Brhadaranyaka Upanishad is the ancient and elementary or 'Mukhya' part of Upanishad. It is related to the Shukla Yajur Veda. The Brhdaranyaka Upanishad is the secondary extraction of the Brahamana text. It is a commentary on Purusha Sukta of the Vedas. It contains metaphors, symbolism and imagery for describing the nature of Reality. The third chapter of part Six of Brhadaranyaka Upanishad deals with the rites for the attainment of wealth. A person who wishes to accomplish greatness and the wealth to perform sacrificial rites follows certain rules. On an auspicious day when the sun moves to the north of the light half of the moon, he must take a vow for twelve days named Upavashad. He also needs to gather and mix together all kinds of herbs and fruits in a shell-shaped vessel or in a spoon, after he has sprinkled with water the place of offering, placed the cow dung, lighted the fire, spread the kusa grass, cleaned the covered ghee and taken the mixture at the time of a male star. He, then, performs the offering. During the sacrificial offerings he chants some mantras. He, then, offers an oblation in fire and drops the remaining ghee to the ladle drip in the churning vessel. He offers sacrifice in the name of the eldest, the vital breath, the organ of speech, the eye, the ear, the mind, the organ of generation. He continues his sacrifice by pouring ghee into the vessel and reciting names of fire, moon, earth, sky, heaven, Brahmin, Kshatriya, of the past, present and future and universe. He finally offers ghee in the name of all that exists in the universe. He also takes the name of Prajapati. By touching the paste he addresses it being the vital breath, the fire, the infinite as Brahman and the sky. It is the one who is the death and into which all things merge. Bay reciting some mantras he raises the paste and then also eats the paste. He chants the Gayatri Mantra and then eats all that is left of the paste. Next he washes his hands and lies down behind the fire with his head to the east. The following day in the morning he salutes the sun. Then he returns the way he went, sits behind the fire and repeats the line of teachers. Uddalaka, the son of Aruna, taught this to his pupil Vijasaneya Yajnavalkya who then taught this to Madhuka, the son of Paingi. Madhuka then taught this to his pupil Chula, the son of Bhagavitta. He next taught this to Chula, the son of Bhagavitta, taught this to his disciple Janaki, the son of Ayasthuna who taught his pupil Satyakama, the son of Jabala. Satyakama, the son of Jabala finally taught this to his pupils.
Finally before completing the sacrifice four articles are made of fig wood. These are the sacrificial ladle, the bowl, the fuel and the two mixing rods. Ten cultivated grains like rice, barley, sesamum, beans, millet (anu), panic seeds (priyangu), wheat, lentils, pulse and vetch are taken and then crushed. The crushed grains are soaked in curds, honey and clarified butter and offered as an oblation.
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