6. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Mantras 2.4.7 - 2.4.10 | Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
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Summary
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 | Oom Purnamadha, Purnamidam, Purnamudhāturna mudjjjata, |
| 0:14.0 | Purnasya Purnamadaya, Purnamiwa, Vashita. |
| 0:21.6 | Oam shanty, shanty, shanty, shanty. |
| 0:28.6 | That is infinite. |
| 0:32.6 | This is infinite. |
| 0:34.6 | From that infinite, this infinite has arisen. |
| 0:39.2 | In this Jeeva nature, if we discover the infinitude, |
| 0:43.7 | the infinite alone remains. |
| 0:45.9 | Ome, peace, peace. |
| 0:51.3 | So that is the Shanty Mantra. |
| 0:53.2 | And basically, that is the teaching of the dialogue between |
| 0:58.0 | Maitri and Yagya Valkya. |
| 1:01.0 | We will pick it up on Mantra number seven. |
| 1:08.0 | Isn't that so we have been studying mantra number 6. |
| 1:11.6 | So mantra number 7 onwards. |
| 1:14.6 | We have to read 7, 8, 9 together. |
| 1:17.6 | I'll tell you why later on, but first we'll read it. |
| 1:20.6 | Sayyatha dundubhber, Hanyamanasya, nabhyan shabdhan, shak nuyaat, |
| 1:29.3 | Grahannay, |
| 1:31.3 | Dundubhestu, |
| 1:33.3 | Grahannin, |
| 1:34.3 | dundubhaghatasya, |
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