Upanishad Series No.7 Taittiriya-Upantshdd With Sanskrit Text, Paraphrase with word-for- word Literal Translation, English Rendering and Comments. ~ BY SWAMI SHARVANANDA. PUBLISHED BY THE RAMAKRISHNA MATH MYLAPORE, MADRAS. 1921 All Rights Reserned} (Price 13 Annas.TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD. INTRODUCTION, The Upanishad has been so named because 1t forms a part uf the Taittiriya Aranyaka of the Krishna Yayur Veda, [aittiriya Aranyaka itself forms the jatter part of the Taittirlya Branmana and _ this Upanishad constitutes the seventh, cighth and ninth frapathasas of the said Aranyaka. The Taittiriya recension of the Krishna Yayur Veda got ils nomenclature from the tradition that when "the ‘great sage Yajnavalkya was asked by his offended’ Gura to return back the Veda which the former had studied under him, Yajnavalkya threw it out, and other Rishis taking the forms of Tiftir:s (partridges) swallow- ed the Veda thus thrown out. This Upanishad is the most popular of all other smaller Upanishads, chiefly owing to the fact that it is still chanted with proper swarams and intonations by Brahmins in all parts of India, which forms one of che main feaures of Hindu religious ceremonies, Moreover it speaks of the rules of conduct beginning from the student life up to the fourth Ashrama i.e, Sannyasa life, in well-ordered, graduated manner revealing the depth of significance of each stage and its