सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्।
अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।
Mahā Upaniṣad exists in two versions, one attached to the Atharvaveda in some anthologies and another attached to the Sāmveda. The Atharvaveda version is shorter, and in prose. The Sāmveda version is partly in poetic verses.
The very first Shlokā of this Upaniṣad itself says to whome this text is dedicated;
यन्महोपनिषद्वेद्यं चिदाकाशतया स्थितम् ।
परमाद्वैतसाम्राज्यं तद्रामब्रह्म मे गतिः ॥
( Mahā-Upaniṣad 1.1 )
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