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Taittiriya Upanishad

Chapter 14

ब्रह्मानन्दवल्ली · द्वितीयोऽनुवाकः

Anandavalli · Anuvaka 2

Verses

  1. Verse 1

    annādvai prajāḥ prajāyante | yāḥ kāśca pṛthivīṃśritāḥ | atho annenaiva jīvanti | athainadapi yantyantataḥ | annaṃhi bhūtānāṃ jyeṣṭham | tasmāt sarvauṣadhamucyate | sarvaṃ vai te'nnamāpnuvanti | ye'nnaṃ brahmopāsate | annaṃhi bhūtānāṃ jyeṣṭham | tasmāt sarvauṣadhamucyate | annād bhūtāni jāyante | jātānyannena vardhante | adyate'tti ca bhūtāni | tasmādannaṃ taducyata iti | tasmādvā etasmādannarasamayāt | anyo'ntara ātmā prāṇamayaḥ | tenaiṣa pūrṇaḥ | sa vā eṣa puruṣavidha eva | tasya puruṣavidhatām | anvayaṃ puruṣavidhaḥ | tasya prāṇa eva śiraḥ | vyāno dakṣiṇaḥ pakṣaḥ | apāna uttaraḥ pakṣaḥ | ākāśa ātmā | pṛthivī pucchaṃ pratiṣṭhā | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati || 1||

    Meaning

    From food, verily, are creatures born — all that dwell on earth. By food alone they live, and into food they finally pass; for food is the eldest of beings, and therefore it is called the herb (medicine) of all. They obtain all food who worship food as Brahman; for food is the eldest of beings, and so it is called the herb of all. From food beings are born; being born, they grow by food; it is eaten and it eats beings — therefore it is called food (anna). Different from this self made of food's essence is another, inner self made of vital breath (pranamaya), by which this is filled. It too has the very shape of a man. Of it, prana is the head, vyana the right side, apana the left side, ether the trunk, earth the foundation. On this too there is a verse.

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