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II ÂRANYAKA, 3 ADHYÂYA, 6 KHANDA, 7.
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report, but the other) able to die before his time,' thus he said. For the Brihati is the complete self, therefore let him work towards the Brihati (let him reckon the sastra recitation as a thousand Brihatis).
Sixth KHANDA. 1. This (nishkevalya-sastra) becomes perfect as a thousand of Brihatt verses. In this thousand of Brihatis there are one thousand one hundred and twenty-five Anushtubhs. For the smaller is contained in the larger.
2. This has been said by a Rishi (Rv. VIII, 76, 12):
3. 'A speech of eight feet;'-because there are eight feet of four syllables each in the Anushtubh.
4. Of nine corners;'— because the Brihati becomes nine-cornered (having nine feet of four syllables each).
5. •Touching the truth; '-because speech (Anushtubh) is truth, touched by the verse (Brihati) ".
6. 'He (the Hotri) makes the body out of Indra;'for out of this thousand of Brihati verses turned into Anushtubhs, and therefore out of Prâna as connected with Indra?, and out of the Brihati (which is Prâna), he makes speech, that is Anushtubh, as a bodys.
7. This Mahaduktha is the highest development
1 Vâk, speech, taking the form of Anushtubh, and being joined with the Rik, or the Brihatî, touches the true, i.e. Prâna, breath, which is to be meditated on under the form of the Brihati. Comm.
Cf. Ait. Ar. II, 2, 3, 4 3 Because the Anushtubh is made out of the Brihatî, the Brihati being breath, therefore the Anushrubh is called its body.
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 35 MB |