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मन्त्र ७ [IV.i.7] यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्य् अब्रवीन्मे विदग्धः शाकल्यो हृदयं वै ब्रह्मेति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तच्छाकल्योऽब्रवीद् धृदयं वै ब्रह्मेत्य् अहृदयस्य हि किँ स्यादित्य् अब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठां ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्य् एकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।हृदयमेवाऽऽयतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा स्थितिरित्येनदुपासीत ।का स्थितिता याज्ञवल्क्य ।हृदयमेव सम्राड् इति होवाच हृदयं वै सम्राट् सर्वेषां भूतानामायतनँ हृदयं वै सम्राट्, सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा हृदये ह्येव सम्राट् सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रतिष्ठितानि भवन्ति हृदयं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनँ हृदयं जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।अप्येति देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।वैदेहस् स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति
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mantra 7 ##[IV.i.7]## yadeva te kashchidabravIt tachChR^iNavAmety abravInme vidagdhaH shAkalyo hR^idayaM vai brahmeti yathA mAtR^imAnpitR^imAnAchAryavAnbrUyAt tathA tachChAkalyo.abravId dhR^idayaM vai brahmety ahR^idayasya hi ki{\m+} syAdity abravIttu te tasyA.a.ayatanaM pratiShThAM {} | na me.abravIdity ekapAdvA etat samrAD iti | sa vai no brUhi yAj~navalkya | hR^idayamevA.a.ayatanam AkAshaH pratiShThA sthitirityenadupAsIta | kA sthititA yAj~navalkya | hR^idayameva samrAD iti hovAcha hR^idayaM vai samrAT sarveShAM bhUtAnAmAyatana{\m+} hR^idayaM vai samrAT, sarveShAM bhUtAnAM pratiShThA hR^idaye hyeva samrAT sarvANi bhUtAni pratiShThitAni bhavanti hR^idayaM vai samrAT paramaM brahma naina{\m+} hR^idayaM jahAti sarvANyenaM bhUtAnyabhikSharanti | apyeti devo bhUtvA devAnapyeti ya evaM vidvAnetadupAste | hastyR^iShabha{\m+} sahasraM dadAmIti hovAcha janako vaidehaH | vaidehas sa hovAcha yAj~navalkyaH pitA me.amanyata nAnanushiShya hareteti
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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Vidagdha Sâkalya told me that the heart (hridaya) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Vidagdha Sâkalya told me that the heart (hridaya) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Sâkalya tell you that the heart is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of certainty?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ७ [IV.i.7] यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्य् अब्रवीन्मे विदग्धः शाकल्यो हृदयं वै ब्रह्मेति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तच्छाकल्योऽब्रवीद् धृदयं वै ब्रह्मेत्य् अहृदयस्य हि किँ स्यादित्य् अब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठां । न मेऽब्रवीदित्य् एकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । हृदयमेवाऽऽयतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा स्थितिरित्येनदुपासीत । का स्थितिता याज्ञवल्क्य । हृदयमेव सम्राड् इति होवाच हृदयं वै सम्राट् सर्वेषां भूतानामायतनँ हृदयं वै सम्राट्, सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा हृदये ह्येव सम्राट् सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रतिष्ठितानि भवन्ति हृदयं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनँ हृदयं जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति । अप्येति देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । वैदेहस् स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति
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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Vidagdha Sâkalya told me that the heart (hridaya) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Sâkalya tell you that the heart is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of certainty?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'
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Sense: Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Vidagdha Sâkalya told me that the heart (hridaya) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
Sense: Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Vidagdha Sâkalya told me that the heart (hridaya) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
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