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मन्त्र २४ [IV.Ii.24] यद्वै तन्न जिघ्रति जिघ्रन्वै तन्न जिघ्रति न हि घ्रातुर्घ्रातेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वान् न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यज्जिघ्रेत्
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mantra 24 ##[IV.Ii.24]## yadvai tanna jighrati jighranvai tanna jighrati na hi ghrAturghrAterviparilopo vidyate.avinAshitvAn na tu taddvitIyamasti tato.anyadvibhaktaM yajjighret
मोक्षका स्वरूप प्रदित करनैमे सीसे मिले हुए पुरुषका दृष्टान्त कारकफलशून्यम्, स प्रत्यक्ततो निदिश्यते, यत्राविचाकामक्- तदेतद् वा अरस्य श्पम्- इसका यह् रूप, जो कि सर्वात्म- यः सर्वार्मभावः “सोऽस्य भाव एवं “यहु इसका परम लोक परमो लोकः इत्युक्तः-- है" इस प्रकार कहा गया है, वह सुषि ग्रात्माकी निःस्धं प्रौर निःशोक स्थितिका वर्णन वियाकामफमविनिषुक्त इत्यु- जिसका प्रकरण चल रहा है,
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'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not smell, yet he is smelling, though he does not smell. For smelling is inseparable from the smeller, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could smell.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र २४ [IV.Ii.24] यद्वै तन्न जिघ्रति जिघ्रन्वै तन्न जिघ्रति न हि घ्रातुर्घ्रातेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वान् न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यज्जिघ्रेत्
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not smell, yet he is smelling, though he does not smell. For smelling is inseparable from the smeller, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could smell.
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not smell, yet he is smelling, though he does not smell. For smelling is inseparable from the smeller, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could smell.
Sense: 'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not smell, yet he is smelling, though he does not smell. For smelling is inseparable from the smeller, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could smell.
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मोक्षका स्वरूप प्रदित करनैमे सीसे मिले हुए पुरुषका दृष्टान्त कारकफलशून्यम्, स प्रत्यक्ततो निदिश्यते, यत्राविचाकामक्- तदेतद् वा अरस्य श्पम्- इसका यह् रूप, जो कि सर्वात्म- यः…। देह के पदार्थ बदलते रहते हैं, पर जानने का बोध बना रहता है। यह पंक्ति उसी अंतर को कहती है — जो बदलता है वह आवरण है, जो जानता है वह निरंतर है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
- sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/brihadaaraNyaka.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
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