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मन्त्र ९ [VI.i.9] चक्षुर्होच्चक्राम ।तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्याऽऽगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति ।ते होचुर् यथान्धा अपश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण विद्वाँसो मनसा प्रजायमाना रेतसैवमजीविष्मेति ।प्रविवेश ह चक्षुः
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mantra 9 ##[VI.i.9]## chakShurhochchakrAma | tatsaMvatsaraM proShyA.a.agatyovAcha kathamashakata madR^ite jIvitumiti | te hochur yathAndhA apashyantashchakShuShA prANantaH prANena vadanto vAchA shR^iNvantaH shrotreNa vidvA{\m+}so manasA prajAyamAnA retasaivamajIviShmeti | pravivesha ha chakShuH
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The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing with the eye, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear,…
ग्रपनी उक्करृष्टताकीौ परीक्षाके लिये वाक्का त॒ एवमुक्ता ब्रह्मणा प्राणा ब्रह्यादारा इस प्रकार कह जाने- 6 पर उन प्राणोँने अपने प्राक्रमकी “ पहले वाकूने उत्रमण किपा । उसने एक वतक बाहर रहकर लोटकर कहा-भेरे बिना तुम कंसे जीवित रह सके थे ? यह् सुनकर उन्होने कहा, “जसे सूक पुरुष वाणीस न बोलते हए भी प्राणसे प्राणक्रिया
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The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing with the eye, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.' Then the eye entered in.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ९ [VI.i.9] चक्षुर्होच्चक्राम । तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्याऽऽगत्योवाच कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति । ते होचुर् यथान्धा अपश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण विद्वाँसो मनसा प्रजायमाना रेतसैवमजीविष्मेति । प्रविवेश ह चक्षुः
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing with the eye, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.' Then the eye entered in.
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing with the eye, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear,…
Sense: The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing with the eye, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
ग्रपनी उक्करृष्टताकीौ परीक्षाके लिये वाक्का त॒ एवमुक्ता ब्रह्मणा प्राणा ब्रह्यादारा इस प्रकार कह जाने- 6 पर उन प्राणोँने अपने प्राक्रमकी “ पहले वाकूने उत्रमण किपा। 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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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
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