Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 5,13.2
॥
Devanāgarī
यजुः प्राणः वै यजुः प्राणे हि इमानि सर्वाणि भूतानि युज्यन्ते युज्यन्ते ह अस्मै सर्वाणि भूतानि श्रैष्ठ्याय यजुषः सायुज्यं सलोकतां जयति यः एवम् वेद
Transliteration (IAST)
yajuḥ prāṇaḥ vai yajuḥ prāṇe hi imāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni yujyante yujyante ha asmai sarvāṇi bhūtāni śraiṣṭhyāya yajuṣaḥ sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati yaḥ evam veda
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SanskritIASTMeaning
यजुःyajuḥthe yajus (yajus); the yajus; the yajus
प्राणःprāṇaḥthe prāṇa; the vital breath
वैvaitruly; indeed
यजुःyajuḥthe yajus (yajus); the yajus; the yajus
प्राणेprāṇein the prāṇa; in the vital breath
हिhiindeed; truly
इमानिimānithese; these very ones
सर्वाणिsarvāṇiall; every kind of
भूतानिbhūtānibeings; living beings
युज्यन्तेyujyantethey are yoked together (from √yuj, pass.); they are harnessed; they are joined
युज्यन्तेyujyantethey are yoked together (from √yuj, pass.); they are harnessed; they are joined
हhasurely; as is known
अस्मैasmaito him; for him
सर्वाणिsarvāṇiall; every kind of
भूतानिbhūtānibeings; living beings
श्रैष्ठ्यायśraiṣṭhyāyato pre-eminence (śraiṣṭhya, dat.); for the sake of primacy; to the first place
यजुषःyajuṣaḥof the yajus; of the sacrificial formula
सायुज्यंsāyujyaṃjunction; union
सलोकतांsalokatāṃdwelling in the same world; co-worldliness
जयतिjayatihe conquers; he conquers
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवम्evamthus; in this way
वेदvedaknows; realises
Translation
The yajus is the breath: for in the breath all these beings are joined (yujyante). For one who knows this all beings are joined, [setting him] at their head; he who knows this wins union with the yajus and its world.
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The second vidyā: the yajus, the sacrificial formula, is prāṇa, for in the breath all beings are "joined" (√yuj): life is the universal harness that binds the living into one (we saw prāṇa as the thread, the sūtra of the worlds — 3.7.2).
And the fruit is after the image: for the knower "all beings are joined for his pre-eminence" — the joiner becomes the head of the joined: to one who has understood the bonds of life, they serve as a crown and not as fetters.