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The Upanishads, Part II

By Max Müller

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Brihadâranyaka Upanishad VI-5

FIFTH BRÂHMANA.
1. Now follows the stem 1:

1. Pautimâshîputra from Kâtyâyanîputra,

2. Kâtyâyanîputra from Gotamîputra,
3. Gotamîputra from Bhâradvâgîputra,
4. Bhâradvâgîputra from Pârâsarîputra,
5. Pârâsarîputra from Aupasvatîputra,
6. Aupasvatîputra from Pârâsarîputra,
7. Pârâsarîputra from Kâtyâyanîputra,
8. Kâtyâyanîputra from Kausikîputra,
9. Kausikîputra from Âlambîputra and Vaiyâghrapadîputra,
10. Âlambîputra and Vaiyâghrapadîputra from Kânvîputra,
11. Kânvîputra from Kâpîputra,
12. Kâpîputra

2. from Âtreyîputra,

13. Âtreyîputra from Gautamîputra,
14. Gautamîputra from Bhâradvâgîputra,
15. Bhâradvâgîputra from Pârasarîputra,
16. Pârasarîputra from Vâtsîputra,
17. Vâtsîputra from Pârasarîputra,
18 1. Pârasarîputra from Vârkârunîputra,
19. Vârkârunîputra from Vârkârunîputra,
20. Vârkârunîputra from Ârtabhagîputra,
21. Ârtabhagîputra from Sau?gîputra,
22. Sau?gîputra from Sâ?kritîputra,
23 2. Sâ?kritîputra from Âlambâyanîputra,
24. Âlambâyanîputra from Âlambîputra,
25. Âlambîputra from Gayantîputra,
26. Gayantîputra from Mândûkâyanîputra,
27. Mândûkâyanîputra from Mândûkîputra,
28. Mândûkîputra from Sândilîputra,
29. Sândilîputra from Râthîtarîputra,
30 3. Râthîtarîputra from Bhâlukîputra,

31. Bhâlukîputra from Krauñkikîputrau,
32. Krauñkikîputrau from Vaittabhatîputra 1,
33. Vaittabhatîputra from Kârsakeyîputra 2,
34. Kârsakeyîputra from Prâkînayogîputra,
35. Prâkînayogîputra from Sâñgîvîputra 3,
36. Sâñgîvîputra from Prâsñîputra Âsurivâsin,
37. Prâsñîputra Âsurivâsin from Âsurâyana,
38. Âsurâyana from Âsuri,
39. Âsuri

3. from Yâgñavalkya,

40. Yâgñavalkya from Uddâlaka,
41. Uddâlaka from Aruna,
42. Aruna from Upavesi,
43. Upavesi from Kusri,
44. Kusri from Vâgasravas,
45. Vâgasravas from Gihvâvat Vâdhyoga,
46. Gihvâvat Vâdhyoga from Asita Vârshagana,
47. Asita Vârshagana from Harita Kasyapa,
48. Harita Kasyapa from Silpa Kasyapa,
49. Silpa Kasyapa from Kasyapa Naidhruvi,
50. Kasyapa Naidhruvi from Vâk,
51. Vâk from Ambhinî,
52. Ambhinî from Âditya, the Sun.

As coming from Âditya, the Sun, these pure 4 Yagus verses have been proclaimed by Yâgñavalkya Vâgasaneya.

4 1. The same as far as Sâñgîvîputra (No. 36), then

36. Sâñgîvîputra from Mândûkâyani,
37. Mândûkâyani from Mândavya,
38. Mândavya from Kautsa,
39. Kautsa from Mâhitthi,
40. Mâhitthi from Vâmakakshâyana,
41. Vâmakakshâyana from Sândilya,
42. Sândilya from Vâtsya,
43. Vâtsya from Kusri,
44. Kusri from Yagñavakas Râgastambâyana,
45. Yagñavakas Râgastambâyana from Tura Kâvasheya,
46. Tura Kâvasheya from Pragâpati,
47. Pragâpati from Brahman,
48. Brahman is Svayambhu, self-existent.

Adoration to Brahman!

Footnotes
224b:1 The Mâdhyandinas begin with vayam, we, then 1. Bhâradvâgîputra, 2. Vâtsîmandavîputra, 3. Pârasarîputra, 4. Gârgîputra, 5. Pârâsarî-kaundinîputra, 6. Gârgîputra, 7. Gârgîputra, 8. Bâdeyîputra, 9. Maushikîputra, 10. Hârikarnîputra, 11. Bhâradvâgîputra, 12. Pai?gîputra, 13. Saunakîputra, 14. Kâsyapî-bâlâkyâ-mâtharîputra, 15. Kautsîputra, 16. Baudhîputra, 17. Sâla?kâyanîputra, 18. Vârshaganîputra, 19. Gautamîputra, 20. Âtreyîputra, 21. Gautamîputra, 22. Vâtsîputra, 23. Bhâradvâgîputra, 24. Pârâsarîputra, 25. Vârkârunîputra; then from No. 20 as in the Kânva text.

This stem is called by Sa?kara, Samastapravakanavamsah, and Ânandagiri adds, pûrvau vamsau purushaviseshitau, tritîyas tu strîviseshitah, strîprâdhânyât. Dvivedaga?ga writes, putramanthakarmanah strîsamskârârthatvenoktatvât tatsannidhânâd ayam vamsah strîprâdhânyenokyate.

225:1 M. has only one.

225:2 M. inverts 23 and 24.

225:3 Deest in M.

226:1 Vaidabhritîputra, M.

226:2 Bhâlukîputra, M.

226:3 Kârsakeyîputra after 35 in M.

226:4 They are called suklâni, white or pure, because they are not mixed with Brâhmanas, avyâmisrâni brâhma?ena (doshair asa?kîrnâni, paurusheyatvadoshadvârâbhâvâd ityarthah). Or they are ayâtayâmâni, unimpaired. Ânandagiri adds, Pragâpatim ârabhya Sâñgîvîputraparyantam (No. 36) Vâgasaneyisâkhâsu sarvâsv eko vamsa ityâha samânam iti. Dvivedaga?ga says: Vâgisâkhâvakkhinnânâm p. 227 yagushâm Sûryenopadishtatvam Yâgñavalkyena prâptatvam ka purâneshu prasiddham.

227:1 This last paragraph is wanting in the Mâdhyandina text, but a very similar paragraph occurs in Satapatha-brâhmana X, 6, 5, 9, where, however, Vâtsya comes before Sândilya.