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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) FOURTH VALLĪ - The Thirteen Principal Upanishads
FOURTH VALLĪ - Misc (Upanishads), The Thirteen Principal Upanishads [1921]Edition used:The Thirteen Principal Upanishads, translated from the Sanskrit with an outline of the philosophy of the Upanishads and an annotated bibliography, by Robert Ernest Hume (Oxford University Press, 1921).
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- Preface
- Remarks Concerning the Translation Its Method and Arrangement
- List of Abbreviations
- Errata
- An Outline of the Philosophy of the Upanishads
- Chapter I: The Place of the Upanishads In the History of Philosophy
- Chapter II: The Upanishads and Their Place In Indian Philosophy
- Chapter III: First Attempts At the Conception of a Unitary World-ground
- Chapter IV: The Development of the Conception of Brahma
- Chapter V: The Development of the Conception of the Atman and Its Union With Brahma
- Chapter VI: The Realistic Conception of the Ultimate Unity, and the Doctrine of Illusion
- Chapter VII: Idealism and the Conception of Pure Unity
- Chapter VIII: The Outcome On Religion and On the Doctrine of Karma
- Chapter IX: The Outcome On Practical Life and On Morals
- Chapter X: The Artificial Method of Unity In Renunciation and In Yoga
- Chapter XI: Concluding Estimate
- BṚihad-ĀraṆyaka Upanishad
- First AdhyĀya
- Second AdhyĀya
- Third AdhyĀya
- Fourth AdhyĀya
- Fifth AdhyĀya
- Sixth AdhyĀya
- ChĀndogya Upanishad
- First PrapĀṬhaka a Glorification of the Chanting of the Sāma-veda 1
- Second PrapĀṬhaka the Significance of the Chant In Various Forms
- Third PrapĀṬhaka Brahma As the Sun of the World-all
- Fourth PrapĀṬhaka Conversational Instructions
- Fifth PrapĀṬhaka Concerning Breath, the Soul, and the Universal Soul
- Sixth PrapĀṬhaka the Instruction of Śvetaketu By Uddālaka Concerning the Key to All Knowledge
- Seventh PrapĀṬhaka the Instruction of Nārada By Sanatkumāra
- Eighth PrapĀṬhaka Concerning the Nature of the Soul
- TaittirĪya Upanishad
- First VallĪ (Śikshā Vallī, ‘chapter Concerning Instruction’)
- Second VallĪ (brahmānanda Vallī, ‘bliss-of-brahma Chapter’)
- Third VallĪ (bhṛigu Vallī, ‘chapter Concerning Bhṛigu’)
- Aitareya Upanishad
- First AdhyĀya
- Second AdhyĀya
- Third AdhyĀya
- KaushĪtaki Upanishad 1
- First AdhyĀya the Course of Reincarnation, and Its Termination Through Metaphysical Knowledge 2
- Second AdhyĀya the Doctrine of Prāṇa, Together With Certain Ceremonies
- Third AdhyĀya Doctrine of Prāṇa (the Breathing Spirit)
- Fourth AdhyĀya a Progressive Definition of Brahma 2
- Kena Upanishad 1
- (first KhaṆḌa)
- (second KhaṆḌa)
- (third KhaṆḌa) 3
- (fourth KhaṆḌa)
- KaṬha Upanishad
- First VallĪ 1
- Second VallĪ
- Third VallĪ
- Fourth VallĪ
- Fifth VallĪ
- Sixth VallĪ
- ĪŚĀ Upanishad 1
- MuṆḌaka Upanishad
- First MuṆḌaka Preparation For the Knowledge of Brahma
- Second MuṆḌaka the Doctrine of Brahma-Ātman
- Third MuṆḌaka the Way to Brahma
- PraŚna Upanishad 1
- First PraŚna
- Second PraŚna
- Third PraŚna
- Fourth PraŚna
- Fifth PraŚna
- Sixth PraŚna
- MĀṆḌŪkya Upanishad
- ŚvetĀŚvatara Upanishad
- First AdhyĀya
- Second AdhyĀya
- Third AdhyĀya
- Fourth AdhyĀya
- Fifth AdhyĀya
- Sixth AdhyĀya
- Maitri Upanishad
- First PrapĀṬhaka
- Second PrapĀṬhaka
- Third PrapĀṬhaka
- Fourth PrapĀṬhaka
- Fifth PrapĀṬhaka
- Sixth PrapĀṬhaka
- Seventh PrapĀṬhaka
- A Bibliography of the Upanishads Selected, Classified, and Annotated
FOURTH VALLĪ
The immortal Soul not to be sought through outward senses
1. The Self-existent (svayambhū) pierced the openings [of the senses] outward;
Therefore one looks outward, not within himself (antarātman).
A certain wise man, while seeking immortality,
Introspectively beheld the Soul (Ātman) face to face.
2. The childish go after outward pleasures;
They walk into the net of widespread death.
But the wise, knowing immortality,
Seek not the stable among things which are unstable here.
Yet the agent in all the senses, in sleeping and in waking
3. That by which [one discerns] form, taste, smell,- Sound, and mutual touches—
- It is with That indeed that one discerns.
- What is there left over here!
The universal Soul (Ātman), identical with the individual and with all creation
5. He who knows this experiencer- As the living Soul (Ātman) near at hand,
- Lord of what has been and of what is to be—
- He does not shrink away from Him.
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Whatever is here, that is there.
- What is there, that again is here.
- He obtains death after death
- Who seems to see a difference here.
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By the mind, indeed, is this [realization] to be attained:—
- There is no difference here at all!
- He goes from death to death
- Who seems to see a difference here.
The eternal Lord abiding in one’s self
12. A Person of the measure of a thumb- Stands in the midst of one’s self (ātman),
- Lord of what has been and of what is to be.
- One does not shrink away from Him.
The result of seeing multiplicity or else pure unity
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As water rained upon rough ground
- Runs to waste among the hills,
- So he who sees qualities (dharma) separately,
- Runs to waste after them.
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As pure water poured forth into pure
- Becomes the very same,
- So becomes the soul (ātman), O Gautama,
- Of the seer (muni) who has understanding.
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