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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Taittirīya Upanishad / Śikṣā Vallī

TAITTIRĪYA UPANISHAD · 1.4

यश्छन्दसामृषभो विश्वरूपः ।
छन्दोभ्योऽध्यमृतात्सम्बभूव ।
स मेन्द्रो मेधया स्पृणोतु ।
अमृतस्य देव धारणो भूयासम् ।
शरीरं मे विचर्षणम् । जिह्वा मे मधुमत्तमा ।
कर्णाभ्यां भूरिविश्रुवम् ।
ब्रह्मणः कोशोऽसि मेधया पिहितः ।
श्रुतं मे गोपाय । आवहन्ती वितन्वाना ।

कुर्वाणाऽचीरमात्मनः । वासांसि मम गावश्च ।
अन्नपाने च सर्वदा । ततो मे श्रियमावह ।
लोमशां पशुभिः सह स्वाहा ।
आमायन्तु ब्रह्मचारिणः स्वाहा ।
वि मा यन्तु ब्रह्मचारिणः स्वाहा ।
प्र मा यन्तु ब्रह्मचारिणः स्वाहा ।
दमायन्तु ब्रह्मचारिणः स्वाहा ।
शमायन्तु ब्रह्मचारिणः स्वाहा ।

यशो जनेऽसानि स्वाहा । श्रेयान् वस्यसोऽसानि स्वाहा ।
तं त्वा भग प्रविशानि स्वाहा ।
स मा भग प्रविश स्वाहा ।
तस्मिन् सहस्रशाखे । नि भगाहं त्वयि मृजे स्वाहा ।
यथाऽऽपः प्रवताऽऽयन्ति । यथा मासा अहर्जरम् ।
एवं मां ब्रह्मचारिणः । धातरायन्तु सर्वतः स्वाहा ।
प्रतिवेशोऽसि । प्र मा भाहि । प्र मा पद्यस्व ।

yaśchandasāmṛṣabho viśvarūpaḥ ।
chandobhyo’dhyamṛtātsambabhūva ।
sa mendro medhayā spṛṇotu ।
amṛtasya deva dhāraṇo bhūyāsam ।
śarīraṃ me vicarṣaṇam । jihvā me madhumattamā ।
karṇābhyāṃ bhūriviśruvam ।
brahmaṇaḥ kośo’si medhayā pihitaḥ ।
śrutaṃ me gopāya । āvahantī vitanvānā ।

kurvāṇā’cīramātmanaḥ । vāsāṃsi mama gāvaśca ।
annapāne ca sarvadā । tato me śriyamāvaha ।
lomaśāṃ paśubhiḥ saha svāhā ।
āmāyantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā ।
vi mā yantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā ।
pra mā yantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā ।
damāyantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā ।
śamāyantu brahmacāriṇaḥ svāhā ।

yaśo jane’sāni svāhā । śreyān vasyaso’sāni svāhā ।
taṃ tvā bhaga praviśāni svāhā ।
sa mā bhaga praviśa svāhā ।
tasmin sahasraśākhe । ni bhagāhaṃ tvayi mṛje svāhā ।
yathā’’paḥ pravatā’’yanti । yathā māsā aharjaram ।
evaṃ māṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ । dhātarāyantu sarvataḥ svāhā ।
prativeśo’si । pra mā bhāhi । pra mā padyasva ।

The bull of the hymns of Veda whose visible form is all this Universe, he above the Vedas who sprang from that which is deathless, may Indra increase intellect unto me for my strengthening. O God, may I become a vessel of immortality. May my body be swift to all works, may my tongue drop pure honey. May I hear vast and manifold lore with my ears. O Indra, thou art the sheath of the Eternal and the veil that the workings of brain have drawn over Him; preserve whole unto me the sacred lore that I have studied. She bringeth unto me wealth and extendeth it, yea, she maketh speedily my own raiment and cattle and drink and food now and always; therefore carry to me Fortune of much fleecy wealth and cattle with her. Swaha! May the Brahmacharins come unto me. Swaha! From here and there may the Brahmacharins come unto me. Swaha! May the Brahmacharins set forth unto me. Swaha! May the Brahmacharins attain self-mastery. Swaha! May the Brahmacharins attain to peace of soul. Swaha! May I be a name among the folk! Swaha! May I be the first of the wealthy! Swaha! O Glorious Lord, into That which is Thou may I enter. Swaha! Do thou also enter into me, O Shining One. Swaha! Thou art a river with a hundred branching streams, O Lord of Grace, in thee may I wash me clean. Swaha! As the waters of a river pour down the steep, as the months of the year hasten to the old age of days, O Lord that cherisheth, so may the Brahmacharins come to me from all the regions. Swaha! O Lord, thou art my neighbour, thou dwellest very near me. Come to me, be my light and sun.

Sri Aurobindo · CWSA 18, pp. 208, 209

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