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बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

The great forest teaching

The largest of the principal Upanishads, source of 'Aham Brahmasmi'.
The Brihadaranyaka of the Shukla Yajurveda is the most extensive Upanishad, giving the mahavakya 'aham brahmāsmi' (I am Brahman), the dialogues of Yajnavalkya with Maitreyi and Gargi, and the prayer 'asato ma sad gamaya' — lead me from the unreal to the real.

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