Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 5.2
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka 5.2.1
(दमदानदयेति त्रिकोपदेशब्राह्मणम्)
त्रयाः प्राजापत्याः प्रजापतौ पितरि ब्रह्मचर्यमूषुः ।
देवा मनुष्या असुराः ।
उषित्वा ब्रह्मचर्यं देवा ऊचुर्ब्रवीतु नो भवानिति ।
तेभ्यो हैतदक्षरमुवाच द इति ।
व्यज्ञासिष्टा३ इति ।
व्यज्ञासिष्मेति होचुः ।
दाम्यतेति न आत्थेति ।
ओमिति होवाच व्यज्ञासिष्टेति ॥ ५.२.१ ॥
This is the brāhmaṇa of the threefold teaching: self-restraint (dama), giving (dāna), and compassion (dayā). The three offspring of Prajāpati — gods, humans and demons — lived as students with their father Prajāpati. Having completed their student life, the gods said, "Please speak to us." He told them one syllable, "da". "Have you understood?" "We have understood," they said. "You say: restrain yourselves." "Yes," he said, "you have understood."
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 5.2.2
अथ हैनं मनुष्या ऊचुर्ब्रवीतु नो भवानिति ।
तेभ्यो हैतदेवाक्षरमुवाच द इति ।
व्यज्ञासिष्टा३ इति ।
व्यज्ञासिष्मेति होचुः ।
दत्तेति न आत्थेति ।
ओमिति होवाच व्यज्ञासिष्टेति ॥ ५.२.२ ॥
Then the humans said to him, "Please speak to us." He told them the same single syllable, "da". "Have you understood?" "We have understood," they said. "You say: give." "Yes," he said, "you have understood."
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 5.2.3
अथ हैनमसुरा ऊचुर्ब्रवीतु नो भवानिति ।
तेभ्यो हैतदेवाक्षरमुवाच द इति ।
व्यज्ञासिष्टा३ इति ।
व्यज्ञासिष्मेति होचुः ।
दयध्वमिति न आत्थेति ।
ओमिति होवाच व्यज्ञासिष्टेति ।
तदेतदेवैषा दैवी वागनुवदति स्तनयित्नुर्द द द इति ।
दम्यत दत्त दयध्वमिति ।
तदेतत्त्रयं शिक्षेद्दमं दानं दयामिति ॥ ५.२.३ ॥
Then the demons said to him, "Please speak to us." He told them the same single syllable, "da". "Have you understood?" "We have understood," they said. "You say: be compassionate." "Yes," he said, "you have understood." This divine voice, the thundering cloud, repeats, "da da da": restrain yourselves (damyata), give (datta), be compassionate (dayadhvam). Therefore one should practise these three: self-restraint, giving, and compassion.