The Upanishads, Part II — SBE Vol. 15 — trans. F. Max Müller (1884)
The translator’s English as printed. The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
II ADHYAYA, 4BRAHMANA, 5. 109 a eS. aad ‘No,’ replied YAgiavalkya; ‘like the life of rich people will be thy life. But there is no hope of immortality by wealth.’ 3- And Maitreyt said: ‘What should I do with that by which I do not become immortal ? What my Lord knoweth (of immortality), tell that to me?,’ 4. Yagavalkya replied : ‘ Thou who art truly dear to me, thou speakest dear words?. Come, sit down, I will explain it to thee, and mark well what I say.’ 5. And he said: ‘ Verily, a husband is not dear, that you may love the husband; but that you may love the Self, therefore a husband is dear. ‘Verily, a wife is not dear, that you may love the wife; but that you may love the Self, therefore a wife is dear. ‘Verily, sons are not dear, that you may love the sons; but that you may love the Self, therefore sons are dear. ‘Verily, wealth is not dear, that you may love wealth ; but that you may love the Self, therefore wealth is dear’. ‘Verily, the Brahman-class is not dear, that you may love the Brahman-class ; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Brahman-class is dear. ‘Verily, the Kshatra-class is not dear, that you may love the Kshatra-class; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Kshatra-class is dear. ‘Verily, the worlds are not dear, that you may love the worlds; but that you may love the Self, therefore the worlds are dear.
1 Tell that clearly to me. B. 2 Thou who art dear to me, thou hast increased what is dear (to me in this). B. 3 B. adds, Verily, cattle are not dear, &c.
p. 110eee ‘Verily, the Devas are not dear, that you may love the Devas; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Devas are dear’. ‘Verily, creatures are not dear, that you may love the creatures; but that you may love the Self, therefore are creatures dear. ‘Verily, everything is not dear that you may love everything ; but that you may love the Self, therefore everything is dear. ‘Verily, the Self is to be seen, to be heard, to be perceived, to be marked, O Maitreyt! When we see, hear, perceive, and know the Self’, then all this is known. 6. ‘Whosoever looks for the Brahman-class elsewhere than in the Self, was* abandoned by the Brahman-class. Whosoever looks for the Kshatraclass elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Kshatra-class. Whosoever looks for the worlds elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the worlds. Whosoever looks for the Devas elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Devas‘. Whosoever looks for creatures elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the creatures. Whosoever looks for anything elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by everything. This Brahman-class, this Kshatra-class, these worlds, these Devas‘, these® creatures, this everything, all is that Self. 7. ‘Now as’ the sounds of a drum, when beaten,
1 B. inserts, Verily, the Vedas are not dear, &c. * When the Self has been seen, heard, perceived, and known. B. * The commentator translates, ‘should be abandoned.’ * B. inserts, Whosoever looks for the Vedas, &c. 5 B. adds, these Vedas. * B. has, all these creatures. * I construe sa yatha with evam vai in § 12, looking upon
Il ADHYAYA, 4BRAHMANA, 12. III teat LE En cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the drum is seized or the beater of the drum; 8. ‘And as the sounds of a conch-shell, when blown, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the shell is seized or the blower of the shell ; 9. ‘And as the sounds of a lute, when played, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the lute is seized or the player of the lute; 10. ‘As clouds of smoke proceed by themselves out of a lighted fire kindled with damp fuel, thus, verily, O Maitreyi, has been breathed forth from this great Being what we have as Azg-veda, Yagurveda, Sama-veda, Atharvangirasas, ItihAsa (legends), Puraza (cosmogonies), Vidyé (knowledge), the Upanishads, Slokas (verses), Sitras (prose rules), Anuvyakhydnas (glosses), Vyakhyanas (commentaries)!. From him alone all these were breathed forth. 11. ‘As all waters find their centre in the sea, all touches in the skin, all tastes in the tongue, all smells in the nose, all colours in the eye, all sounds in the ear, all percepts in the mind, all knowledge in the heart, all actions in the hands, all movements in the feet, and all the Vedas in speech,— 12. ‘As a lump of salt*, when thrown into water, becomes dissolved into water, and could not be taken
§ 11 as probably a later insertion. The sa is not the pronoun, but a particle, as in sa yadi, sa fet, &c. 1 B, adds, what is sacrificed, what is poured out, food, drink, this world and the other world, and all creatures. 2 See Khand. Up. VI, 13.
II ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 5. 109 a eS. aad ‘No,’ replied YAgiavalkya; ‘like the life of rich people will be your life. But there is no hope of immortality by wealth.’ 3- And Maitreyt said: ‘What should I do with that by which I do not become immortal ? What my Lord knows (of immortality), tell that to me?,’ 4. Yagavalkya replied : ‘ You who art truly dear to me, you speak dear words?. Come, sit down, I will explain it to you, and mark well what I say.’ 5. And he said: ‘ Verily, a husband is not dear, that you may love the husband; but that you may love the Self, therefore a husband is dear. ‘Verily, a wife is not dear, that you may love the wife; but that you may love the Self, therefore a wife is dear. ‘Verily, sons are not dear, that you may love the sons; but that you may love the Self, therefore sons are dear. ‘Verily, wealth is not dear, that you may love wealth ; but that you may love the Self, therefore wealth is dear’. ‘Verily, the Brahman-class is not dear, that you may love the Brahman-class ; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Brahman-class is dear. ‘Verily, the Kshatra-class is not dear, that you may love the Kshatra-class; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Kshatra-class is dear. ‘Verily, the worlds are not dear, that you may love the worlds; but that you may love the Self, therefore the worlds are dear.
1 Tell that clearly to me. B. 2 You who art dear to me, you have increased what is dear (to me in this). B. 3 B. adds, Verily, cattle are not dear, &c.
110 BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD. eee ‘Verily, the Devas are not dear, that you may love the Devas; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Devas are dear’. ‘Verily, creatures are not dear, that you may love the creatures; but that you may love the Self, therefore are creatures dear. ‘Verily, everything is not dear that you may love everything ; but that you may love the Self, therefore everything is dear. ‘Verily, the Self is to be seen, to be heard, to be perceived, to be marked, O Maitreyt! When we see, hear, perceive, and know the Self’, then all this is known. 6. ‘Whosoever looks for the Brahman-class elsewhere than in the Self, was* abandoned by the Brahman-class. Whosoever looks for the Kshatraclass elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Kshatra-class. Whosoever looks for the worlds elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the worlds. Whosoever looks for the Devas elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Devas‘. Whosoever looks for creatures elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the creatures. Whosoever looks for anything elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by everything. This Brahman-class, this Kshatra-class, these worlds, these Devas‘, these® creatures, this everything, all is that Self. 7. ‘Now as’ the sounds of a drum, when beaten,
1 B. inserts, Verily, the Vedas are not dear, &c. * When the Self has been seen, heard, perceived, and known. B. * The commentator translates, ‘should be abandoned.’ * B. inserts, Whosoever looks for the Vedas, &c. 5 B. adds, these Vedas. * B. has, all these creatures. * I construe sa yatha with evam vai in § 12, looking upon
Il ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 12. III teat LE En cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the drum is seized or the beater of the drum; 8. ‘And as the sounds of a conch-shell, when blown, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the shell is seized or the blower of the shell ; 9. ‘And as the sounds of a lute, when played, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the lute is seized or the player of the lute; 10. ‘As clouds of smoke proceed by themselves out of a lighted fire kindled with damp fuel, thus, verily, O Maitreyi, has been breathed forth from this great Being what we have as Azg-veda, Yagurveda, Sama-veda, Atharvangirasas, ItihAsa (legends), Puraza (cosmogonies), Vidyé (knowledge), the Upanishads, Slokas (verses), Sitras (prose rules), Anuvyakhydnas (glosses), Vyakhyanas (commentaries)!. From him alone all these were breathed forth. 11. ‘As all waters find their centre in the sea, all touches in the skin, all tastes in the tongue, all smells in the nose, all colours in the eye, all sounds in the ear, all percepts in the mind, all knowledge in the heart, all actions in the hands, all movements in the feet, and all the Vedas in speech,— 12. ‘As a lump of salt*, when thrown into water, becomes dissolved into water, and could not be taken
§ 11 as probably a later insertion. The sa is not the pronoun, but a particle, as in sa yadi, sa fet, &c. 1 B, adds, what is sacrificed, what is poured out, food, drink, this world and the other world, and all creatures. 2 See Khand. Up. VI, 13.
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