Thirty minor Upanishads
by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar | 1914 | 95,228 words
This book contains the English translation of thirty minor Upanishads.—Fourteen belonging to Vedanta, two are categorised as Physiological, three are Mantra, two are Sannyasa and the remaining nine are categorised as Yoga-Upanishads. These Upanishads are properly defined as the Aranya-portion of the Vedas (most ancient Hindu scriptures) and are so-...
Subala Upanishad of Shukla-yajurveda, Chapter II
"From Բ came ṣād, ۲ṣa, ṣa, and Gandharvas. From (His) bones, arose the mountains. From His hairs arose the herbs and the trees. From His forehead, Rudra was born through His anger. The breath of this great Being became the ṻ岹, Yajurveda, 峾岹, Atharvaveda, Śīṣ� (the science of the proper pronunciation and articulation of sounds), Kalpa (the science of methodology), ղ첹ṇa (grammar), Nirukta (glossarial explanation of obsolete and other terms in Vedas), Chandas (prosody or vedic metre), dzپṣa (astronomy), ⲹ (logic), Mīmāmsā (including rituals and Գٲ), ٳśٰ, commentaries, glosses and all beings. This Āٳ (or the Self of ʳܰṣa) is Hiraṇyajyotis (or golden or effulgent Light) into which all the universe is absorbed. He divided Āٳ (his Self) into two moieties; out of one moiety, the woman was created; and out of the other, man. Having become a Deva, He created the Devas. Having become a Ṛṣi, He created the Ṛṣis; also He created ۲ṣa, ṣa, Gandharvas, wild and domestic beasts and others such as cows, bulls, mares and horses, she-asses and asses and վś (the Supporter) and վś (the earth). Becoming ղśԲ (fire) at the end (of creation), He burnt up all objects. Then (in dissolution), ṛtī was absorbed in 貹, 貹 in agni, agni in , in ākaś, ākaś in indriyas (organs), indriyas into ٲԳٰ (rudimentary properties), ٲԳٰ into ū徱, ū徱 into mahat, mahat into avyakta, avyakta into ṣa (the indestructible), ṣa into Lamas (darkness). And Lamas becomes one with the supreme Lord. And then there is neither Sat nor asat, nor Sat-asat. This is the teaching of ṇa and this is the teaching of the Vedas. Yea, This is the teaching of the Vedas."