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Brahmavidya Upanishad

(Chapter 50)

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

atha brahmavidyopaniṣaducyate। prasādādbrahmaṇastasya viṣṇoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ। rahasyaṃ brahmavidyāyā dhruvāgniṃ saṃpracakṣate ॥

Verse 2

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma yaduktaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ । śarīraṃ tasya vakṣyāmi sthānaṃ kālatrayaṃ tathā ॥

Verse 3

tatra devāstrayaḥ proktā lokā vedāstrayo'gnayaḥ । tistro mātrārdhamātrā ca tryakṣarasya śivasya tu ॥

Verse 4

ṛgvedo gārhapatyaṃ ca pṛthivī brahma eva ca। akārasya śarīraṃ tu vyākhyātaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ ।।

Verse 5

yajurvedo'ntarikṣaṃ ca dakṣiṇāgnistathaiva ca। viṣṇuśca bhagavāndeva ukāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ ॥

Verse 6

sāmavedastathā dyauśāhavanīyastathaiva ca। īśvaraḥ paramo devo makāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ ॥

Verse 7

sūryamaṇḍalamadhye'tha hyakāraḥ śaṅkhamadhyagaḥ । ukāraścandrasaṃkāśastasya madhye vyavasthitaḥ ॥

Verse 8

makārastvagnisaṃkāśo vidhūmo vidyutopamaḥ। tistro mātrāstathā jñeyāḥ somasūryā gnirūpiṇaḥ ।।

Verse 9

śikhā tu dīpasaṃkāśā tasminnupari vartate । ardhamātrā tathā jñeyā praṇavasyopari sthitā ॥

Verse 10

padmasūtranibhā sūkṣmā śikhā sā dṛśyate parā। sā nāḍī sūryasaṃkāśā sūryaṃ bhittvā tathā parā ॥

Verse 11

dvisaptatisahastrāṇi nāḍīṃ bhittvā ca mūrdhani । varadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvaṃ vyāpyeva tiṣṭhati ॥

Verse 12

kāṃsyaghaṇṭāninādastu yathā līyati śāntaye। oṅkārastu tathā yojyaḥ śāntaye sarvamicchatā ॥

Verse 13

yasminvilīyate śabdastatparaṃ brahma gīyate । dhiyaṃ hi līyate brahma so'mṛtatvāya kalpate ॥

Verse 14

vāyustejasthākāśastrividho jīvasaṃjñakaḥ । sa jīvaḥ prāṇa ityukto vālāgraśatakalpitaḥ ।।

Verse 15

nābhisthāne sthitaṃ viśva śuddhatattvaṃ sunirmalam। ādityamiva dīpyantaṃ raśmibhiścakhilaṃ śivam॥

Verse 16

sakāraṃ ca hakāraṃ ca jīvo japati sarvadā।nābhirandhrādviniṣkrāntaṃ viṣayavyāptivarjitam ॥

Verse 17

tenedaṃ niṣkalaṃ vidyātkṣīrātsarpiryathā tathā ।kāraṇenātmanā yuktaḥ prāṇāyāmaiśca pañcabhiḥ ॥

Verse 18

catuṣkalāsamāyukto bhrāmyate ca hṛdi sthitaḥ । golakastu yadā dehe kṣīradaṇḍena vā'hataḥ ॥

Verse 19

etasminvasate śīghramaviśrāntaṃ mahākhagaḥ । yāvanniḥśvasito jīvastāvanniṣkalatāṃ gataḥ ॥

Verse 20

nabhasthaṃ niṣkalaṃ dhyātvā mucyate bhavabandhanāt। anāhatadhvaniyutaṃ haṃsaṃ yo veda hṛdgatam ॥