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Taittiriya Upanisad
Chapter One
I.1
OM. May Mitra be kind, may Varuna be kind,
May Aryaman be kind to us.
May Indra and Brhaspati be kind,
May wide?striding Visnu be kind to us.
Homage to brahman, homage to you, Vayu:
You are brahman manifest:
I will speak of you as brahman manifest.
I will speak law: I will speak truth.
May that protect me: may that protect the speaker,
May it protect me: may it protect the speaker.
OM. Peace, peace, peace.
I.2.
1. We will explain pronunciation. Letter, accent, length, stress, intonation, sequence: so the teaching on pronunciation is told.
I.3
1. May glory may the radiance of brahman be with us two. Now we will explain the inner teaching (upanisad) on connection, under five headings: regarding worlds, regarding lights, regarding knowledge, regarding offspring, regarding oneself. Folk call these the great connections.
Regarding worlds: earth is the prior form, sky the latter form, space the connection,
2. air the connector. So much regarding worlds.
Regarding lights: fire is the prior form, the sun the latter form, the waters the connection, lightning the connector. So much regarding lights.
Regarding knowledge: the teacher is the prior form,
3. the student the latter form, knowledge the connection, teaching the connector. So much regarding knowledge.
Regarding offspring: the mother is the prior form, the father the latter form, the offspring the connection, begetting the connector. So much regarding offspring.
4. Regarding oneself: the lower jaw is the prior form, the upper jaw the latter form, speech the connection, the tongue the connector. So much regarding oneself.
These are the great connections. The one who knows the great connections, explained in this way, is connected with offspring, animals, the radiance of brahman, good food, a heavenly world.
I.4
1. May he who is the bull of the metres, of all forms,
Who has come into being from immortality over the metres, Indra, save me by intelligence.
God, may I become a bearer of immortality.
May my body be very active,
My tongue be most honeyed:
May I hear widely with my ears!
You are the sheath of brahman, hidden by intelligence. Protect what I have heard.
She comes, bringing, increasing,
2. Soon making her own for ever
My clothing and cattle
And food and drink:
So bring Prosperity, wool-clad
With animals, to me.
SVAHA!
May brahmacarins come towards me, SVAHA!
May brahmacarins come by different ways to me, SVAHA!
May brahmacarins come forth to me, SVAHA!
May brahmacarins be self?controlled SVAHAI
May brahmacarins come in peace, SVAHA!
3. May I be glory among the people, SVAHA!
May I be greater than the richest, SVAHA!
May I enter you, Bhaga SVAHA!
Enter me, Bhaga, SVAHA!
In you, the thousand?branched,
I cleanse myself, Bhaga. SVAHA!
Just as the waters flow downhill,
Just as the months (while days grow old),
May brahmacarins come to me,
Dhatr, from every side. SVAHA!
You are my neighbour. Appear to me, Take refuge in me.
4. Increasing, may brahmacarins come in peace, SVAHA!
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