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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad / Adhyāya 1 · Brāhmaṇa 2

BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA UPANISHAD · 1.2.3

स त्रेधात्मानं व्यकुरुतादित्यं तृतीयं वायुं तृतीयम् ।
स एष प्राणस् त्रेधाविहितः ।
तस्य प्राची दिक् शिरो ऽसौ चासौ चेर्मौ ।
अथास्य प्रतीची दिक् पुच्छम् असौ चासौ च सक्थ्यौ ।
दक्षिणा चोदीची च पार्श्वे ।
द्यौः पृष्ठम् अन्तरिक्षम् उदरम् इयम् उरः ।
स एषो ऽप्सु प्रतिष्ठितः ।
यत्र क्व चैति तद् एव प्रतितिष्ठत्य् एवं विद्वान् ॥

sa tredhātmānaṃ vyakurutādityaṃ tṛtīyaṃ vāyuṃ tṛtīyam ।
sa eṣa prāṇas tredhāvihitaḥ ।
tasya prācī dik śiro ’sau cāsau cermau ।
athāsya pratīcī dik puccham asau cāsau ca sakthyau ।
dakṣiṇā codīcī ca pārśve ।
dyauḥ pṛṣṭham antarikṣam udaram iyam uraḥ ।
sa eṣo ’psu pratiṣṭhitaḥ ।
yatra kva caiti tad eva pratitiṣṭhaty evaṃ vidvān ॥

That being divided itself threefold, Âditya (the sun) as the third, and Vâyu (the air) as the third. That spirit (prâna) became threefold. The head was the Eastern quarter, and the arms this and that quarter (i. e. the N. E. and S. E., on the left and right sides). Then the tail was the Western quarter, and the two legs this and that quarter (i. e. the N. W. and S. W.) The sides were the Southern and Northern quarters, the back heaven, the belly the sky, the dust the earth. Thus he (Mrityu, as arka) stands firm in the water, and he who knows this stands firm wherever he goes.

F. Max Müller · The Upanishads, Sacred Books of the East 15 (1884)

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