Concept

Brahman

ब्रह्मन्

verses
5,559
books
35
chapters
1,960

What the texts say

In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Brahman is the Supreme Reality, alone in the beginning, from which the cosmos manifested. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10 In the Taittiriya Upanishad, Varuna teaches his son Bhrigu to know Brahman as that from which all beings arise and into which they return. Taittiriya Upanishad 3.1.1 The Kena Upanishad calls it the silent Reality beyond words, by whose power all speech arises. Kena Upanishad 1.4 The Katha Upanishad names the syllable Om as the Imperishable Brahman. Katha Upanishad 1.2.16 The Mundaka Upanishad says one who realizes Brahman becomes one with it, passes beyond grief and sin, and attains immortality. Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.9

Where to read

Every verse that names Brahman, book by book.

  1. Mudgala Purana

    1,795 verses · 336 chapters

    All 1,795 verses in the Mudgala Purana
    • 1.1.2

      Ganesh ne sab kuch jeet liya hai, jo log Brahma ke baare mein likhte hain woh sab. Saari duniya, jo dikhti hai aur jo nahi dikhti, sab Ganesh ne banayi hai.

    • 1.3.13

      Yeh keh ke Narada wahan se chale gaye. Woh brahmand ke chakkar mein chale gaye. Veena bajate bajate woh gaane mein lage rahe. Woh yogi the aur Brahma mein hi lage the.

    • 1.4.19

      Unhone Ganesh ki bahut tareeke se prarthana ki. Ganesh Brahma ke roop mein hain, jo bina shakal ke bhi hain aur shakal ke saath bhi. Woh vighnon ke raja hain aur dil mein rehte hain.

  2. Upanishads

    509 verses · 132 chapters

    Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Chhandogya Upanishad, Katharudra Upanishad

    All 509 verses in the Upanishads
    • 3

      Jo dhaaga andar se guzarta hai woh Brahma hai. Jo daaye taraf hai woh Shiv ka hissa hai. Jo baaye taraf hai woh Vishnu ka hissa hai. Mala ka muh Saraswati hai aur poonch Gayatri hai. Jo chheda hai woh gyaan hai. Jo ganthi hai woh prakriti…

    • r2

      Sankriti ne Surya se poocha, Bhagwan, mujhe Brahmavidya sikhao. Surya ne kaha, Sankriti, sunn, main tujhe sach ka gyaan bataunga. Yeh milna bahut mushkil hai. Lekin sirf jaan ke bhi tu zindagi mein hi mukt ho jaayega.

    • 6

      Isko na sochna chahiye, na na sochna chahiye. Na yeh sochne wali cheez hai, na bas sochne se ho jayegi. Jab paksh-paksh se azaad ho jao, tab Brahman milta hai.

  3. Mahabharata

    413 verses · 212 chapters

    All 413 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 590 verses

    • 1.1.20

      Suta ne kaha, main sabse pehle us purush ko namaste karta hoon jo bhagwan hain. Log unhe bahut pukarte hain aur bahut tarif karte hain. Phir main us sachai ko namaste karta hoon jo ek akshar mein hai, jo Brahman hai. Woh hamesha se hai…

    • 1.36.17

      Raja ne kaha, Hey brahmin, main Raja Parikshit hoon, Abhimanyu ka beta. Maine ek hiran ko maara tha, woh gayab ho gaya. Kya tumne use dekha hai?

    • 1.56.28

      Jo padhta hai yeh granth, woh pandit ban jaata hai. Woh pandit isko parayi mein sunata hai brahmanon ko. Uske paap dhul jaate hain. Woh swarg paa leta hai. Brahm gyan milta hai use.

  4. Atharvaveda

    386 verses · 60 chapters

    All 386 verses in the Atharvaveda
    • 1.32.1

      Yeh bahut badi baat hai. Log isko jaan lo. Yeh bada brahma hai jo bolenge. Dharati pe nahi, aasmaan mein bhi nahi, aisa kuch hai jisse ped-paudhe saans lete hain aur jeete hain.

    • 2.1.1

      Vena ne sabse oopar ki jagah dekhi, jo chhupi hui hai. Wahan sab kuch ek hi roop mein mil jaata hai. Prishni ne yeh nikala. Naye log, jo aasmani roshni dhoondne wale the, paas aake gaane lage.

    • 2.18.1

      Yeh mantra dushman ko khatam karne ke liye hai. Tu rivalko barbaad karne wali shakti hai, mujhe woh shakti de ki dushman bhaag jaaye. Svaha ke saath yeh hawan poora hota hai.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Brahman matters most.

  1. The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow

    Brahma Purana 238 · 2 verses

    The goal-state (brahmabhāva) and the realized identity toward…

  2. Puruṣa-Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine

    Shiva Purana 6.1.17 · 2 verses

    Supreme non-dual reality

  3. Bhū-parigraha-vidhāna: Procedure for Acquiring and Ritually Securing Land

    Agni Purana 2.39

  4. Rules for Ritual Bathing · Snapanotsava-vidhi

    Agni Purana 3.69

Key episodes

  1. The Yaksha and Uma Haimavati

    Kena Upanishad 3-4

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