Brahman (The Supreme Reality)

8 - brahmānandavallī - kṛṣṇa yajurveda taittirīya āraṇyaka pāṭhaḥ - brahmavidāpnoti paraṃ

(Brahmananda Valli in English (IAST))

From Taittiriya Upanishad, Krishna Yajurveda

Brahmananda Valli is the second chapter of the Taittiriya Upanishad, found within the Krishna Yajurveda. It explores the profound nature of Brahman, the Ultimate Reality, and the journey of the human soul toward divine bliss. Through analytical steps, it explains the five koshas or sheaths that veil the Self. Chanting this sacred text is considered highly meritorious, as it dispels ignorance, calms the mind, and facilitates self-realization. By contemplating the identity of the individual soul with the infinite Brahman, the seeker attains supreme peace and liberation from the cycle of existence.

kṛṣṇa yajurvedīya taittirīya āraṇyake aṣṭamaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ - brahmānandavallī
o-nnamaḥ paramātmane, śrī mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ,
śrī gurubhyo namaḥ | hariḥ om ||
brahmānanda vallī
anuvākaṃ 13
saha nā̭ vavatu | saha naṷ bhunaktu | saha vīrya̭-ṅkaravāvahai | tejasvinā vadhī̭tamastu mā vi̭dviṣāvahai || oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ || 25 ||
(saha pañca̭) (a. 13)
anuvākaṃ 14
brahmavidāpnoti param ||
tadeṣā-'bhyṷktā | satya-ñjñāna-ma̭nanta-mbrahma̭ |
yo veda nihi̭ta-ṅguhā̭yā-mparame vyo̭mann |
so-'śnute sarvān kāmān-thsaha | brahma̭ṇā vipaściteti̭ ||
tasmādvā etasmā̭dātmana̭ ākāśa-ssambhṷ̄taḥ | ākāśā-dvāyuḥ | vāyoragniḥ | agnerāpaḥ̭ | adbhyaḥ pṛ̭thivī | pṛthivyā oṣa̭dhayaḥ |
oṣa̭dhībhyo-'nnam | annā-tpurṷṣaḥ ||
sa vā eṣa puruṣo-'nna̭rasamayaḥ || tasyeda̭meva śiraḥ | aya-ndakṣi̭ṇaḥ pakṣaḥ | ayamutta̭raḥ pakṣaḥ | ayamātmā | ida-mpuccha̭-mpratiṣṭhā || tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 26 ||
annādvai prajāḥ prajāya̭nte | yāḥ kāśca̭ pṛthivīg śritāḥ | atho annḙnaiva jī̭vanti | athai̭nadapi̭yantyantataḥ | annagṃ hi bhūtānā-ñjyeṣṭham | tasmā-thsarvauṣadha mṷcyate |
sarvaṃ-vai~ te-'nna̭māpnuvanti | ye-'nna-mbrahmopāsa̭te | annagṃ hi bhūtānā-ñjyeṣṭham | tasmā-thsarvauṣadha mṷcyate | annā-dbhūtāni jāya̭nte | jātānyannḙna vardhante |
adyate-'tti ca̭ bhūtāni | tasmādanna-ntaducya̭ta iti ||
tasmādvā etasmā-danna̭rasamayāt |
anyo-'ntara ātmā prāṇa mayaḥ | tenai̭ṣa pūrṇaḥ ||
sa vā eṣa puruṣavi̭dha eva | tasya purṷṣa vidhatām |
anvaya̭-mpuruṣa vidhaḥ | tasya prāṇa̭ eva śiraḥ ||
vyāno dakṣi̭ṇaḥ pakṣaḥ | apāna utta̭raḥ pakṣaḥ |
ākā̭śa ātmā | pṛthivī puccha̭-mpratiṣṭhā ||
tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 27 ||
prāṇa-ndevā anuprāṇa̭nti | manuṣyāḥ paśava̭śca ye | prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ̭ | tasmā-thsarvāyuṣa mṷcyate | sarva̭meva ta āyṷryanti |
ye prāṇa-mbrahmopāsa̭te |
prāṇo hi bhūtā̭nāmāyuḥ | tasmā-thsarvāyuṣa-mucya̭ta iti || tasyaiṣa eva śārī̭ra ātmā | yaḥ̭ pūrvasya ||
tasmādvā etasmā-tprāṇamayāt | anyo-'ntara ātmā̭ manomayaḥ | tenai̭ṣa pūrṇaḥ || sa vā eṣa puruṣavi̭dha eva | tasya purṷṣavidhatām |
