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मन्त्र ४ [III.ix.4] कतमे रुद्रा इति ।दशेमे पुरुषे प्राणा आत्मैकादशस् ते यदाऽस्माच्छरीरान्मर्त्यादुत्क्रामन्त्य् उत्क्रामन्ति अथ रोदयन्ति तद्यद्रोदयन्ति तस्माद्रुद्रा इति
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mantra 4 ##[III.ix.4]## katame rudrA iti | dasheme puruShe prANA AtmaikAdashas te yadA.asmAchCharIrAnmartyAdutkrAmanty utkrAmanti atha rodayanti tadyadrodayanti tasmAdrudrA iti
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He asked: 'Who are the Rudras?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñânendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Âtman , as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti),…
॥ . वल्वयसे कहा-- भें तुमसे दो प्रन होवाच-अहंवेसखाल्नां दो पद्गी' एेसा इसका अस्वय है । वे प्रश्नौ ्रष्यामीत्यनुषेञ्यते; कौ प्रन कौनसे है ? एेसी जिज्ञासा वह् बोली, है याज्ञवल्क्य ! जो दयुलोकसे ऊपर है, जो पृथिवीसे नीचे हे ओर जो द्युलोक ओर पृथिवीके मध्यमे है ओर स्वयं भीजोये चलोक ओर पृथिवी हैँ तथा जिन्हं भृत, वतंमान ओर भविष्य-इष प्रकार कहुते होवाच --पदृध्वंषुपरि वह बोली, जो चुलोकखूप क अण्डकपालसे ऊध्वं-ऊपर है ओर दिवःच्रण्डकपरालाद् यचावागधः जो पृथिवीसे यानी इस
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He asked: 'Who are the Rudras?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñânendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Âtman , as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti), and because they make us cry, they are called Rudras.'
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ४ [III.ix.4] कतमे रुद्रा इति । दशेमे पुरुषे प्राणा आत्मैकादशस् ते यदाऽस्माच्छरीरान्मर्त्यादुत्क्रामन्त्य् उत्क्रामन्ति अथ रोदयन्ति तद्यद्रोदयन्ति तस्माद्रुद्रा इति
Literal translation
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He asked: 'Who are the Rudras?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñânendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Âtman , as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti), and because they make us cry, they are called Rudras.'
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Sense: He asked: 'Who are the Rudras?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñânendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Âtman , as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti),…
Sense: He asked: 'Who are the Rudras?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñânendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Âtman , as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti),…
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॥ . वल्वयसे कहा-- भें तुमसे दो प्रन होवाच-अहंवेसखाल्नां दो पद्गी' एेसा इसका अस्वय है। अनुभव तब स्पष्ट होता है जब उसे किसी एक घटना का आकस्मिक संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह देखा जाए। यह पंक्ति उसी नियम को इस प्रसंग में रखती है।
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