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Pranagnihotra Upanishad

Om ! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both together;

May we work conjointly with great energy,

May our study be vigorous and effective;

May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).


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10. You are ambrosia; an ambrosial spread (base). You are ambrosia in regard to thevital breath; fit for the sacred offering, the last blessing. OM, salutation to Prana.OM, salutation to Apana. OM, salutation to Vyana. OM, salutation to Udana. OM,salutation to Samana. OM, salutation to Brahman. OM, may myself be in Brahman

for the winning of immortality.

11. The offering to Prana is made with the little finger and the thumb. With the ringfinger and the thumb is made the offering to Apana. With the middle finger and thethumb is made that to Vyana, with all fingers is the offering made to Udana andwith the forefinger and the thumb is made the offering to Samana.

12. Silently one offering is made with one Ric; two in the Ahavaniya; one in theDakshina fire; one in the Garhapatya and one in the fire for all expiatory rites.

13. Then, You are the lid for immortality for winning immortality. Sipping onemust take again and touch again.

14. Taking water in the right palm and holding it over against the heart one shouldintone: Prana is fire; is the supreme Self surrounded by the five vital breaths.Fearlessness to all living beings ! Fear never dwells in me

15. You (Prana) are Vishva and Vaishvanara; by you is the multiform worldsustained as it manifests itself. Where you are, the immortal Brahma, are allofferings (made).

16. This great and novel Spirit (is) established at the ends of the big toes. I pourwater round him at the end (of the ceremonial eating) for winning immortality.

17. Let this external self meditate on specific activities thus one makes offeringsin the fire. Let (the performer) be a son to all. The ritual offerings are consecrated inthe fire.

18. I shall perform sacrifice in my body. There are the four fires, no mean ones,corresponding to the four parts of OM with the half syllable.

19. There is no solar fire, shaped like the solar disc, sheathed in a thousand rays,abiding in the crown as the solar seer. The fire of vision mentioned (above) with itsfour forms, becoming the Ahavaniya is stationed in the mouth. The bodily fireconsumes the oblations that destroy old age. Becoming Dakshinagni, shaped like a


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half moon, it is stationed in the heart. Then, there is the gastric fire that, becomingGarhapatya is stationed at the navel consuming what is eaten, drunk, licked andsucked.

20. Underneath are the three horizontal states of mind the moon, Lord and the

agent of generation.

21. In this bodily sacrifice, unadorned by the girdle round the sacrificial post, who isthe sacrificer ? Who is (his) wife ? Who are the officiating priests ? Who are theattendants ? Which are the sacrificial vessels ? What are the oblations ? Which isthe altar ? Which is the interior of the altar ? Which is the wooden container (for thesoma juice) ? Which is the chariot ? Which is the sacrificial animal ? Who is theofficiating priest ? Who is the invoking priest ? Who is the assistant of the Chiefpriest ? Who is the assistant of the Adhvaryu ? Who is the first chanter ? Who is theassistant of the Hotir ? Who sings the Sama songs aloud ? Which is the libation to(Agni) ? Who is the assistant of the Brahma priest ? What are the Darbha grass ?Which is the ladle ? Which is the container of the ghee ? Which are the two gheeofferings ? Which are the two parts of the ghee ? What are the preliminary offerings? What are the final sacrifices ? Which is the Ida libation (in between the two) ?What is recitation ? What is the Samyorvaka formula ? Which are the four Ajyaoblations ? Which is the sacrificial post ? Which is the cord ? Which are the Ishtis(oblations of butter, fruits, etc.,) ? What is the sacrificial fee ? What is the ritual bathafter the sacrifice ?

22. In the bodily sacrifice, unadorned by the cord round the sacrificial post, thesacrificer is the self; (his) wife is the intellect. The great officiating priests are theVedas. The ego is the Adhvaryu. The mind-stuff is the invoking priest. Prana is theassistant of the chief priest; Apana is the assistant of the Adhvaryu. Vyana is thefirst chanter. Udana is the loud Sama singer. Samana is the assistant of Hotir. Thebody is the altar. The nose is the interior of the altar. The crest is the woodencontainer. The foot is the chariot. The right hand is the ladle. The left hand is thecontainer of the ghee. The ears are the two ghee offerings. The eyes are the twoparts of the ghee. The neck is the libation. The Tanmatras are the assistant of theBrahma Priest. The great elements are the attendants. Gunas are thesupplementary offerings. The tongue is the final sacrifices. Teeth and lips are themiddle libation. The palate is the hymn-recitation. Memory is the Samyorvakaformula. Compassion, forbearance, non-violence are the four Ajya oblations (toSoma, etc.,). Om is the sacrificial post. Desire is the cord. Mind is the chariot. Lust isthe sacrificial animal. The hair is the Darbha grass. The sense organs are thesacrificial vessels. The organs of action are the oblations. Non-violence is the Ishtis.Renunciation is the sacrificial fee. The post-sacrificial bath (follows) from death. Inthis body are stationed all the divinities.

23. (Either) one dies in Benares (or) the Brahmana who reads this (Upanishad)achieves liberation in one life: This is the secret doctrine.


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Om ! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both together;

May we work conjointly with great energy,

May our study be vigorous and effective;

May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).

Om ! Let there be Peace in me !

Let there be Peace in my environment !

Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !

Here ends the Pranagnihotropanishad belonging to the Krishna-Yajur-Veda.

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