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1of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Sakalya tell you that the heart 1s Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the restingplace of that Brahman ?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ YAgiavalkya said: ‘Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Yagiiavalkya.’ Yagitavalkya said: ‘The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of certainty ?’ Yagzavalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ Yagiiavalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’ SECOND BrAHMANA. 1. Ganaka Vaideha, descending from his throne, said: ‘I bow to you, O Yag#avalkya, teach me.’ Yaga#avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, as a man who wishes to make a long journey, would furnish himself with a chariot or a ship, thus is your mind well
2IV ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 3. 159 ne AN ACARI Dt furnished by these Upanishads'. You are honourable, and wealthy, you have learnt the Vedas and been told the Upanishads. Whither then will you go when departing hence ?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Sir, I do not know whither I shall go.’ Yagu#avalkya said: ‘Then I shall tell you this, whither you will go.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ Tell it, Sir.’ 2. Yagitavalkya said: ‘ That person who is in the right eye ®, he is called Indha, and him who is Indha they call indeed* Indra mysteriously, for the gods love what is mysterious, and dislike what is evident. 3. ‘ Now that which in the shape of a person is in the right eye, is his wife, Virag*. Their meetingplace® is the ether within the heart, and their food the red lump within the heart. Again, their covering ® is that which is like net-work within the heart, and the road on which they move (from sleep to waking) is the artery that rises upwards from the heart. Like a hair divided into a thousand parts, so are the veins of it, which are called Hita’, placed
3* This refers to the preceding doctrines which had been communicated to Ganaka by other teachers, and particularly to the updasanas of Brahman as knowledge, dear, true, endless, bliss, and certainty. 2 See also Maitr. Up. VII, p. 216. $’ The Madhyandinas read paroksheveva, but the commentator explains iva by eva. See also Ait. Up. I, 3, 14. * Indra is called by the commentator Vaisvanara, and his wife Virag. This couple, in a waking state, is Visva; in sleep, Taigasa. 5 Samstava, lit. the place where they sing praises together, that is, where they meet. 6 Pra4varama may also mean hiding-place, retreat. 7 Hita, a name frequently given to these nadis; see IV, 3, 20;, Khand. Up. VI, 5,3, comm.; Kaush. Up. IV, 20. See also Kasha Up. VI, 16. 160 BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
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.
1of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Sakalya tell you that the heart 1s Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the restingplace of that Brahman ?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ YAgiavalkya said: ‘Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Yagiiavalkya.’ Yagitavalkya said: ‘The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of certainty ?’ Yagzavalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ Yagiiavalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’ SECOND BrAHMANA. 1. Ganaka Vaideha, descending from his throne, said: ‘I bow to you, O Yag#avalkya, teach me.’ Yaga#avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, as a man who wishes to make a long journey, would furnish himself with a chariot or a ship, thus is your mind well
2IV ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 3. 159 ne AN ACARI Dt furnished by these Upanishads'. You are honourable, and wealthy, you have learnt the Vedas and been told the Upanishads. Whither then will you go when departing hence ?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Sir, I do not know whither I shall go.’ Yagu#avalkya said: ‘Then I shall tell you this, whither you will go.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ Tell it, Sir.’ 2. Yagitavalkya said: ‘ That person who is in the right eye ®, he is called Indha, and him who is Indha they call indeed* Indra mysteriously, for the gods love what is mysterious, and dislike what is evident. 3. ‘ Now that which in the shape of a person is in the right eye, is his wife, Virag*. Their meetingplace® is the ether within the heart, and their food the red lump within the heart. Again, their covering ® is that which is like net-work within the heart, and the road on which they move (from sleep to waking) is the artery that rises upwards from the heart. Like a hair divided into a thousand parts, so are the veins of it, which are called Hita’, placed
3* This refers to the preceding doctrines which had been communicated to Ganaka by other teachers, and particularly to the updasanas of Brahman as knowledge, dear, true, endless, bliss, and certainty. 2 See also Maitr. Up. VII, p. 216. $’ The Madhyandinas read paroksheveva, but the commentator explains iva by eva. See also Ait. Up. I, 3, 14. * Indra is called by the commentator Vaisvanara, and his wife Virag. This couple, in a waking state, is Visva; in sleep, Taigasa. 5 Samstava, lit. the place where they sing praises together, that is, where they meet. 6 Pra4varama may also mean hiding-place, retreat. 7 Hita, a name frequently given to these nadis; see IV, 3, 20;, Khand. Up. VI, 5,3, comm.; Kaush. Up. IV, 20. See also Kasha Up. VI, 16. 160 BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
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