoined and my parents educated me in; that which every one I meet withal highly approves of, and which I my self have, by a long continued profession, made almost natural to me: I am resolved to be more jealous and suspicious of this religion, than of the rest, and be sure not to entertain it any longer without being convinced by solid and substantial arguments, of the truth and certainty of tt. That, therefore, I may make diligent and impartial enquiry into all religions and so be sure to find out the best, 1 shall for a time, look upon my self as one not at all interested in any particular religion whatsoever, much less in the Christian religion, but only as one who desires, in general, to serveand obey Him that made me,in a right manner, and thereby to be made partaker of that happiness my nature ts capable of? BIsHOP BEVERIDGE (1636-1707). Private Thoughts on Religion, Part I, Article 2. Digitized by Google CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE TO THE SacrED Books oF THE East . . . ix Program of a Translation of the Sacred Books of the East . . . . . . . . . XXxxix Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets . . . . xiviii Approximate Pronunciation of the Roman Letters as representing the Sanskrit Alphabet . . . lv INTRODUCTION TO THE UPANISHADS . . oe . . Wii Khandogya-upanishad . . . . . . Ixxxvi Talavak4ra-upanishad . . . . . . Ixxxix Aitareya-Aranzyaka . . . . . . - xc Kaushitaki-brahmama-upanishad . . . . . XxCVviii Vagasaneyi-samhita-upanishad .. . . . . c TRANSLATION OF THE AHANDOGYA-UPANISHAD . . . I TRANSLATION OF THE TALAVAKARA-UPANISHAD . . . 149 TRANSLATION OF THE AITAREYA-ARAVYAKA . . . 157 TRANSLATION OF THE KausHtTAKI-BRAHMANA-UPANISHAD . 271 TRANSLATION OF THE VAGASANEYI-SAMHITA-UPANISHAD . . il pom PREFACE TO THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST. I must begin this series of translations of the Sacred Books of the East with three cautions :— the first, referring to the character of the original texts here translated; the second, with regard to the difficulties in making a proper use of translations ; the third, showing what is possible and what is impossible in rendering ancient thought into modern speech.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google “watermark” you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can’t offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book’s appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ oat
2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ oat a abso eadire Suet yard eh mes m: cee Ty = $e pl tees merch ee cs Se are peite Trace Ree wed ay SF eaters eons : 4 epee ey OF et me patel geehtnetinn : learn} gu ey hong ante ak hen etre Or fen Sa gore vie b-r-Rin ry encte tebesmascptarereet et phere yin rnt c * . ee paar owen aren g Beer el rete eee vin yom penne ger eh Sry Neches ree ree a Hy ara = 0 he too Siitiot a tie ie 1 el amy ee te 8G Ane 1 A SRO Neto, Me i etenPlinaetlont PO Vuer 64° * a ORR Sipe 2 wees . Taw eer Ss lc fitenteL toe sage tae = Wages olan sete a metho Potash ce rary oa as rete ene iene re tee SA engrem ep, ee 5 Te eee rennet pis I te " nme rer aw “WRN T esaaoees be she, . —< nos yey? A es we, : Sei DP eet Oo ea Tad Lb 2P0-2 CU) HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY Digitized by Google Digitized by G O08 le 1a f { . ' . »* / ha rz y | PC) 2 : fe - | ; lad ( nite! : if, cd tent: (A coer cdte Ounnca 5 ; es Vorietin ye of) <pis rr ~ snr , Pc rnwte mn oy g Melle, tn. 3 Re Belagaks 7 the ce ta ? ewes gR. bain.’ Aered '/SB2. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST [3] a London MACMILLAN AND CO. PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF @xford. