Upanishads

Avyakta Upanishad

Samaveda
Upanishad group – Vaishnava

Oh! May my limbs and speech, prana, eyes, ears, life force
And all the senses grow in strength.
All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads.
May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me.
May there be no denial at all:
May there be no denial at least from me.
May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me,
Who is devoted to the Atman; let them abide in me.
Om! Let there be peace in me!
Let there be peace in my surroundings!
Let there be peace in the forces that act upon me!

The three states of evolution in the beginning were avyakta (indefinite), mahat-tattva (definite indefinite) and ahamkara (definite). For each of them is a sukta.

Avyakta – Naasadiya-sukta

Mahat-tattva – Hiranyagarbha-sukta

Ahamkara – Purusha-sukta

NAASADIYA-SUKTA

Then there was neither anything nor nothing, neither air nor sky beyond.

What covered everything? Where did everything rest? In the deep abyss of water?

There was no death then, no immortality, no alternation of night and day.

He breathed calmly, self-sufficient; nothing else lay beyond it.

The darkness hidden in the darkness existed first – one sea, eluding the view.

He who was emptiness, shrouded in chaos, grew from within all the time.

In him first arose desire, the primordial germ of mind,

which nothing connects to existence, as centuries of searching (for an answer to this question) show.

The blazing beam that pierced the darkness and gloom -

was it below or high above? What reader can answer this question?

There were found fertilizing forces, and mighty forces fought -

Self-sustaining mass below, and energy above.

Who knows and who said whence this vast creation arose?

No gods were born. Who then can ever reveal the truth,

whence this world came into being, whether by divine hand or not -

Only its (this world's) lord in heaven can tell, if he can show it.

Oh! Let my limbs and speech, prana, eyes, ears, life force
And all the senses grow in strength.
All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads.
Let me never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me.
Let there be no negation at all:
Let there be no negation at least from me.
Let the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me,
Who is devoted to the Atman; let them abide in me.
Om! Let there be peace in me!
Let there be peace in my surroundings!
Let there be peace in the forces that act on me!

Thus ends the Avyakta Upanishad, belonging to the Samaveda.