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Brahmavidya Upanishad 5: Verse 5

यजुर्वेदोऽन्तरिक्षं च दक्षिणाग्निस् तथैव च । विष्णुश् च भगवान् देव उकारः परिकीर्तितः ॥५॥

यजुः-वेदः । अन्तरिक्षम् । च । दक्षिण-अग्निः । तथा-एव । च । विष्णुः । च । भगवान् । देवः । उ-कारः । परिकीर्तितः ॥ ५ ॥

Sanskrit recitationBrahmavidya Upanishad 5

yajurvedo 'ntarikṣaṃ ca dakṣiṇāgnis tathaiva ca | viṣṇuś ca bhagavān deva ukāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||5||

यजुर्वेदोऽन्तरिक्षं च दक्षिणाग्निस्तथैव च। विष्णुश्च भगवान् देव उकारः इति परिकीर्तितः॥५॥

The Yajurveda, the midspace (atmosphere), and likewise the Dakṣiṇāgni; and Viṣṇu, the Blessed Lord, the god—these are proclaimed as the sound ‘U’.

Pratīka-upāsanā: ‘U’ (ukāra) as sustaining/mediating principle mapped to cosmic and ritual domainsMahavakya: Indirect—symbolic contemplation preparing the mind for nondual insight; no explicit mahāvākyaAtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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