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मन्त्र ९ [VI.I.9] असौ वै लोकोऽग्निर् गौतम ।तस्याऽऽदित्य एव समिद् रश्मयो धूमो ऽहरर्चिर् दिशोऽङ्गारा अवान्तरदिशो विस्फुलिङ्गास् तस्मिन्नेतस्मिन्नग्नौ देवाः श्रद्धां जुह्वति तस्या आहुत्यै सोमो राजा सम्भवति
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mantra 9 ##[VI.I.9]## asau vai loko.agnir gautama | tasyA.a.aditya eva samid rashmayo dhUmo .ahararchir disho.a~NgArA avAntaradisho visphuli~NgAs tasminnetasminnagnau devAH shraddhAM juhvati tasyA Ahutyai somo rAjA sambhavati
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
'The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven) ; the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. On that altar the Devas offer the sraddhâ libation (consisting of water ).…
उसने कहा, "गौतम ! वह् वर तो हैव वरोमेसे हे; तुम मनुष्यसम्बन्धी वरोमेसे कोई वर मांगो स॒ होवाच राजा हैवेषु वरेषु उस राजान कहा, गौतम ! तद् वै गौतम यस्त्वं प्राथयसे तुमजो वर मांगते हो, वहतो हैव मानुषाणामन्यतमं प्राथंथं वरोमेसे है । मनुष्यसम्बन्धी वरोमेसे
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'The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven) ; the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. On that altar the Devas offer the sraddhâ libation (consisting of water ). From that oblation rises Soma, the king (the moon).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ९ [VI.I.9] असौ वै लोकोऽग्निर् गौतम । तस्याऽऽदित्य एव समिद् रश्मयो धूमो ऽहरर्चिर् दिशोऽङ्गारा अवान्तरदिशो विस्फुलिङ्गास् तस्मिन्नेतस्मिन्नग्नौ देवाः श्रद्धां जुह्वति तस्या आहुत्यै सोमो राजा सम्भवति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven) ; the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. On that altar the Devas offer the sraddhâ libation (consisting of water ). From that oblation rises Soma, the king (the moon).
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven) ; the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. On that altar the Devas offer the sraddhâ libation (consisting of water ).…
Sense: 'The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven) ; the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. On that altar the Devas offer the sraddhâ libation (consisting of water ).…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
उसने कहा, "गौतम ! वह् वर तो हैव वरोमेसे हे; तुम मनुष्यसम्बन्धी वरोमेसे कोई वर मांगो स॒ होवाच राजा हैवेषु वरेषु उस राजान कहा, गौतम ! तद् वै गौतम यस्त्वं प्राथयसे तुमजो वर मांगत…। अनुभव तब स्पष्ट होता है जब उसे किसी एक घटना का आकस्मिक संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह देखा जाए। यह पंक्ति उसी नियम को इस प्रसंग में रखती 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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