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The Upanishads, Part II

By Max Müller

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Brihadâranyaka Upanishad IV,6

SIXTH BRÂHMANA.
1. Now follows the stem 2:

1. (We) from Pautimâshya,
2. Pautimâshya, from Gaupavana,
3. Gaupavana from Pautimâshya,

4. Pautimâshya from Gaupavana,
5. Gaupavana from Kausika,
6. Kausika from Kaundinya,
7. Kaundinya from Sândilya,
8. Sândilya from Kausika and Gautama,
9. Gautama

2. from Âgnivesya,

10. Âgnivesya from Gârgya,
11. Gârgya from Gârgya,
12. Gârgya from Gautama,
13. Gautama from Saitava,
14. Saitava from Pârâsaryâyana,
15. Pârâsaryâyana from Gârgyâyana,
16. Gârgyâyana from Uddâlakâyana,
17. Uddâlakâyana from Gâbâlâyana,
18. Gâbâlâyana from Mâdhyandânayana,
19. Mâdhyandânayana from Saukarâyana,
20. Saukarâyana from Kâshâyana,
21. Kâshâyana from Sâyakâyana,
22. Sâyakâyana from Kausikâyani 1,
23. Kausikâyani

3. from Ghritakausika,

24. Ghritakausika from Pârâsaryâyana,

25. Pârâsaryâyana from Pârâsarya,
26. Pârâsarya from Gâtukarnya,
27. Gâtukarnya from Âsurâyana and Yâska 1,
28. Âsurâyana from Travani,
29. Travani from Aupagandhani,
30. Aupagandhani from Âsuri,
31. Âsuri from Bhâradvâga,
32. Bhâradvâga from Âtreya,
33. Âtreya from Mânti,
34. Mânti from Gautama,
35. Gautama from Gautama,
36. Gautama from Vâtsya,
37. Vâtsya from Sândilya,
38. Sândilya from Kaisorya Kâpya,
39. Kaisorya Kâpya from Kumârahârita,
40. Kumârahârita from Gâlava,
41. Gâlava from Vidarbhî-kaundinya,
42. Vidarbhî-kaundinya from Vatsanapât Bâbhrava,
43. Vatsanapât Bâbhrava from Pathi Saubhara,
44. Pathi Saubhara from Ayâsya Â?girasa,
45. Ayâsya Â?girasa from Âbhûti Tvâshtra,
46. Âbhûti Tvâshtra from Visvarûpa Tvâshtra,
47. Visvarûpa Tvâshtra from Asvinau,
48. Asvinau from Dadhyak Âtharvana,
49. Dadhyak Âtharvana from Atharvan Daiva,
50. Atharvan Daiva from Mrityu Prâdhvamsana,
51. Mrityu Prâdhvamsana from Prâdhvamsana,
52. Prâdhvamsana from Ekarshi,
53. Ekarshi from Viprakitti 2,
54. Viprakitti from Vyashti,

55. Vyashti from Sanâru,
56. Sanâru from Sanâtana,
57. Sanâtana from Sanaga,
58. Sanaga from Parameshthin,
59. Parameshthin from Brahman,
60. Brahman is Svayambhu, self-existent.
Adoration to Brahman.

 

Footnotes
185:1 See Brih. Up. III, 9, 26; IV, 2, 4; IV, 4, 22.

185:2 The line of teachers and pupils by whom the Yâgñavalkya-kânda p. 186 was handed down. From 1-10 the Vamsa agrees with the Vamsa at the end of II, 6.

The Mâdhyandina text begins with vayam, we, and proceeds to 1. Saurpanâyya, 2. Gautama, 3. Vâtsya, 4. Pârasarya, &c., as in the Madhukânda, p. 118, except in 10, where it gives Gaivantâyana for Âtreya. Then after 12. Kaundinyâyana, it gives 13. 14. the two Kaundinyas, 15. the Aurnavâbhas, 16. Kaundinya, 17. Kaundinya, 18. Kaundinya and Âgnivesya, 19. Saitava, 20. Pârâsarya, 2 1. Gâtukarnya, 22. Bhâradvâga, 2 3. Bhâradvâga, Âsurâyana, and Gautama, 24. Bhâradvâga, 25. Valâkâkausika, 26. Kâshâyana, 27. Saukarâyana, 28. Traivani, 29. Aupagandhani, 30. Sâyakâyana, p. Kausikâyani, &c., as in the Kânva text, from No. 22 to Brahman.

186:1 From here the Vamsa agrees again with that given at the end of II, 6.

187:1 The Mâdhyandina text has, 1. Bhâradvâga, 2. Bhâradvâga, Âsurâyana, and Yâska.

187:2 Vipragitti, Mâdhyandina text.