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ह्रींकारवेदोपनिषत् ।वेद्यन्ते ज्ञायन्ते सर्वे पदार्था अनेनेति वेद ।जात्येकवचनम् ।ह्रींकार एव वेद ।ज्ञापकत्वाविशेषात् ।तस्य उपनिषद्वेदान्तभाग लक्ष्यार्थोवा, तत् ब्रह्मोपनिषत्परमिति श्रुत ।कर्मोपासनाज्ञानकाण्डभेदेन चत्वाराऽपि वेदा त्रिप्रकारा ।'तमेत वेदानुवचनेन ब्राह्मणा विविदिषन्ति' इति वाक्येन ज्ञानसाधनतयाकर्मोपासनयो विनियुक्तत्वात् , 'अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽविद्यामुपासते ।ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायां रता ' इति श्रुत्या तदुभयो संसारफलकत्वेन निन्दितत्वाच्च,आत्मानं चेद्विजानीयादयमस्मीति पुरुष ।किमिच्छन् कस्य कामाय शरीरमनुसज्वरेत' ' आत्मकाम आप्तकाम' इत्यादिश्रुतिभ्य अद्वैतज्ञानोत्पादकवेदभागस्योपनिषच्छब्दवाच्यस्य मोक्षफलकत्वेनफलप्रतिपादनात्तदुभयप्रतिपादकवदभागापेक्षया श्रेष्ठत्वम् , लोके साधनापेक्षया फलस्य श्रेष्ठत्वेनोत्तमत्त्वप्रसिद्धे ।तथा च पूर्वकाण्डद्वयार्थस्य जन्यतयातत्प्रतिपादकवेदभागस्योपनिषन्छेषत्ववत् ह्रींकारस्यापि परदेवताप्रकाशकत्येन तच्छेषत्वात्तस्या प्राधान्यमुक्तमिति द्रष्टव्यम् ।वेदान्तेषूपनिषच्छब्द तज्जन्यतारूपशक्यसबन्धेन प्रवर्तते ।मुख्यया वृत्त्या तु ब्रह्मविद्यायामेव ।तथाहि-उप
In plain words
The Veda and Upaniṣad of the syllable hrīṃ. 'Veda' is that through which all things are known; the singular is used in a generic sense. The mantra hrīṃ is itself the Veda because it equally reveals truth. Its esoteric Upaniṣad or implied essence is declared by scripture to point directly to Brahman. The four Vedas are divided into three sections: ritual action, meditation, and knowledge. Ritual and meditation are prescribed merely as preparatory steps to knowledge, as stated by the text: 'Brahmins seek to know this Self through the study of the Vedas.' Moreover, scripture censures the mere pursuit of ritual and ordinary meditation as leading only to bondage, declaring: 'Into blind darkness enter those who worship ignorance, and into greater darkness those who delight in mere ritual knowledge.' On the other hand, texts like 'When a man realizes the Self as
Close to the Sanskrit
The Veda and Upaniṣad of hrīṃ. 'Veda' means that by which all objects are known and understood; the singular is used in a generic sense. The syllable hrīṃ itself is the Veda, because of the non-difference in its function of making known. Its secondary meaning or Upaniṣad portion is declared in śruti to be intent upon Brahman. The four Vedas are threefold, divided by the sections of ritual action, meditation, and knowledge. Since ritual action and meditation are prescribed as means to knowledge by the scriptural sentence, 'Brahmins desire to know this very Self through the recitation of the Vedas', and since the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad censures both of them as resulting only in transmigratory existence with the words, 'Into blind darkness enter those who worship avidya; into greater darkness as it were enter those who delight in vidyā', whereas texts such as 'If a person knows the Self as