Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad (Adhyāya 1)

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad belongs to the Śukla Yajurveda. Adhyāyas 1-2, called the Madhukāṇḍa (“Honey Section”) getting its name from the final segmen. This Manuscript contains first Adhyāya. It contains six brāhmaṇa(six sections). It convays the main teaching of advaita philosophy and nature of upadeśa. This chapters of the Madhukāṇḍa deals with the vedic rites, pravargya, which forms a part of the ritualistic section (karma-kāṇḍa) of the veda. The first section starts with meditation on the horse-sacrifice then the second section explains process of creation. The first adhyāya (chapter) consist Creation and Its Cause, Three aspects of the universe. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Shankara Bhashya translated by Swami Madhavananda, page 8 to 16 ,The Early Upaniṣads in Sanskrit and English Parallel Texts, Patrick Olivelle, page (15– 29). This manuscript is written in 10–11 lines per folio. Cover page contains title. The text contains red metric accents. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. The Ms. is dated saṃvat 1846 based on Ms. Coll. 390; Item 999 (f. 8a), a later section of the same manuscript. Scribe is Govinda Brahma. This Ms. is part of a larger manuscript that also contained Ms. Coll. 390; Items 995, 996, 997, 998, and 999.