anvaya̭-mpuruṣavidhaḥ | tasya yajṷreva śiraḥ | ṛg dakṣi̭ṇaḥ pakṣaḥ | sāmotta̭raḥ pakṣaḥ | ādḙśa ātmā | atharvāṅgirasaḥ puccha̭-mpratiṣṭhā ||
tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 28 ||
yato vāco niva̭rtante | aprāpya mana̭sā saha | ānanda-mbrahma̭ṇo vidvān | na bibheti kadā̭caneti || tasyaiṣa eva śārī̭ra ātmā | yaḥ̭ pūrvasya ||
tasmādvā etasmā-nmanomayāt | anyo-'ntara ātmā vi̭jñānamayaḥ | tenai̭ṣa pūrṇaḥ || sa vā eṣa puruṣavi̭dha eva | tasya purṷṣa vidhatām |
anvaya̭-mpuruṣa vidhaḥ | tasya śra̭ddhaiva śiraḥ | ṛta-ndakṣi̭ṇaḥ pakṣaḥ | satyamutta̭raḥ pakṣaḥ | yo̭ga ātmā | mahaḥ puccha̭-mpratiṣṭhā || tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 29 ||
vijñānaṃ̭-ya~jña-nta̭nute | karmā̭ṇi tanute-'pi̭ ca | vijñāna̭-ndevā-ssarve | brahma jyeṣṭha-mupā̭sate | vijñāna-mbrahma ce-dveda̭ | tasmāccenna pramādya̭ti | śarīrḙ pāpma̭no hitvā | sarvān-kāmān-thsamaśnṷta iti || tasyaiṣa eva śārī̭ra ātmā | yaḥ̭ pūrvasya || tasmādvā etasmā-dvi̭jñānamayāt | anyo-'ntara ātmā̭-''nandamayaḥ | tenai̭ṣa pūrṇaḥ || sa vā eṣa puruṣavi̭dha eva | tasya purṷṣavidhatām |
anvaya̭-mpuruṣavidhaḥ | tasya priya̭-meva śiraḥ |
modo dakṣi̭ṇaḥ pakṣaḥ |
pramoda utta̭raḥ pakṣaḥ | āna̭nda ātmā |
brahma puccha̭-mpratiṣṭhā ||
tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 30 ||
asa̭nneva sa̭ bhavati | asa-dbrahmeti veda cet |
asti brahmeti̭ ce-dveda | santamena-ntato vi̭duriti ||
tasyaiṣa eva śārī̭ra ātmā | yaḥ̭ pūrvasya || athāto̭-'nu praśnāḥ || utā vidvā namuṃ-lo~ka-mpretya̭ | kaścana ga̭cchatī(3) | āho̭ vidvānamuṃ-lo~ka-mpretya̭ | kaści-thsama̭śnutā(3) u || so̭-'kāmayata |
bahusyā-mprajā̭yeyeti̭ | sa tapo̭-'tapyata | sa tapa̭staptvā | idagṃ sarva̭-masṛjata || yadida-ṅkiñca̭ | tathsṛṣṭvā | tadevānu prāvi̭śat || tada̭nupraviśya̭ | sacca tyaccā̭bhavat | nirukta-ñcā ni̭rukta-ñca |
nilaya̭na-ñcā ni̭layana-ñca | vijñāna-ñcā vi̭jñāna-ñca | satya-ñcānṛta-ñca sa̭tya-mabhavat || yadi̭da-ṅkiñca |
tathsatya-mi̭tyā cakṣate || tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 31 ||
asadvā idamagra̭ āsīt | tato vai sada̭jāyata |
tadātmānagg svaya̭-makuruta | tasmā-tta-thsukṛtamucya̭ta iti || yadvai̭ ta-thsukṛtam | ra̭so vai saḥ | rasagg hyevāyaṃ-la~bdhvā-''na̭ndī bhavati ||
ko hyevānyā-tkaḥ prāṇyāt | yadeṣa ākāśa āna̭ndo na syāt | eṣa hyevāna̭ndayāti || yadā hyḙvaiṣa etasmi-nnadṛśye 'nātmye 'nirukte 'nilayane 'bhayaṃ
prati̭ṣṭhāṃ-vi~ndate | atha so-'bhaya-ṅga̭to bhavati ||
yadā hyḙvaiṣa etasmi-nnudara-manta̭ra-ṅkurute |
atha tasya bha̭ya-mbhavati || tattveva bhayaṃ-vi~duṣo-'ma̭nvānasya ||
tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 32 ||
bhīṣā-'smā-dvātaḥ̭ pavate | bhīṣodḙti sūryaḥ̭ |
bhīṣā-'smā-dagni̭-ścendraśca | mṛtyu-rdhāvati pañca̭ma iti || saiṣā-''nandasya mīmāgṃ̭sā bhavati || yuvā syā-thsādhu yṷvā-'ddhyāyakaḥ | āśiṣṭho dṛḍhiṣṭho̭ baliṣṭhaḥ | tasyeya-mpṛthivī sarvā vittasya̭ pūrṇā syāt |
sa eko mānuṣa̭ ānandaḥ || te ye śata-mmānuṣā̭ ānandāḥ | || 33-' ||
