{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe15/sbe15096.htm","path":"hin/sbe15/sbe15096.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe15/sbe15096.htm","text":"The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15), by Max M\u00fcller, [1879]\n1. If a man wishes to reach greatness (wealth for performing sacrifices), he performs the upasad rule during twelve days 3 (i. e. he lives on small quantities of milk), beginning on an auspicious day of the light half of the moon during the northern progress of the sun, collecting at the same time in a cup or a dish\nmade of Udumbara wood all sorts of herbs, including fruits. He sweeps the floor (near the house-altar, \u00e2vasathya), sprinkles it, lays the fire, spreads grass round it according to rule 1, prepares the clarified butter (\u00e2gya), and on a day, presided over by a male star (nakshatra), after having properly mixed the Mantha 2 (the herbs, fruits, milk, honey, &c.), he sacrifices (he pours \u00e2gya into the fire), saying 3: 'O G\u00e2tavedas, whatever adverse gods there are in thee, who defeat the desires of men, to them I offer this portion; may they, being pleased, please me with all desires.' Sv\u00e2h\u00e2!\n'That cross deity who lies down 4, thinking that all things are kept asunder by her, I worship thee as propitious with this stream of ghee.' Sv\u00e2h\u00e2!\n2. He then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the First, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Best, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Breath, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to her who is the richest, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Speech, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Support, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Eye, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Success, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Ear, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the\n[paragraph continues] Home, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Mind, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Offspring, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Seed, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\n3. He then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Agni (fire), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Soma, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Bh\u00fbh (earth), Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Bhuvah (sky), Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Svah (heaven), Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Bh\u00fbr, Bhuvah, Svah, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Brahman (the priesthood), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Kshatra (the knighthood), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Past, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Future, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to the Universe, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to all things, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\nHe then says, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Prag\u00e2pati, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).\n4. Then he touches it (the Mantha, which is dedicated to Pr\u00e2na, breath), saying: 'Thou art fleet (as breath). Thou art burning (as fire). Thou art full (as Brahman). Thou art firm (as the sky). Thou art the abode of all (as the earth). Thou hast been saluted with Hi\u1e45 (at the beginning of the sacrifice by the prastotri). Thou art saluted with Hi\u1e45 (in the middle of the sacrifice by the prastotri). Thou hast been sung (by the udg\u00e2tri at the beginning of the sacrifice). Thou art sung (by the udg\u00e2tri in the middle of the sacrifice). Thou hast been celebrated (by the adhvaryu at the beginning of the sacrifice). Thou art celebrated again (by the \u00e2gn\u00eedhra in the middle of the sacrifice). Thou art bright in the wet (cloud). Thou art great. Thou art powerful. Thou art food (as Soma). Thou art light (as Agni, fire, the eater). Thou art the end. Thou art the absorption (of all things).'\n5. Then he holds it (the Mantha) forth, saying\n'Thou 1 knowest all, we know thy greatness. He is\nindeed a king, a ruler, the highest lord. May that king, that ruler make me the highest lord.'\n6. Then he eats it, saying: 'Tat savitur varenyam 1 (We meditate on that adorable light)--The winds drop honey for the righteous, the rivers drop honey, may our plants be sweet as honey! Bh\u00fbh (earth) Sv\u00e2h\u00e2!