The Upanisads

The expressions and treatment in this work may at places appear to be complex or involved, though to a careful reader or one having some faith and grooming, they may be clear enough. Apart from the complexities of the subject-matter itself and my own limitations, these may chiefly be due to the fact that I have been rather fastidious towards the texts and tried to be honest to them, perhaps more honest than I should have been in the interest of good poetry. It has none the less been intended to be a blissful poetry as true to the sacred texts of inspired utterances as I could possibly make it. And it had to be poetry as the revelations are the product of a poetic approach of the Ultimate Reality. For the convenience of more serious readers and for facilitating comparative study, proper reference and may be, meditations, I have included the full Samskrta Texts hoping it would add to the authenticity and value of this volume. It may be necessary to add here that with reference to the Hindi version and English annotations have been separately and independently conceived. The latter may therefore some times appear to differ in perception and purport. But the difference is more apparent than real and they may be considered to be supplementary and complementary in nature.