Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4,4.24
॥
Devanāgarī
सः वा एषः महान् अजः आत्मा अन्नादः वसुदानः विन्दते वसु यः एवम् वेद
Transliteración (IAST)
saḥ vā eṣaḥ mahān ajaḥ ātmā annādaḥ vasudānaḥ vindate vasu yaḥ evam veda
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सःsaḥhe; that one
वाvātruly; surely
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
महान्mahāngreat; vast
अजःajaḥunborn; without birth
आत्माātmāthe self; the ātman
अन्नादःannādaḥthe eater of food (anna-ada); the consumer of food; an eater of food
वसुदानःvasudānaḥthe giver of wealth (vasu-dāna); bestowing good things; the giver of wealth
विन्दतेvindatehe obtains (from √vid); finds; obtains
वसुvasuwealth (vasu); the good; wealth
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवम्evamthus; in this way
वेदvedaknows; realises
Traducción
This great unborn ātman is the eater of food, the giver of wealth. He who knows thus obtains wealth.
Versión
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A short additional verse with two titles of abundance: annādaḥ — "the eater of food" (everything eaten in every being is in the last resort eaten by Him — recall "the eater of all", Aditi, 1.2.5) — and vasudānaḥ — "the giver of wealth": everything that anyone has ever received was issued from His hand.
And a modest promise: the knower "obtains wealth" — not because knowledge converts into coin, but because one who has recognised the Giver stops standing with his back to the source. The Upaniṣad does not disdain the earthly fruit: the Lord of all is the lord of sufficiency too; poverty of spirit is under no obligation to keep an empty barn.