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मन्त्र ३ [IV.Ii.3] अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य किञ्ज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इति ।चन्द्रमा एवास्य ज्योतिर्भवतीति चन्द्रमसैवायं ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीत्य् चन्द्रमसा एव अयम् ज्योतिषाऽऽस्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपर्येति इति एवमेवैतद् याज्ञवल्क्य
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mantra 3 ##[IV.Ii.3]## astamita Aditye yAj~navalkya ki~njyotirevAyaM puruSha iti | chandramA evAsya jyotirbhavatIti chandramasaivAyaM jyotiShAste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetIty chandramasA eva ayam jyotiShA.a.aste palyayate karma kurute viparyeti iti evamevaitad yAj~navalkya
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Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, what is then the light of man?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The moon indeed is his light; for, having the moon alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work,…
विदेहराज जनकने क्च नामक एक विशेष प्रकारके आसन से उठ- कर याज्ञवल्वयके समीप जाकर कहा, याज्ञवत्वय । ग्रापको नमस्कार है, मने उपदेश कीजिये ॥' उघ (याज्ञवसय) ने कठा, 'राजच् ! जिस प्रकार लंबे दक्षिणानेत्रस्थ इन्दरसंज्क पुरुषका परिचय परल्षिव्रसा इव हि दकाः ब्रल्यक्चद्रदः २ यह जो दक्षिण नेत्रम पुरुष हे, इन्ध नामवाला है, उसी इस पुरुषको इन्धो ह वे नासइन्ध हव्ये- "इन्धो ह् वै नाम--इन्ध' एसे पन्नामा, यशचक्षुवे ब्रह्मेति परोक्त नामवाला दे, चक्षु ही ब्रह्मद अआदित्यान्तगंतः पुरुषः स एष । इस प्रकार जिस आदित्यान्तगत
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Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, what is then the light of man?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The moon indeed is his light; for, having the moon alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'So indeed it is, O Yâgñavalkya.'
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ३ [IV.Ii.3] अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य किञ्ज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इति । चन्द्रमा एवास्य ज्योतिर्भवतीति चन्द्रमसैवायं ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीत्य् चन्द्रमसा एव अयम् ज्योतिषाऽऽस्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपर्येति इति एवमेवैतद् याज्ञवल्क्य
Literal translation
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Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, what is then the light of man?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The moon indeed is his light; for, having the moon alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'So indeed it is, O Yâgñavalkya.'
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Simple explanation
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Sense: Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, what is then the light of man?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The moon indeed is his light; for, having the moon alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work,…
Sense: Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, what is then the light of man?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The moon indeed is his light; for, having the moon alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
विदेहराज जनकने क्च नामक एक विशेष प्रकारके आसन से उठ- कर याज्ञवल्वयके समीप जाकर कहा, याज्ञवत्वय। 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।
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