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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad / Adhyāya 6 · Brāhmaṇa 3

BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA UPANISHAD · 6.3.2

ज्येष्ठाय स्वाहा श्रेष्ठाय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति ।
प्राणाय स्वाहा वसिष्ठायै स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति ।
वाचे स्वाहा प्रतिष्ठायै स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति ।
चक्षुषे स्वाहा संपदे स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति ।
श्रोत्राय स्वाहायतनाय स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति ।
मनसे स्वाहा प्रजात्यै स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति ।
रेतसे स्वाहेत्य् अग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवम् अवनयति ॥

jyeṣṭhāya svāhā śreṣṭhāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati ।
prāṇāya svāhā vasiṣṭhāyai svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati ।
vāce svāhā pratiṣṭhāyai svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati ।
cakṣuṣe svāhā saṃpade svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati ।
śrotrāya svāhāyatanāya svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati ।
manase svāhā prajātyai svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati ।
retase svāhety agnau hutvā manthe saṃsravam avanayati ॥

He then says, Svâhâ to the First, Svâhâ to the Best, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svâhâ to Breath, Svâhâ to her who is the richest, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svâhâ to Speech, Svâhâ to the Support, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svâhâ to the Eye, Svâhâ to Success, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svâhâ to the Ear, Svâhâ to the Home, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svâhâ to the Mind, Svâhâ to Offspring, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar). He then says, Svâhâ to Seed, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).

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

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