Upanishads (Müller) — II, 2, 4

The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01): Aitareya-Âranyaka: ... | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com *The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)*, by Max Müller, [1879], at sacred-texts.com ### FOURTH KHA*N**D*A. 1. This then becomes perfect as a thousand of B*ri*hatî verses. Its consonants 1 form its body, its voice 2 (vowels) the Soul 3, its sibilants 4 the air of the breath. 2. He who knew this became Vasish*th*a, he took this name from thence 5. 3. Indra verily declared this to Vi*s*vâmitra, and Indra verily declared this to Bharadvâga. Therefore Indra is invoked by him as a friend 6. 4. This becomes perfect as a thousand of B*ri*hatî verses 7, and of that hymn perfect with a thousand Brihad verses, there are 36,000 syllables 8. So many are also the thousands of days of a hundred years (36,000). With the consonants they fill the nights, with the vowels the days. 5. This becomes perfect as a thousand of B*ri*hatî verses. He who knows this, after this thousand of B*ri*hatîs thus accomplished, becomes full of knowledge, full of the gods, full of Brahman, full of the immortal, and then goes also to the gods. 6. What I am (the worshipper), that is he (sun); what he is, that am I. 7. This has been said by a *Ri*shi (Rv. I, 115, 1): 'The sun is the self of all that moves and rests.' 8. Let him look to that, let him look to that! ### Footnotes 220:1 Vyañ*g*anâni, explained by kâdini. 220:2 Ghosha, explained by aspirated sonant consonants. 220:3 Âtmâ, explained by madhya*s*arîram. 220:4 Sashasahâ*h*. Comm. 220:5 He became Prâ*n*a, and because Prâ*n*a causes all to dwell, or covers all (vâsayati), therefore the *Ri*shi was called Vasish*th*a. Comm. Cf. Ait. Âr. II, 2, 2, 2. 220:6 At the Subrahma*n*yâ ceremony in the Soma sacrifices, the invocations are, Indra â ga*k**kh*a, hariva â ga*k**kh*a. 220:7 Cf. Ait. Âr. II, 3, 8, 8. 220:8 Each B*ri*hatî has thirty-six syllables. Next: II, 3, 1