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TAITTIRIYAKA-UPANISHAD.

FIRST VALLl,

Or, the Chapter on 6^kshA (pronunciation).

First Anuvaka 1.

i. Hardt, Om ! May Mitra be propitious to us, aii^^^ani^a^Aryaman also,In4ra/brzhaspati. and the wide-striding Vishnu T. rerr

Adoration to Brahman ! Adoration to thee, O Vdyu (air)! Thou indeed art the visible Brahman. I shall proclaim thee alone as the visible Brahman. I shall proclaim the right. I shall proclaim the true (scil. Brahman).

(1-5) 3 May it protect me! May it protect the teacher ! yes, may it protect me, and may it protect the teacher ! Om ! Peace ! peace ! peace !

1 This invocation is here counted as an Anuv&ka; see Taitt. Ar., ed. Rajendralal Mitra, p. 725.

2 This verse is taken from Rig-veda-sawhitd 1, 90, 9. The deities are variously explained by the commentators : Mitra as god of the Pra*«a (forth-breathing) and of the day ; Varu«a as god of the Ap&na (oflf-breathing) and of the night. Aryaman is supposed to represent the eye or the sun ; Indra, strength ; Br/haspati, speech or intellect ; Vish«u, the feet. Their favour is invoked, because it is only if they grant health that the study of the highest wisdom can proceed without fail.

3 Five short sentences, in addition to the one paragraph. Such sentences occur at the end of other Anuv&kas also, and are counted separately.

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