4. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Mantra 2.4.5 continued | Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
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In this discourse, Swami Sarvapriyananda covers only the part of the Upanishad called "Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi Samvada (Mantras: 2.4.1 to 2.4.14)"
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, one of the oldest and most foundational Principal Upanishads of Hinduism, is being taught in this lecture series by Swami Sarvapriyananda. Belonging to the Śukla Yajurveda and forming the concluding portion of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, its name means “the great forest.” The text comprises six chapters organized into the Madhu, Yājñavalkya (Muni), and Khila kāṇḍas, and is tenth in the traditional canon of 108 Upanishads. Renowned for its profound nondual philosophy, it includes the celebrated dialogue between Yājñavalkya and his wife Maitreyi, where all love is shown to be ultimately directed toward the Self (Ātman), whose realization as identical with Brahman leads to immortality and infinite bliss. For more information, please visit:
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| 0:00.0 | O Ome Purnamadhaf, Purnamidam, Purnat, Purnat, Purnamudhātātātya, Purnasya, Purnameva, Vishya, |
| 0:22.6 | Oam, |
| 0:23.6 | Shanty, |
| 0:25.6 | Shanty, |
| 0:26.6 | Shanty, |
| 0:27.6 | Shanty. |
| 0:28.6 | Oam. |
| 0:30.6 | That is infinite, |
| 0:33.6 | and this is infinite. |
| 0:35.6 | This infinite has come from that infinite. |
| 0:39.3 | And in this infinite, when we discover its infinitude, |
| 0:43.3 | the infinite alone remains. |
| 0:45.3 | Ome, peace, peace, peace. So welcome back to the Brihadar Nek Upanishad class. |
| 1:03.0 | We shall proceed with the mantras. |
| 1:10.0 | We are on mantra number. We shall proceed with the mantras. |
| 1:11.6 | We are on mantra number 5, 4.5. |
| 1:18.6 | So we know the background that the sage Yagya Valkya has decided to take up formal monasticism. |
| 1:28.3 | He is going to become a sannyasi. |
| 1:29.3 | He has two wives and he says to his wives that I'm not going to become a sannyasi |
| 1:36.3 | and therefore I will leave all my property to you. |
| 1:41.3 | I will divide my property to the both of you. |
| 1:45.4 | Maitrei and Katiayani. |
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