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________________ VII PRAPATHAKA, 2 KHANDA, 2. III is, as it were, lord and master as far as the name reaches—he who meditates on the name as Brahman.' 'Sir, is there something better than a name?' 'Yes, there is something better than a name.' Sir, tell' it me. SECOND KHANDA. 1. 'Speech is better than a name. Speech makes us understand the Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, Sâma-veda, and as the fourth the Atharvana, as the fifth the Itihasa-purâna, the Veda of the Vedas, the Pitrya, the Râsi, the Daiva, the Nidhi, the Vakovakya, the Ekâyana, the Deva-vidyâ, the Brahma-vidya, the Kshatra-vidyâ, the Nakshatra-vidyâ, the Sarpa and Devagana-vidyâ; heaven, earth, air, ether, water, fire, gods, men, cattle, birds, herbs, trees, all beasts down to worms, midges, and ants; what is right and what is wrong; what is true and what is false; what is good and what is bad; what is pleasing and what is not pleasing. For if there were no speech, neither right nor wrong would be known', neither the true nor the false, neither the good nor the bad, neither the pleasant nor the unpleasant. Speech makes us understand all this. Meditate on speech. 2. "He who meditates on speech as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as speech reacheshe who meditates on speech as Brahman.' 'Sir, is there something better than speech ?' Yes, there is something better than speech.' Sir, tell it me.' . The commentator explains vyagñâpayishyat by avigiâtam abhavishyat. Possibly hridayagño stands for hridayagñam. Digitized by Google
SR No.007670
Book TitleUpnishad
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorMax Muller
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1879
Total Pages1835
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size35 MB
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