ShrutiUpanishad / Shruti
बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Yajnavalkya / Vedic Seersc. 900–600 BCEUpanishad / Shruti
The largest principal Upanishad, containing Yajnavalkya's dialogues on Atman-Brahman identity, the 'neti neti' method of approaching Brahman, and the Asato Ma peace prayer. It forms the philosophical bedrock of Advaita Vedanta.
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Subhashitams
Subhashitams from this grantha
kāmamaya evāyaṃ puruṣa iti | sa yathākāmo bhavati tatkraturbhavati | yatkraturbhavati tatkarma kurute | yatkarma kurute tadabhisampadyate ||
A person is made of desire. As is one's desire, so is one's will. As is one's will, so is one's deed. As is one's deed, so is one's destiny.
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na vā are maitreyi patyuḥ kāmāya patiḥ priyo bhavati | ātmanastu kāmāya patiḥ priyo bhavati ||
O Maitreyi! A man is not loved because he is husband, but because of the Atman (Self) in him.
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asato mā sadgamaya | tamaso mā jyotirgamaya | mṛtyormā amṛtaṃ gamaya ||
Lead me from the unreal to the real; lead me from darkness to light; lead me from death to immortality.
prayer · lightView