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मन्त्र १२ [VI.i.12] रेतो होच्चक्राम ।तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्याऽऽगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति ।ते होचुर् यथा क्लीबा अप्रजायमाना रेतसा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण विद्वाँसो मनसैवमजीविष्मेति ।प्रविवेश ह रेतः
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mantra 12 ##[VI.i.12]## reto hochchakrAma | tatsaMvatsaraM proShyA.a.agatyovAcha kathamashakata madR^ite jIvitumiti | te hochur yathA klIbA aprajAyamAnA retasA prANantaH prANena vadanto vAchA pashyantashchakShuShA shR^iNvantaH shrotreNa vidvA{\m+}so manasaivamajIviShmeti | pravivesha ha retaH
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The seed 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 impotent people, not generating with seed, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear,…
मनने उक्रमण किया । उसने एक वर्षं बाहुर रहकर लौटकर कहा, “तुम मेरे बिना कैसे जीवित रह् सक थे ? वे बोले, “जिस प्रकार युग्ब पुरुष मनसे न सममते हुए भी प्राणसे प्राणन करते, वाणीसे बोलते, रेतस्का उत्क्रमण ग्रौर परीक्षामें भ्रसफल होकर पुनः प्रवेश रेतो होच्चकाम तत् संवत्सरं प्रोष्यागत्योवाच कथमक्कत महते जीवितुमिति ते होचुयथा क्टीवा रेतसूने उच्छरमण किया । उसने एक वषं बाहर रहकर फिर लौटकर कहा, (तुम मेरे बिना कैसे जीवित रहं सके थे ?" वे बोले, “जिस प्रकार नपुसकं लोग रेतसे प्रजा उलन न करते हए भी प्राणसे प्राणन करे,
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'The altar, O Gautama, is man; the fuel the opened mouth, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear. On that altar the Devas offer food. From that oblation rises seed.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र १२ [VI.i.12] रेतो होच्चक्राम । तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्याऽऽगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति । ते होचुर् यथा क्लीबा अप्रजायमाना रेतसा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण विद्वाँसो मनसैवमजीविष्मेति । प्रविवेश ह रेतः
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'The altar, O Gautama, is man; the fuel the opened mouth, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear. On that altar the Devas offer food. From that oblation rises seed.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: The seed 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 impotent people, not generating with seed, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear,…
Sense: The seed 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 impotent people, not generating with seed, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
मनने उक्रमण 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
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- 2026-10-16
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