Khanda 4

Verse 4.1

सा ब्रह्मेति ह उवाच। ब्रह्मणो वा एतद्विजये महीयध्वमिति। ततो ह एव विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति॥१॥

She said: “It is Brahman. Indeed, by the victory of Brahman you have become great.” Thereupon Indra truly came to know: “It is Brahman.”

Verse 4.2

तस्माद्वा एते देवा अतितरामिव अन्यान्देवान् यदग्निर्वायुरिन्द्रः। ते ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पृशुः। ते ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति॥२॥

Therefore these gods—Agni, Vāyu, and Indra—excel, as it were, the other gods, because they came nearest to That (Brahman). For Indra was the first to know: “It is Brahman.”

Verse 4.3

तस्माद्वा इन्द्रोऽतितरामिवान्यान्देवान् स ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पर्श । स ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति ॥३॥

Therefore Indra, as it were, surpassed the other gods; for he indeed touched That most nearly. He was truly the first to know It and to declare: “It is Brahman.”

Verse 4.4

तस्यैष आदेशो यदेतद्विद्युतो विद्युतदिति न्यमीमिषदिति । अधिदैवतम् ॥४॥

Of That, this is the indication: “as of lightning—a flash”; “it winked (appeared and vanished)”. This is with reference to the deity-plane (adhidaivata).

Verse 4.5

अथाध्यात्मं यदेतद्गच्छतीव च मनोऽनेन चैतदुपस्मरत्यभीक्ष्णं सङ्कल्पः ॥५॥

Now, with reference to the Self (adhyātma): that by which the mind, as it were, goes toward objects, and by which it repeatedly remembers this—this is the volition, saṅkalpa.

Verse 4.6

तद्ध तद्वनं नाम तद्वनमित्युपासितव्यं स य एतदेवं वेदाभि ह एनं सर्वाणि भूतानि संवाञ्छन्ति ॥६॥

Verily, That is called “Tadvanam.” It is to be meditated upon as “Tadvanam.” He who knows it thus—towards him, indeed, all beings aspire.

Verse 4.7

उपनिषदं भो ब्रूहीत्युक्ता त उपनिषद्ब्राह्मीम् वाव त उपनिषदमब्रूम इति ॥७॥

When asked, “Sir, tell us the Upaniṣad,” he replied: “Indeed, the Brahmī Upaniṣad we have declared to you.”

Verse 4.8

तस्यै तपो दमः कर्मेति प्रतिष्ठा वेदाः सर्वाङ्गानि सत्यमायतनम् ॥८॥

For that (Brahmī knowledge), austerity, self-restraint, and action are its foundation; the Vedas are all its limbs; truth is its abode.

Verse 4.9

यो वा एतामेवम् वेद, अपहत्य पाप्मानम्, अनन्ते स्वर्गे लोके ज्येये प्रतितिष्ठति, प्रतितिष्ठति ॥९॥

Whoever knows Her thus—Brahman—having cast off sin, becomes firmly established in the endless heavenly world, in the highest realm; firmly established indeed.