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. I @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1879 [All rights reserved] THE UPANISHADS TRANSLATED BY F. MAX MULLER PART I THE XHANDOGYA-UPANISHAD THE TALAVAKARA-UPANISHAD THE AITAREYA-ARAVYAKA THE KAUSHITAKI-BRAHMANA-UPANISHAD AND THE VAGASANEYI-SAMHITA-UPANISHAD @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1879 [All rights reserved] HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 aque” TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K.G. CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, LATELY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA, SIR HENRY J. 8. MAINE, K.0.8.1. MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF INDIA, AND THE VERY BEV. H. G. LIDDELL, D.D. DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH, TO WHOSE KIND INTEREST AND EXERTIONS THIS ATTEMPT TO MAKE KNOWN TQ THE ENGLISH PEOPLE THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST IS SO LARGELY INDEBTED, I NOW DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES WITH SINCERE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, F. MAX MULLER. [3] a3 Digitized by Goog le ‘The general inclinations which are naturally implanted in my soul to some religion, it ts impossible for me to shift off: but there being such a multiplicity of religions in the world, I desire now seriously to consider with my self which of them all to restrain these my general inclinations to. And the reason of this my enquiry ts not, that Iam in the least dissatisfied with that religion I have already embraced; but because tis natural for all men to have an overbearing opinion and esteem for that particular religion they are born and bred-up in. That, therefore, I may not seem biassed by the prejudice of education, I am resolved to prove and examine them all;
3That, therefore, I may not seem biassed by the prejudice of education, I am resolved to prove and examine them all; ‘Indeed there was never any religion so barbarous and diabolical, but it was preferred before all other religions whatsoever, by them that did profess it; otherwise they would not have professed tho... ‘And why, say they, may not you be mistaken as well as we? Espectally when there ts, at least, six to one against your Christian religion; all of which think they serve God aright; and expect happiness thereby as well @s you..... And hence it is that in my looking out for the truest religion, being conscious to my self how great an ascendant Christianity holds over me beyond the rest, as being that religion whereinto I was born and baptized, that which the supreme authority has enjoined and my parents educated me in; that which every one I meet withal highly approves of, and which I my self have, by a long continued profession, made almost natural to me: I am resolved to be more jealous and suspicious of this religion, than of the rest, and be sure not to entertain it any longer without being convinced by solid and substantial arguments, of the truth and certainty of tt. That, therefore, I may make diligent and impartial enquiry into all religions and so be sure to find out the best, 1 shall for a time, look upon my self as one not at all interested in any particular religion whatsoever, much less in the Christian religion, but only as one who desires, in general, to serveand obey Him that made me,in a right manner, and thereby to be made partaker of that happiness my nature ts capable of? BIsHOP BEVERIDGE (1636-1707). Private Thoughts on Religion, Part I, Article 2. Digitized by Google CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE TO THE SacrED Books oF THE East . . . ix Program of a Translation of the Sacred Books of the East . . . . . . . . . XXxxix Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets . . . . xiviii Approximate Pronunciation of the Roman Letters as representing the Sanskrit Alphabet . . . lv INTRODUCTION TO THE UPANISHADS . . oe . . Wii Khandogya-upanishad . . . . . . Ixxxvi Talavak4ra-upanishad . . . . . . Ixxxix Aitareya-Aranzyaka . . . . . . - xc Kaushitaki-brahmama-upanishad . . . . . XxCVviii Vagasaneyi-samhita-upanishad .. . . . . c TRANSLATION OF THE AHANDOGYA-UPANISHAD . . . I TRANSLATION OF THE TALAVAKARA-UPANISHAD . . . 149 TRANSLATION OF THE AITAREYA-ARAVYAKA . . . 157 TRANSLATION OF THE KausHtTAKI-BRAHMANA-UPANISHAD . 271 TRANSLATION OF THE VAGASANEYI-SAMHITA-UPANISHAD . . il pom PREFACE TO THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST. I must begin this series of translations of the Sacred Books of the East with three cautions :— the first, referring to the character of the original texts here translated; the second, with regard to the difficulties in making a proper use of translations ; the third, showing what is possible and what is impossible in rendering ancient thought into modern speech.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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