Major Upaniṣads9.90
अथ हैनं प्रस्तोतोपससाद प्रस्तोतर्या देवता प्रस्तावमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रस्तोष्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥
atha hainṃ prastotopasasāda prastotaryā devatā prastāvamanvāyattā tāṃ cedavidvānprastoṣyasi mūrdhā te vipatiṣyatīti mā bhagavānavocatkatamā sā devateti ||
“Then the prastotṛ approached him: 'Thou saidst, prastotṛ, if unknowing thou singest the prelude to its deity, thy head shall fall — which deity is that?'”
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प्राण इति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतानि प्राणमेवाभिसंविशन्ति प्राणमभ्युज्जिहते सैषा देवता प्रस्तावमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रास्तोष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति ॥
prāṇa iti hovāca sarvāṇi ha vā imāni bhūtāni prāṇamevābhisṃviśanti prāṇamabhyujjihate saiṣā devatā prastāvamanvāyattā tāṃ cedavidvānprāstoṣyo mūrdhā te vyapatiṣyattathoktasya mayeti ||
“'Breath,' said he — 'for into breath all beings merge and from breath they rise; that deity attends the prelude. Hadst thou, thus told by me, sung unknowing, thy head would have fallen.'”
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अथ हैनमुद्गातोपससादोद्गातर्या देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुद्गास्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥
atha hainamudgātopasasādodgātaryā devatodgīthamanvāyattā tāṃ cedavidvānudgāsyasi mūrdhā te vipatiṣyatīti mā bhagavānavocatkatamā sā devateti ||
“Then the udgātṛ approached him: 'Thou saidst, udgātṛ, if unknowing thou singest the udgītha to its deity, thy head shall fall — which deity is that?'”
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आदित्य इति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतान्यादित्यमुच्चैः सन्तं गायन्ति सैषा देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुदगास्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति ॥
āditya iti hovāca sarvāṇi ha vā imāni bhūtānyādityamuccaiḥ santṃ gāyanti saiṣā devatodgīthamanvāyattā tāṃ cedavidvānudagāsyo mūrdhā te vyapatiṣyattathoktasya mayeti ||
“'The sun,' said he — 'for all beings sing aloud unto the risen sun; that deity attends the udgītha. Hadst thou, thus told by me, sung unknowing, thy head would have fallen.'”
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अथ हैनं प्रतिहर्तोपससाद प्रतिहर्तर्या देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रतिहरिष्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥
atha hainṃ pratihartopasasāda pratihartaryā devatā pratihāramanvāyattā tāṃ cedavidvānpratihariṣyasi mūrdhā te vipatiṣyatīti mā bhagavānavocatkatamā sā devateti ||
“Then the pratihartṛ approached him: 'Thou saidst, pratihartṛ, if unknowing thou singest the response to its deity, thy head shall fall — which deity is that?'”
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अन्नमिति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतन्यन्नमेव प्रतिहरमाणानि जीवन्ति सैषा देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रत्यहरिष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति तथोक्तस्य मयेति ॥
annamiti hovāca sarvāṇi ha vā imāni bhūtanyannameva pratiharamāṇāni jīvanti saiṣā devatā pratihāramanvāyattā tāṃ cedavidvānpratyahariṣyo mūrdhā te vyapatiṣyattathoktasya mayeti tathoktasya mayeti ||
“'Food,' said he — 'for all beings live taking back food; that deity attends the response. Hadst thou, thus told by me, sung unknowing, thy head would have fallen.'”
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इति एकादशः खण्डः ॥ अथातः शौव उद्गीथस्तद्ध बको दाल्भ्यो ग्लावो वा मैत्रेयः स्वाध्यायमुद्वव्राज ॥
iti ekādaśḥ khaṇḍḥ || athātḥ śauva udgīthastaddha bako dālbhyo glāvo vā maitreyḥ svādhyāyamudvavrāja ||
“Here ends the eleventh section. Next the dog-udgītha: Baka Dālbhya — or Glāva Maitreya — went forth to study.”
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तस्मै श्वा श्वेतः प्रादुर्बभूव तमन्ये श्वान उपसमेत्योचुरन्नं नो भगवानागायत्वशनायामवा इति ॥
tasmai śvā śvetḥ prādurbabhūva tamanye śvāna upasametyocurannṃ no bhagavānāgāyatvaśanāyāmavā iti ||
“A white dog appeared before him; other dogs gathering round said to it, 'Sing food for us, sir, for we hunger.'”
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तान्होवाचेहैव मा प्रातरुपसमीयातेति तद्ध बको दाल्भ्यो ग्लावो वा मैत्रेयः प्रतिपालयांचकार ॥
tānhovācehaiva mā prātarupasamīyāteti taddha bako dālbhyo glāvo vā maitreyḥ pratipālayāṃcakāra ||
“To them it said, 'Come to me here in the morning.' Baka Dālbhya — or Glāva Maitreya — waited to see.”
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ते ह यथैवेदं बहिष्पवमानेन स्तोष्यमाणाः सꣳरब्धाः सर्पन्तीत्येवमाससृपुस्ते ह समुपविश्य हिं चक्रुः ॥
te ha yathaivedṃ bahiṣpavamānena stoṣyamāṇāḥ sarabdhāḥ sarpantītyevamāsasr̥puste ha samupaviśya hiṃ cakruḥ ||
“As priests about to sing the outer praise rush pressing forward, so they crept up, sat down and cried 'hiṃ.'”
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ओ३मदा३मों३पिबा३मों३ देवो वरुणः प्रजपतिः सविता२न्नमिहा२हरदन्नपते३ऽन्नमिहा २हरा२हरो३मिति ॥
o3madā3moṃ3pibā3moṃ3 devo varuṇḥ prajapatiḥ savitā2nnamihā2haradannapate3'nnamihā 2harā2haro3miti ||
“'Om, let us eat; Om, let us drink; Om — god Varuṇa, Prajāpati, Savitṛ, bring food here; O food-lord, bring food here, bring it here, Om.'”
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इति द्वादशः खण्डः ॥ अयं वाव लोको हाउकारः वायुर्हाइकारश्चन्द्रमा अथकारः । आत्मेहकारोऽग्निरीकारः ॥
iti dvādaśḥ khaṇḍḥ || ayṃ vāva loko hāukārḥ vāyurhāikāraścandramā athakārḥ | ātmehakāro'gnirīkārḥ ||
“Here ends the twelfth section. This world is the hāu-chant, wind the hāi, the moon the atha; self the iha, fire the ī.”
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आदित्य ऊकारो निहव एकारो विश्वे देवा औहोयिकारः प्रजपतिर्हिंकारः प्राणः स्वरोऽन्नं या वाग्विराट् ॥
āditya ūkāro nihava ekāro viśve devā auhoyikārḥ prajapatirhiṃkārḥ prāṇḥ svaro'nnṃ yā vāgvirāṭ ||
“The sun is ū, the call ni-hava e, the All-gods au-ho-yi, Prajāpati hiṃ; breath is tone, food ya, speech virāj.”
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अनिरुक्तस्त्रयोदशः स्तोभः संचरो हुंकारः ॥
aniruktastrayodaśḥ stobhḥ sṃcaro huṃkārḥ ||
“The thirteenth, undefined stobha is the moving huṃ-chant.”
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