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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad / Adhyāya 5 · Brāhmaṇa 13

BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA UPANISHAD · 5.13.4

क्षत्रम् ।
प्राणो वै क्षत्रम् ।
प्राणो हि वै क्षत्रम् ।

त्रायते हैनं प्राणः क्षणितोः ।
प्र क्षत्रम् अत्रम् आप्नोति ।
क्षत्रस्य सायुज्यं सलोकतां जयति य एवं वेद ॥

kṣatram ।
prāṇo vai kṣatram ।
prāṇo hi vai kṣatram ।

trāyate hainaṃ prāṇaḥ kṣaṇitoḥ ।
pra kṣatram atram āpnoti ।
kṣatrasya sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda ॥

Next follows the Kshatra. Verily, breath is the Kshatra, for breath is Kshatra, i.e. breath protects (trâyate) him from being hurt (kshanitoh). He who knows this, obtains Kshatra (power), which requires no protection; he obtains union and oneness with Kshatra.

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

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