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The Upanishads, Part II

By Max Müller

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Brihadâranyaka Upanishad II,6

SIXTH BRÂHMANA.
1. Now follows the stem 1:

1 . Pautimâshya from Gaupavana,
2. Gaupavana from Pautimâshya,
3. Pautimâshya from Gaupavana,
4. Gaupavana from Kausika,
5. Kausika from Kaundinya,
6. Kaundinya from Sândilya,
7. Sândilya from Kausika and Gautama,
8. Gautama

2. from Âgnivesya,

9. Âgnivesya from Sândilya and Ânabhimlâta,
10. Sândilya and Ânabhimlâta from Ânabhimlâta,
11. Ânabhimlâta from Ânabhimlâta,
12. Ânabhimlâta from Gautama,
13. Gautama from Saitava and Prâkînayogya,
14. Saitava and Prâkînayogya from Pârasarya,
15. Pârasarya from Bhâradvâga,
16. Bhâradvâga from Bhâradvâga and Gautama,
17. Gautama from Bharadvâga,

18. Bharadvâga from Pârâsarya,
19. Pârâsarya from Vaigavâpâyana,
20. Vaigavâpâyana from Kausikâyani,
21 1. Kausikâyani

3. from Ghritakausika,

22. Ghritakausika from Pârâsaryâyana,
23. Pârâsaryâyana from Pârâsarya,
24. Pârâsarya from Gâtûkarnya 2,
25. Gâtûkarnya from Âsurâyana and Yâska 3,
26. Âsurâyana and Yâska from Traivani,
27. Traivani from Aupagandhani,
28. Aupagandhani from Âsuri,
29. Âsuri from Bhâradvâga,
30. Bhâradvâga from Âtreya,
31. Âtreya from Mânti,
32. Mânti from Gautama,
33, Gautama from Gautama,
34. Gautama from Vâtsya,
35. Vâtsya from Sândilya,
36. Sândilya from Kaisorya Kâpya,
37. Kaisorya Kâpya from Kumârahârita,
38. Kumârahârita from Gâlava,
39. Gâlava from Vidarbhî-kaundinya,
40. Vidarbhî-kaundinya from Vatsanapât Bâbhrava,
41. Vatsanapât Bâbhrava from Pathi Saubhara,
42. Pathi Saubhara from Ayâsya Â?girasa,
43. Ayâsya Â?girasa from Âbhûti Tvâshtra,
44. Âbhûti Tvâshtra from Visvarûpa Tvâshtra,
45. Visvarûpa Tvâshtra from Asvinau,

46. Asvinau from Dadhyak Âtharvana,
47. Dadhyak Âtharvana from Atharvan Daiva,
48. Atharvan Daiva from Mrityu Prâdhvamsana,
49. Mrityu Prâdhvamsana from Prâdhvamsana,
50. Prâdhvamsana from Ekarshi,
51. Ekarshi from Viprakitti 1,
52. Viprakitti from Vyashti,
53. Vyashti from Sanâru,
54. Sanâru from Sanâtana,
55. Sanâtana from Sanaga,
56. Sanaga from Parameshthin,
57. Parameshthin from Brahman,
58. Brahman is Svayambhu, self-existent.
Adoration to Brahman 2.

Footnotes
118:1 The line of teachers and pupils by whom the Madhukânda (the fourth Brâhmana) was handed down. The Mâdhyandina-sâkhâ begins with ourselves, then 1. Saurpanâyya, 2. Gautama, 3. Vâtsya, 4. Vâtsya and Pârâsarya, 5. Sâ?kritya and Bhâradvâga, 6. Audavâhi and Sândilya, 7. Vaigavâpa and Gautama, 8. Vaigavâpâyana and Vaishtapureya, 9. Sândilya and Rauhinâyana, 10. Saunaka Âtreya, and Raibhya, 11. Pautimâshyâyana and Kaundinyâyana: 12. Kaundinya, 13. Kaundinya, 14. Kaundinya and Âgnivesya, 15. Saitava, 16. Pârâsarya, 17. Gâtukarnya, 18. Bhâradvâga, 19. Bhâradvâga, Âsurâyana, and Gautama, 20. Bhâradvâga, 21. Vaigavâpâyana. Then the same as the Kânvas to Gâtukarnya, who learns from Bhâradvâga, who learns from Bhâradvâga, Âsurâyana, and Yâska. Then Traivani &c. as in the Kânva-vamsa.

119:1 From here the Vamsa agrees with the Vamsa at the end of IV, 6.

119:2 Bhâradvâga, in Mâdhyandina text.

119:3 Bhâradvâga, Âsurâyana, and Yâska, in Mâdhyandina text.

120:1 Vipragitti, in Mâdhyandina text.

120:2 Similar genealogies are found Brih. Âr. Up. IV, 6, and VI, 5.