\n'Bhargo devasya dh\u00eemahi (of the divine Savitri)--May the night be honey in the morning, may the air above the earth, may heaven, our father, be honey! Bhuvah (sky) Sv\u00e2h\u00e2!'\n'Dhiyo yo nah prokoday\u00e2t (who should rouse our thoughts)--May the tree be full of honey, may the sun be full of honey, may our cows be sweet like honey! Svah (heaven) Sv\u00e2h\u00e2!'\nHe repeats the whole S\u00e2vitr\u00ee verse, and all the verses about the honey, thinking, May I be all this! Bh\u00fbr, Bhuvah, Svah, Sv\u00e2h\u00e2! Having thus swallowed all, he washes his hands, and sits down behind the altar, turning his head to the East. In the morning he worships \u00c2ditya (the sun), with the hymn, 'Thou art the best lotus of the four quarters, may I become the best lotus among men.' Then returning as he came, he sits down behind the altar and recites the genealogical list 2.\n7. Udd\u00e2laka \u00c2runi told this (Mantha-doctrine) to his pupil V\u00e2gasaneya Y\u00e2g\u00f1avalkya, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'\n8. V\u00e2gasaneya Y\u00e2g\u00f1avalkya told the same to his pupil Madhuka Pai\u1e45gya, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'\n9. Madhuka Pai\u1e45gya told the same to his pupil K\u00fbla Bh\u00e2gavitti, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'\n10. K\u00fbla Bh\u00e2gavitti told the same to his pupil G\u00e2naki \u00c2yasth\u00fbna, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'\n11. G\u00e2naki \u00c2yasth\u00fbna told the same to his pupil Satyak\u00e2ma G\u00e2b\u00e2la, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'\n12. Satyak\u00e2ma G\u00e2b\u00e2la told the same to his pupils, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'\nLet no one tell this 1 to any one, except to a son or to a pupil 2.\n13. Four things are made of the wood of the Udumbara tree, the sacrificial ladle (sruva), the cup (kamasa), the fuel, and the two churning sticks.\nThere are ten kinds of village (cultivated) seeds, viz. rice and barley (br\u00eehiyav\u00e2s), sesamum and kidney-beans (tilam\u00e2sh\u00e2s), millet and panic seed (anupriya\u1e45gavas), wheat (godh\u00fbm\u00e2s), lentils (mas\u00fbr\u00e2s), pulse (khalv\u00e2s), and vetches (khalakul\u00e2s 3) . After having\nground these he sprinkles them with curds (dadhi), honey, and ghee, and then offers (the proper portions) of clarified butter 1 (\u00e2gya).\n209:2 M\u00e2dhyandina text, p. 1103; cf. Kh\u00e2nd. Up. V, 2, 4-8; Kaush. Up. II, 3.\n209:3 Yasmin punye 'nuk\u00fble 'hni karma kik\u00eershati tatah pr\u00e2k puny\u00e2ham ev\u00e2rabhya dv\u00e2das\u00e2ham upasadvrat\u00ee.\n210:1 As the whole act is considered sm\u00e2rta, not srauta, the order to be observed (\u00e2vrit) is that of the sth\u00e2l\u00eep\u00e2ka.\n210:2 Dravadravye prakshipt\u00e2 mathit\u00e2h saktavah is the explanation of Mantha, given in Gaimin. N. M. V. p. 406.\n210:3 These verses are not explained by Sa\u1e45kara, and they are absent in the Kh\u00e2nd. Up. V, 2, 6, 4.\n210:4 The M\u00e2dhyandinas read nipadyase.\n212:1 These curious words \u00e2 mamsi \u00e2 mamhi te mahi are not explained by Sa\u1e45kara. \u00c2nandagiri explains them as I have translated p. 213 them. They correspond to 'amo, n\u00e2m\u00e2sy ama hi te sarvam idam' in the Kh\u00e2nd. Up. V, 2, 6, 6. The M\u00e2dhyandinas read: '\u00e2mo 'sy \u00e2mam hi te mayi, sa hi r\u00e2g\u00e2, &c. Dvivedaga\u1e45ga translates: thou art the knower, thy knowledge extends to me.'\n213:1 Rv. III, 62, 10.\n213:2 This probably refers to the list immediately following.\n214:1 The Mantha-doctrine with the pr\u00e2nadarsana. Comm.\n214:2 It probably means to no one except to one's own son and to one's own disciple. Cf. Svet. Up. VI, 22.\n214:3 I have given the English names after Roer, who, living in India, had the best opportunity of identifying the various kinds of plants here mentioned. The commentators do not help us much. Sa\u1e45kara p. 215 says that in some places Priya\u1e45gu (panic seed or millet) is called Ka\u1e45gu; that Khalva, pulse, is also called Nishp\u00e2va and Valla, and Khalakula, vetches, commonly Kulattha. Dvivedaga\u1e45ga adds that Anu is called in Guzerat Moriya, Priya\u1e45gu Ka\u1e45gu, Khalva, as nishp\u00e2va, Valla, and Khalakula Kulattha.","title":"The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15): Brihad\u00e2ranyaka Upanishad: VI, 3","type":"page"}