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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
of speech, and it is fivefold, viz. measured, not measured, music, true, and untrue.
8. A Rik verse, a gâtha ", a kumbyâ are measured (metrical). A Yagus line, an invocation, and general remarks, these are not measured (they are in prose). A Sâman, or any portion (parvan) of it, is music. Om is true, Na is untrue
9. What is true (Om) is the flower and fruit of speech. He is able to become celebrated and of good report, for he speaks the true (Om), the flower and fruit of speech.
10. Now the untrue is the root of speech, and as a tree whose root is exposed dries up and perishes, thus a man who says what is untrue exposes his root, dries up and perishes. Therefore one should not say what is untrue, but guard oneself from it.
11. That syllable Om (yes) goes forward (to the first cause of the world) and is empty. Therefore if a man says Om (yes) to everything, then that (which he gives away) is wanting to him here. If he says Om (yes) to everything, then he would empty himself, and would not be capable of any enjoyments.
12. That syllable Na (no) is full for oneself. If a man says No to everything, then his reputation
1A gâtha is likewise in verse, for instance, prâtah pratar anritam te vadanti.
• A kumbya is a metrical precept, such as, brahmakâryasyâposånam karma kuru, divå må svåpsîh, &c.
Such as arthavadas, explanatory passages, also gossip, such as is common in the king's palace, laughing at people, &c.
• As diametrically opposed to the flowers and fruits which represent the true. Comm.
• Then that man is left empty here on earth for that enjoyment. Comm.
• He who always says No, keeps everything to himself.
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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 |