iyaṃ pṛthivī sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhu | asyai pṛthivyai sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu | yaś cāyam asyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ tejomayo 'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo yas cāyam adhyātmaṃ śārīras tejomayo 'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣo 'yam eva sa yo 'yam ātmā | idam amṛtam idaṃ brahmedaṃ sarvam ||
FIFTH BRÂHMANA
1. This earth is the honey (madhu, the effect) of all beings, and all beings are the honey (madhu, the effect) of this earth. Likewise this bright, immortal person in this earth, and that bright immortal person incorporated in the body (both are madhu). He indeed is the same as that Self, that Immortal, that Brahman, that All.
iyaṃ pṛthivī prasiddhā sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhu sarveṣāṃ brahmādistambaparyantānāṃ bhūtānāṃ prāṇināṃ madhu kāryaṃ madhviva madhu yathaiko madhvapūpo 'nekairmadhukarairnirvartita evamiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvabhūtanirvartitā | tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni pṛthivyai pṛthivyā asyā madhu kāryam | kiñca yaśvāyaṃ puruṣo 'syāṃ pṛthivyāṃ tejomayaśvinmātraprakāśamayo 'mṛtamayo 'maraṇadharmā puruṣo yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ śārīraḥ śarīre bhavaḥ pūrvavattejomayo 'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣaḥ | sa ca liṅgābhimānī | sa ca sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmupakārakaraṇatvena madhu | sarvāṇi ca bhūtānyasya madhu | caśabdasāmarthyāt | evametaccatuṣṭayaṃ tāvadekaṃ sarvabhūtakāryaṃ sarvāṇi ca bhūtānyasya kāryam ato 'syaikakāraṇapūrvakatā |
yasmādekasmātkāraṇādetajjātaṃ tadevaikaṃ paramārthato brahmetaratkāryaṃ vācā'rambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyamātramityeṣamadhuparyāyāṇāṃ sarveṣāmarthaḥ saṃkṣepataḥ |
ayameva sa yo 'yaṃ pratijñāta idaṃ sarvaṃ yadayamātmeti |
idamamṛtaṃ yanmaitreyyā amṛtatvasādhanamuktamātmavijñānamidaṃ tadamṛtam |
idaṃ brahma yadbrahmā te bravāṇi jñapayiṣyāmītyadhyāyādau prakṛtaṃ yadviṣayā ca vidyā brahmavidyetyucyata idaṃ sarvaṃ yasmādbrahmaṇo vijñānātsarvaṃ bhavati || 1 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 2,5.1;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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