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मन्त्र ११ [VI.i.11] मनो होच्चक्राम ।तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्याऽऽगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति ।ते होचुर् यथा मुग्धा अविद्वाँसो मनसा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण प्रजायमाना रेतसैवमजीविष्मेति ।प्रविवेश ह मनः
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
mantra 11 ##[VI.i.11]## mano hochchakrAma | tatsaMvatsaraM proShyA.a.agatyovAcha kathamashakata madR^ite jIvitumiti | te hochur yathA mugdhA avidvA{\m+}so manasA prANantaH prANena vadanto vAchA pashyantashchakShuShA shR^iNvantaH shrotreNa prajAyamAnA retasaivamajIviShmeti | pravivesha ha manaH
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like fools, not knowing with their mind, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, generating with seed.…
शरोवेने उक्क्रमण किया । उसने एक वषं बाहर रहकर लौटकर कलहा, तुम मेरे बिना केसे जीवित रह सके थे ?' वे बोले-“जिप्न ध्रकार बहरे आदमी कानोमे न सुनते हुए भो प्राणसे प्राणन करते, वाणीसे बोलते, नक्ता उक्रमण श्रौर परीक्षामे असफल होकर पुनः प्रवेश रवमराकत महते जीवितुमिति ते होचुर्यथा मुग्धा अवि. रचक्षुषा श्रृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण प्रजायमाना रेतसेवमजी-
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
'The altar, O Gautama, is this world ; the fuel is the earth itself, the smoke the fire, the light the night, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars. On that altar the Devas offer rain. From that oblation rises food.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ११ [VI.i.11] मनो होच्चक्राम । तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्याऽऽगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति । ते होचुर् यथा मुग्धा अविद्वाँसो मनसा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण प्रजायमाना रेतसैवमजीविष्मेति । प्रविवेश ह मनः
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'The altar, O Gautama, is this world ; the fuel is the earth itself, the smoke the fire, the light the night, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars. On that altar the Devas offer rain. From that oblation rises food.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like fools, not knowing with their mind, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, generating with seed.…
Sense: The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like fools, not knowing with their mind, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, generating with seed.…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
शरोवेने उक्क्रमण किया। धीमी और लंबी श्वास वेगस तंत्रिका को सक्रिय कर हृदय की गति और भय-प्रतिक्रिया को शांत करती है। यह पंक्ति उसी श्वास-मन संबंध को कहती 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
- Translations
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- Explanation, reflection, research
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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- Licence note (as recorded)
- Sanskrit mūla — public domain. Digitized by sanskritdocuments.org.
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