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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad / Adhyāya 3 · Brāhmaṇa 9

BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA UPANISHAD · 3.9.5

कतम आदित्या इति ।
द्वादश वै मासाः संवत्सरस्यैत आदित्याः ।
एते हीदं सर्वम् आददाना यन्ति ।
ते यद् इदं सर्वम् आददाना यन्ति तस्माद् आदित्या इति ॥

katama ādityā iti ।
dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsarasyaita ādityāḥ ।
ete hīdaṃ sarvam ādadānā yanti ।
te yad idaṃ sarvam ādadānā yanti tasmād ādityā iti ॥

He asked: 'Who are the Âdityas?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The twelve months of the year, and they are Âdityas, because they move along (yanti), taking up everything (âdadânâh). Because they move along, taking up everything, therefore they are called Âdityas.'

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

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