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𑌕𑍇𑌨 𑌉𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌦𑍍 - 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌮𑌃 𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌃

Upanishad Grantha

॥ 𑌅𑌥 𑌕𑍇𑌨𑍋𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌤𑍍 ॥

𑍐 𑌸॒𑌹 𑌨𑌾॑𑌵𑌵𑌤𑍁 । 𑌸॒𑌹 𑌨𑍗॑ 𑌭𑍁𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍁 । 𑌸॒𑌹 𑌵𑍀॒𑌰𑍍𑌯॑-𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌵𑌹𑍈 । 𑌤𑍇॒𑌜॒𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾॒𑌵𑌧𑍀॑𑌤𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁॒ 𑌮𑌾 𑌵𑌿॑𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌾॒𑌵𑌹𑍈᳚ ।

𑍐 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿॒-𑌶𑍍𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿॒-𑌶𑍍𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃॑ ॥

𑍐 𑌆𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌮𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁-𑌶𑍍𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌥𑍋 𑌬𑌲𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌚 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌣𑌿 । 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵-𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑍗𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌦-𑌮𑍍𑌮𑌾-𑌽𑌹-𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾-𑌮𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌮𑌾 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌦𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌣-𑌮𑍍𑌮𑍇-𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 । 𑌤𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌤𑍇 𑌯 𑌉𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁 𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌯𑌿 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌯𑌿 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁 ।

𑍐 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿॒-𑌶𑍍𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿॒-𑌶𑍍𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃॑ ॥

𑌕𑍇𑌨𑍇𑌷𑌿𑌤-𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌷𑌿𑌤-𑌮𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌃

𑌕𑍇𑌨 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌮𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃 ।

𑌕𑍇𑌨𑍇𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌂-𑌵𑌾𑌁𑌚𑌮𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌂-𑌵𑌁𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿

𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁-𑌶𑍍𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰-𑌙𑍍𑌕 𑌉 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍋 𑌯𑍁𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 ॥ 1 ॥

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰-𑌮𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍋 𑌮𑌨𑍋 𑌯𑌦𑍍

𑌵𑌾𑌚𑍋 𑌹 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌂 𑌸 𑌉 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌃 ।

𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌷𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌯 𑌧𑍀𑌰𑌾𑌃

𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌾𑌦𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2 ॥

𑌨 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌵𑌾𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑍋 𑌮𑌨𑌃 ।

𑌨 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌮𑍋 𑌨 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌮𑍋 𑌯𑌥𑍈𑌤𑌦𑌨𑍁𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍 ॥ 3 ॥

𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌦𑌥𑍋 𑌅𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌦𑌧𑌿 ।

𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌮 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌂-𑌯𑍇𑌁 𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌚𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌰𑍇 ॥ 4 ॥

𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌾-𑌽𑌨𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌂-𑌯𑍇𑌁𑌨 𑌵𑌾𑌗𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ।

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂-𑌵𑌿𑌁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌨𑍇𑌦𑌂-𑌯𑌁𑌦𑌿𑌦𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌤𑍇 ॥ 5 ॥

𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌸𑌾 𑌨 𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑍇𑌨𑌾𑌹𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍋 𑌮𑌤𑌮𑍍 ।

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂-𑌵𑌿𑌁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌨𑍇𑌦𑌂-𑌯𑌁𑌦𑌿𑌦𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌤𑍇 ॥ 6 ॥

𑌯𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌷𑌾 𑌨 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍂𑌂𑌷𑌿 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 ।

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂-𑌵𑌿𑌁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌨𑍇𑌦𑌂-𑌯𑌁𑌦𑌿𑌦𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌤𑍇 ॥ 7 ॥

𑌯𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌣 𑌨 𑌶‍𑌋𑌣𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌮𑍍 ।

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂-𑌵𑌿𑌁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌨𑍇𑌦𑌂-𑌯𑌁𑌦𑌿𑌦𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌤𑍇 ॥ 8 ॥

𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑍇𑌨 𑌨 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌿𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍇 ।

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂-𑌵𑌿𑌁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌨𑍇𑌦𑌂-𑌯𑌁𑌦𑌿𑌦𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌤𑍇 ॥ 9 ॥

॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑍇𑌨𑍋𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌦𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌮𑌃 𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌃 ॥

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kena prāṇaḥ prathamaḥ praiti yuktaḥ |

keneṣitāṃ-vā~camimāṃ-va~danti

cakṣu-śśrotra-ṅka u devo yunakti || 1 ||

śrotrasya śrotra-mmanaso mano yad

vāco ha vācaṃ sa u prāṇasya prāṇaḥ |

cakṣuṣaścakṣuratimucya dhīrāḥ

pretyāsmāllokādamṛtā bhavanti || 2 ||

na tatra cakṣurgacchati na vāgacchati no manaḥ |

na vidmo na vijānīmo yathaitadanuśiṣyāt || 3 ||

anyadeva tadviditādatho aviditādadhi |

iti śuśruma pūrveṣāṃ-ye~ nastadvyācacakṣire || 4 ||

yadvācā-'nabhyuditaṃ-ye~na vāgabhyudyate |

tadeva brahma tvaṃ-vi~ddhi nedaṃ-ya~didamupāsate || 5 ||

yanmanasā na manute yenāhurmano matam |

tadeva brahma tvaṃ-vi~ddhi nedaṃ-ya~didamupāsate || 6 ||

yaccakṣuṣā na paśyati yena cakṣūṃṣi paśyati |

tadeva brahma tvaṃ-vi~ddhi nedaṃ-ya~didamupāsate || 7 ||

yacchrotreṇa na śa‍ṛṇoti yena śrotramidaṃ śrutam |

tadeva brahma tvaṃ-vi~ddhi nedaṃ-ya~didamupāsate || 8 ||

yatprāṇena na prāṇiti yena prāṇaḥ praṇīyate |

tadeva brahma tvaṃ-vi~ddhi nedaṃ-ya~didamupāsate || 9 ||

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