sa eko manuṣya-gandharvāṇā̭-mānandaḥ | śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya || te ye śata-mmanuṣya-gandharvāṇā̭-mānandāḥ | sa eko deva-gandharvāṇā̭-mānandaḥ | śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya ||
te ye śata-ndeva-gandharvāṇā̭-mānandāḥ |
sa ekaḥ pitṛṇā-ñciraloka-lokānā̭-mānandaḥ |
śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya ||
te ye śata-mpitṛṇā-ñciraloka-lokānā̭-mānandāḥ |
sa eka ājānajānā-ndevānā̭-mānandaḥ | || 33.b ||
śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya ||
te ye śata-mājāna-jānā-ndevānā̭ mānandāḥ |
sa ekaḥ karma-devānā-ndevānā̭-mānandaḥ |
ye karmaṇā devāna̭pi yanti | śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya || te ye śata-ṅkarmadevānā-ndevānā̭-mānandāḥ | sa eko devānā̭-mānandaḥ | śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya || te ye śata-ndevānā̭-mānandāḥ | sa eka indra̭syānandaḥ | || 33.c ||
śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya || te ye śatamindra̭-syā-''nandāḥ | sa eko bṛhaspatḙ-rānandaḥ | śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya ||
te ye śata-mbṛhaspatḙ rānandāḥ | sa ekaḥ prajāpatḙ-rānandaḥ | śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya || te ye śata-mprajāpatḙ-rānandāḥ | sa eko brahmaṇa̭ ānandaḥ | śrotriyasya cākāma̭hatasya || 33.d ||
sa yaścā̭ya-mpuruṣe | yaścāsā̭-vāditye | sa ekaḥ̭ ||
sa ya̭ evaṃ-vi~t | asmāllo̭kā-tpretya |
etamannamaya-mātmāna-mupa̭saṅkrāmati |
eta-mprāṇamaya-mātmāna-mupa̭saṅkrāmati |
eta-mmanomaya-mātmāna-mupa̭saṅkrāmati |
etaṃ-vi~jñānamaya-mātmāna-mupa̭saṅkrāmati |
etamānandamaya-mātmāna-mupa̭saṅkrāmati ||
tadapyeṣa ślo̭ko bhavati || 33è ||
yato vāco niva̭rtante | aprāpya mana̭sā saha | ānanda-mbrahma̭ṇo vidvān | na bibheti kuta̭ścaneti || etagṃ ha vā va̭ na tapati | kimahagṃ sādhṷ nākaravam | kimaha-mpāpa-makara̭va-miti ||
sa ya evaṃ-vi~dvānete ātmā̭nagg spṛṇute ||
ubhe hyḙvaiṣa ete ātmā̭nagg spṛṇute |
ya evaṃ-ve~da̭ || ityṷpaniṣa̭t || 34 ||
saha nā̭ vavatu | saha naṷ bhunaktu | saha vīrya̭-ṅkaravāvahai | tejasvinā vadhī̭tamastu mā vi̭dviṣāvahai || oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ ||
(brahmavididamayamidameka̭vigṃśatiḥ |
annā danna̭rasamayā-tprāṇo vyāno-'pāna ākā̭śaḥ pṛthivī pucchagṃ ṣaḍvigṃ̭śatiḥ |
prāṇa-mprā̭ṇamayā-nma̭no yajur ṛ-khsāmādeśo-'tharvāṅgirasaḥ puccha-ndvāvigṃ̭śatiḥ |
yataḥ̭ śraddhartagṃ satyam ~yo̭go maho̭-'ṣṭāda̭śa | vijñāna-mpriya-mmodaḥ pramoda āna̭ndo brahma puccha-ndvāvigṃ̭śatiḥ |
asa̭nnevāthāṣṭāvi gṃ̭śatiḥ | asa-thṣoḍa̭śa |
bhīṣā-'smā-nmānuṣo manuṣyagandharvāṇā-ndevagandharvāṇā-mpitṛṇāmciralokalokānā mājānajānā-ṅkarmadevānām ~ye karmaṇā devānāmindra̭sya bṛhaspateḥ prajāpate-rbrahmaṇa-ssa yaśva̭ saṅkrāmatyeka̭pañcāśat |
yataḥ kuta̭śca naitamekā̭daśa nava̭) (a. 14)
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iti brahmānandavallī samāptā || || hariḥ̭ om || || kṛṣṇa yajurvedīya taittirīya āraṇyake aṣṭamaḥ prapāṭhaka-ssamāptaḥ ||

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