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मन्त्र ८ [vi.I.8] वाग्घोच्चक्राम ।सा संवत्सरं प्रोष्या।आ।आगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति ।ते होचुऱ् यथाऽकला अवदन्तो वाचा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण विद्वाँसो मनसा प्रजायमाना रेतसैवमजीविष्मेति ।प्रविवेश ह वाक्
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mantra 8 ##[vi.I.8]## vAgghochchakrAma | sA saMvatsaraM proShyA.A.AgatyovAcha kathamashakata madR^ite jIvitumiti | te hochuR yathA.akalA avadanto vAchA prANantaH prANena pashyantashchakShuShA shR^iNvantaH shrotreNa vidvA{\m+}so manasA prajAyamAnA retasaivamajIviShmeti | pravivesha ha vAk
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The tongue (speech) 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 unto people, not speaking with the tongue, but breathing with breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear,…
ग्रपनी श्रष्ठताके लिये विवाद करते हुए वागादि प्राणका ब्रह्याके पास जाना श्रौरब्रह्याद्रारा उसका निणंय करनेके लिये ते हेमे प्राणा अहभ्रेयसे विवदमाना ब्ह्य वेयेप्राण “श्रेष्ट ह मै श्रेष्ठ हैः इस प्रकार विवाद करते हृए ब्रह्माके पास गये । उससे बोले हममे कौन वसिष्ठ है ?' उसने कहा, तुममेसे जिसके उत््रमण करनेपर ( शरीरसे अलग हो जानेपर ) यह शरीर अपने- रयसेऽहं श्रेयानिसेतःमे प्रयो- रेभे शठ हूः इस परयो गनके जनाय बिददमाना विरुद्धं बद्- लिये आपसमे विवाद करते हृए-- माना बह्म जगत्य गत्वन्तो एक दसरेके विषुढ बोलते हए
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The tongue (speech) 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 unto people, not speaking with the tongue, but breathing with breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.' Then speech entered in.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ८ [vi.I.8] वाग्घोच्चक्राम । सा संवत्सरं प्रोष्या।आ।आगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति । ते होचुऱ् यथाऽकला अवदन्तो वाचा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण विद्वाँसो मनसा प्रजायमाना रेतसैवमजीविष्मेति । प्रविवेश ह वाक्
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
The tongue (speech) 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 unto people, not speaking with the tongue, but breathing with breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.' Then speech entered in.
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Simple explanation
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Sense: The tongue (speech) 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 unto people, not speaking with the tongue, but breathing with breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear,…
Sense: The tongue (speech) 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 unto people, not speaking with the tongue, but breathing with breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
ग्रपनी श्रष्ठताके लिये विवाद करते हुए वागादि प्राणका ब्रह्याके पास जाना श्रौरब्रह्याद्रारा उसका निणंय करनेके लिये ते हेमे प्राणा अहभ्रेयसे विवदमाना ब्ह्य वेयेप्राण “श्रेष्ट ह मै…। 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।
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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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