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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
11 This Brahmaaa, also called.a Khila (p. 1roro, 1. 8; p. 1029, 1. 8), occurs in the Madhyandina-sakha XIV, 9, 2. It should be compared with the KAandogya-upanishad V, 1 (Sacred Books of the East, vol. i, p. 72); also with the Ait. Ar. II, 4; Kaush. Up. III, 3; and the Pras#a Up. II, 3. 2 Here used as a feminine, while in the A/and. Up. V, 1, it is vasish/ha. 202 BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD. a indeed is the home. He who knows this, becomes a home of his own people and a home of all men. 6. He who knows generation?, becomes rich in offspring and cattle. Seed indeed is generation. He who knows this, becomes rich in offspring and cattle. 7. These Prazas (senses), when quarrelling together as to who was the best, went to Brahman ? and said: ‘Who is the richest of us?’ He replied: ‘He by whose departure this body seems worst, he is the richest.’ 8. The tongue (speech) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like unto people, not speaking with the tongue, but breathing with breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.’ Then speech entered in. 9. The eye (sight) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied : ‘Like blind people, not seeing with the eye, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived. Then the eye entered in. 10. The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like deaf people, not hearing with the ear,
2" This is wanting in the KAand. Up. Roerand Poley read PragApati for pragati. MS. I. O. 375 has pragAti, MS. I. O. 1973 pragdpati. * Here we have Pragdpati, instead of Brahman, in the AAAnd. Up.; also sresh/ha instead of vasish/ha. VI ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, I4. 203
3but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.’ Then the ear entered in. 11. The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like fools, not knowing with their mind, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, generating with seed. Thus we have lived. Then the mind entered in. 12. The seed departed, and having being absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like impotent people, not generating with seed, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind. Thus we have lived.’ Then the seed entered in. 13. The (vital) breath, when on the point of departing, tore up these senses, as a great, excellent horse of the Sindhu country might tear up the pegs to which he is tethered. They said to him: ‘Sir, do not depart. We shall not be able to live without thee. He said: ‘Then make me an offering.’ They said: ‘Let it be so. 14. Then the tongue said: ‘If I am the richest, then thou art the richest by it. The eye said: ‘If I am the firm rest, then thou art possessed of firm rest by it. The ear said: ‘If I am success, then thou art possessed of success by it.’ The mind said: ‘If I am the home, thou art the home by it. The seed said: ‘If I am generation, thou art possessed of generation by it.’ He said: ‘ What shall be food, what shall be dress for me ?’
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.
11 This Brahmaaa, also called.a Khila (p. 1roro, 1. 8; p. 1029, 1. 8), occurs in the Madhyandina-sakha XIV, 9, 2. It should be compared with the KAandogya-upanishad V, 1 (Sacred Books of the East, vol. i, p. 72); also with the Ait. Ar. II, 4; Kaush. Up. III, 3; and the Pras#a Up. II, 3. 2 Here used as a feminine, while in the A/and. Up. V, 1, it is vasish/ha. 202 BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD. a indeed is the home. He who knows this, becomes a home of his own people and a home of all men. 6. He who knows generation?, becomes rich in offspring and cattle. Seed indeed is generation. He who knows this, becomes rich in offspring and cattle. 7. These Prazas (senses), when quarrelling together as to who was the best, went to Brahman ? and said: ‘Who is the richest of us?’ He replied: ‘He by whose departure this body seems worst, he is the richest.’ 8. The tongue (speech) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like unto people, not speaking with the tongue, but breathing with breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.’ Then speech entered in. 9. The eye (sight) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied : ‘Like blind people, not seeing with the eye, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived. Then the eye entered in. 10. The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like deaf people, not hearing with the ear,
2" This is wanting in the KAand. Up. Roerand Poley read PragApati for pragati. MS. I. O. 375 has pragAti, MS. I. O. 1973 pragdpati. * Here we have Pragdpati, instead of Brahman, in the AAAnd. Up.; also sresh/ha instead of vasish/ha. VI ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, I4. 203
3but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.’ Then the ear entered in. 11. The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like fools, not knowing with their mind, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, generating with seed. Thus we have lived. Then the mind entered in. 12. The seed departed, and having being absent for a year, it came back and said: ‘ How have you been able to live without me?’ They replied: ‘Like impotent people, not generating with seed, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind. Thus we have lived.’ Then the seed entered in. 13. The (vital) breath, when on the point of departing, tore up these senses, as a great, excellent horse of the Sindhu country might tear up the pegs to which he is tethered. They said to him: ‘Sir, do not depart. We shall not be able to live without thee. He said: ‘Then make me an offering.’ They said: ‘Let it be so. 14. Then the tongue said: ‘If I am the richest, then thou art the richest by it. The eye said: ‘If I am the firm rest, then thou art possessed of firm rest by it. The ear said: ‘If I am success, then thou art possessed of success by it.’ The mind said: ‘If I am the home, thou art the home by it. The seed said: ‘If I am generation, thou art possessed of generation by it.’ He said: ‘ What shall be food, what shall be dress for me ?’
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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