Chapter 1
9 verses
Section 19 verses
1केन उपनिषद् आप्यायन्तु ममाङ्गानि वाक्प्राणश्चक्षुः श्रोत्रमथो बलमिन्द्रियाणि च सर्वाणि। सर्वं ब्रह्मौपनिषदं माहं ब्रह्म निराकुर्यां मा मा ब्रह्म निराकरोदनिराकरणमस्त्वनिराकरणं मेऽस्तु। तदात्मनि निरते य उपनिषत्सु धर्मास्ते मयि सन्तु ते मयि सन्तु ।।Disciple: Who impels the mind to alight on its objects, At whose,nd does prana proceed to to fuction, At whose,nd do men utter speech, What intelligence directs the eyes and the ears (towards their respective objects)?
2श्रोत्रस्य श्रोत्रं मनसो मनो यद्वाचो ह वाच्ँस उ प्राणस्य प्राणः ।Preceptor: It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, tongue of the tongue (the speech of speech) and also life of the life and eye of the eye. Having abandoned (the sense of self or I-ness in these) and arising above sense-life, the wise become Immortal.
3न तत्र चक्षुर्गच्छति न वाग्गच्छति नो मनो न विद्मो न विजानीमो यथैतदनुशिष्यात्The eye does not go there, no speech, nor the mind. We do not therefore know how to instruct one about It. It is different from what is known and it is beyond what is unknown. Thus we have heard from the ancient preceptors who taught us that.
4अन्यदेव तद्विदितादथो अविदितादधि । इति शुश्रुम पूर्वेषां ये नस्तद्व्याचचक्षिरेWhat speech does not enlighten, but what enlightens speech, know That alone as Brahman, and not this which people worship here.
5यद्वाचाऽनभ्युदितं येन वागभ्युद्यते ।What one cannot think with the mind, but by which they say that the mind is made to think, know that alone as Brahman, and not this which people here worship.
6यन्मनसा न मनुते येनाहुर्मनो मतम् ।What cannot be seen by the eye, but by which the eyes are able to see-know That alone as Brahman, and not this which people here worship.
7यच्चक्षुषा न पश्यति येन चक्षू्ँषि पश्यति ।What cannot be heard by the ear, but by which the ears are able to hear-know That alone as Brahman and not this which people worship here.
8यच्छ्रोत्रेण न श्रृणोति येन श्रोत्रमिद्ँ श्रुतम् ।That which one breaths not with the breath, but by which breath is breathed, know That alone as Brahman and not this which people here worship.
9यत्प्राणेन न प्राणिति येन प्राणः प्राणीयते ।That which man does not smell with the organ of smell, that by which the organ of smell is impelled, know that to be Brahman and not what people worship as an object.