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अन्नमिति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतन्यन्नमेव प्रतिहरमाणानि जीवन्ति सैषा देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रत्यहरिष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति तथोक्तस्य मयेति
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annamiti hovAcha sarvANi ha vA imAni bhUtanyannameva pratiharamANAni jIvanti saiShA devatA pratihAramanvAyattA tAM chedavidvAnpratyahariShyo mUrdhA te vyapatiShyattathoktasya mayeti tathoktasya mayeti
तान्होवाचेहैव मा पात दाल्भ्यो गावो वा सेत्रेय स्वाध्यायसे संतुष्ट हो उस शण्ड १९ 1 काङ्करमाष्याथ १४१ उनसे उस ( शेत श्वान ) ने कहा--“तुम परातःकार यहीं मेरे पाच जाना ! ठव दारभ्य बक अथवा मेत्रेय ग्छाव उनकी प्रतीक्षा करता = छोटे-छोटे कुत्तौसे कहा- वम प्रातः- ता्॒नकाञ्ुन॒इवास्ममेव कार इसी स्थानपर मेरे पास आना। प्समीयातः इसत ॒करियापदमें दीर्धपाठ
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He said: 'Food (anna). For all these beings live when they partake of food. This is the deity belonging to the pratihâra. If, without knowing that deity, you had sung your hymns, your head would have fallen off, after you had been warned by me 1 .'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
अन्नमिति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतन्यन्नमेव प्रतिहरमाणानि जीवन्ति सैषा देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रत्यहरिष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति तथोक्तस्य मयेति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
He said: 'Food (anna). For all these beings live when they partake of food. This is the deity belonging to the pratihâra. If, without knowing that deity, you had sung your hymns, your head would have fallen off, after you had been warned by me 1 .'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: He said: 'Food (anna). For all these beings live when they partake of food. This is the deity belonging to the pratihâra. If, without knowing that deity, you had sung your hymns, your head would have fallen off, after you had been warned by me 1 .'
Sense: He said: 'Food (anna). For all these beings live when they partake of food. This is the deity belonging to the pratihâra. If, without knowing that deity, you had sung your hymns, your head would have fallen off, after you had been warned by me 1 .'
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
तान्होवाचेहैव मा पात दाल्भ्यो गावो वा सेत्रेय स्वाध्यायसे संतुष्ट हो उस शण्ड १९ 1 काङ्करमाष्याथ १४१ उनसे उस ( शेत श्वान ) ने कहा--“तुम परातःकार यहीं मेरे पाच जाना ! ठव दारभ्य बक…। 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/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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