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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad / Adhyāya 6 · Brāhmaṇa 4

BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA UPANISHAD · 6.4.1

एषां वै भूतानां पृथिवी रसः ।
पृथिव्या आपः ।
अपाम् ओषधयः ।
ओषधीनां पुष्पाणि ।
पुष्पाणां फलानि ।
फलानां पुरुषः ।
पुरुषस्य रेतः ॥

eṣāṃ vai bhūtānāṃ pṛthivī rasaḥ ।
pṛthivyā āpaḥ ।
apām oṣadhayaḥ ।
oṣadhīnāṃ puṣpāṇi ।
puṣpāṇāṃ phalāni ।
phalānāṃ puruṣaḥ ।
puruṣasya retaḥ ॥

Verily, of created things here earth is the essence; of earth, water; of water, plants; of plants, flowers; of flowers, fruits; of fruits, man (purusa); of man, semen.

Robert Ernest Hume · The Thirteen Principal Upanishads (1921), Bṛhadāraṇyaka VI.4

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