Upaniṣads by Patrick Olivelle

Author:Patrick Olivelle [Olivelle, Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-06-14T18:30:00+00:00

tive known in person or dispatch a messenger. And so, indeed, he will take possession of it.

4 Next, divinely secured love. If someone desires to be the favourite of a particular man or woman, or of a group of men or women, he should make the same offerings of ghee in the very same manner on one of the auspicious days given above:

So-and-so, I offer your speech in me, svaha! So-and-so, I offer your smelling in me, svaha! So-and-so, I offer your sight in me, svaha! So-and-so, I offer your hearing in me, svaha! So-and-so, I offer your mind in me, svaha! So-and-so, I offer your intelligence in me, svaha!

Then, after he smells the fragrance of the smoke and rubs his body with ghee, he should go out silently and either seek to come into bodily contact with the person(s) in question or simply stand upwind engaged in conversation with the individual(s) in question. He will, indeed, become their favourite! They will, indeed, love him!

5 Next, the control of Pratardana, which is also called 'the daily fire sacrifice offered internally'. Clearly, a man is unable to breathe while he is speaking. So, during that time he offers his breath in his speech. A man is, likewise, unable to speak while he is breathing. So, during that time he offers his speech in his breath. One offers these two endless and deathless offerings without interruption, whether one is awake or asleep. All other offerings, on the other hand, are limited, for they consist of ritual activities. It is because they knew this that people in ancient times refrained from offering the daily fire sacrifice.

6 l Brahman is the Uktha'—that is what Suskabhrrigara used to say. One should venerate it as the Rg; then, for the sake of his pre-eminent prosperity, all beings will recite praises (abhi-arc) for him. One should venerate it as the Yajus; then, for the sake of his pre-eminent prosperity, all beings will unite (yuj) with him. One should venerate it as the Saman; then, for the sake of his preeminent prosperity, all beings will bow down (sam-nam) to him.

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