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॥ इमाः सोम्य नद्यः पुरस्तात्प्राच्यः स्यन्दन्ते पश्चात्प्रतीच्यस्ताः समुद्रात्समुद्रमेवापियन्ति स समुद्र एव भवति ता यथा तत्र न विदुरियमहमस्मीयमहमस्मीति
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|| imAH somya nadyaH purastAtprAchyaH syandante pashchAtpratIchyastAH samudrAtsamudramevApiyanti sa samudra eva bhavati tA yathA tatra na viduriyamahamasmIyamahamasmIti
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
'These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Gangâ) toward the east, the western (like the Sindhu) toward the west. They go from sea to sea (i. e. the clouds lift up the water from the sea to the sky, and send it back as rain to the sea). They become indeed sea.…
फिर जिस समय उसकी वाणी मनम रन् ध जाती ह तथा मन प्रणमे, पराण तेन जोर तेजन परदेवतामे लीन हो जाता है तब वह नहीं परस्यां देवतायां तेजसि सम्प- परदेवतां तेजके रीन हो जने- न्नेञ्थन जानाति । पर फिर यह नहीं पह चानता । कितु सत्सम्पततिक्रमः जो अविद्वान् होता है वद तो सते आत्मा तत्वमसि उवेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवा
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
'These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Gangâ) toward the east, the western (like the Sindhu) toward the west. They go from sea to sea (i. e. the clouds lift up the water from the sea to the sky, and send it back as rain to the sea). They become indeed sea. And as those rivers, when they are in the sea, do not know, I am this or that river,
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
परम्परागत भाष्यTraditional commentaryTraditional Commentary (परम्परागत भाष्य)परम्परागत भाष्य
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ इमाः सोम्य नद्यः पुरस्तात्प्राच्यः स्यन्दन्ते पश्चात्प्रतीच्यस्ताः समुद्रात्समुद्रमेवापियन्ति स समुद्र एव भवति ता यथा तत्र न विदुरियमहमस्मीयमहमस्मीति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Gangâ) toward the east, the western (like the Sindhu) toward the west. They go from sea to sea (i. e. the clouds lift up the water from the sea to the sky, and send it back as rain to the sea). They become indeed sea. And as those rivers, when they are in the sea, do not know, I am this or that river,
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Gangâ) toward the east, the western (like the Sindhu) toward the west. They go from sea to sea (i. e. the clouds lift up the water from the sea to the sky, and send it back as rain to the sea). They become indeed sea.…
Sense: 'These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Gangâ) toward the east, the western (like the Sindhu) toward the west. They go from sea to sea (i. e. the clouds lift up the water from the sea to the sky, and send it back as rain to the sea). They become indeed sea.…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
फिर जिस समय उसकी वाणी मनम रन् ध जाती ह तथा मन प्रणमे, पराण तेन जोर तेजन परदेवतामे लीन हो जाता है तब वह नहीं परस्यां देवतायां तेजसि सम्प- परदेवतां तेजके रीन हो जने- न्नेञ्थन जानाति। अवधान एक सीमित क्षमता है: जो विषय बार-बार मन में आता है, वही अगली क्रिया की दिशा बनता है। यह पंक्ति उसी मानसिक चयन को अपना विषय बनाती 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/chhandogya.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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