Taittirīya Upaniṣad · 6
भूरित्यग्नौ प्रतितिष्ठति । भुव इति वायौ । सुवरित्यादित्ये । मह इति ब्रह्मणि । आप्नोति स्वाराज्यम् । आप्नोति मनसस्पतिम् । वाक्पतिश्चक्षुष्पतिः । श्रोत्रपतिर्विज्ञानपतिः । एतत्ततो भवति । आकाशशरीरं ब्रह्म । सत्यात्म प्राणारामं मन आनन्दम् । शान्तिसमृद्धममृतम्
bhūrityagnau pratitiṣṭhati | bhuva iti vāyau | suvarityāditye | maha iti brahmaṇi | āpnoti svārājyam | āpnoti manasaspatim | vākpatiścakṣuṣpatiḥ | śrotrapatirvijñānapatiḥ | etattato bhavati | ākāśaśarīraṃ brahma | satyātma prāṇārāmaṃ mana ānandam | śāntisamṛddhamamṛtam
Established in Agni as Bhūḥ, in Vāyu as Bhuvaḥ, in Āditya as Suvaḥ, in Brahman as Mahaḥ. He attains sovereign independence; attains the lord of the mind, the lord of speech, the lord of sight, the lord of hearing, the lord of intelligence. Then he becomes this — Brahman whose body is space, whose nature is truth, whose delight is life, whose mind is bliss, who is full of peace, who is immortal.
This culminating anuvāka describes the fruit of the contemplation of the Vyāhṛtis. The contemplator who traverses the three worlds through the respective devas, finally establishes himself in Brahman itself — becoming svārājya, the independent lord who governs his own kingdom.
But beyond even this sovereignty over the worlds, he becomes the lord of all the senses — not only his own, but of all beings. This is the experience of the jīvan-mukta, who remains in the body but is no longer limited by it.
The final description of Brahman contains essential attributes:
- Ākāśa-śarīra: body of space — subtle, all-pervading
- Satya-ātma: nature of truth — that which truly is
- Prāṇārāma: delight in life — the source of all vitality
- Mana ānandam: mind of bliss — inherent joy
- Śānti-samṛddha: full of peace — transcendence of agitation
- Amṛta: immortal — beyond death
This is the meditation that leads to Brahma-loka and eventually to complete liberation.