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स ब्रूयात्नास्य जरयैतज्जीर्यति न वधेनास्य हन्यत एतत्सत्यं ब्रह्मपुरमस्मिकामाः समाहिताः एष आत्मापहतपाप्मा विजरो विमृत्युर्विशोको विजिघत्सोऽपिपासः सत्यकामः सत्यसंकल्पो यथा ह्येवेह प्रजा अन्वाविशन्ति यथानुशासनम् यं यमन्तमभिकामा भवन्ति यं जनपदं यं क्षेत्रभागं तं तमेवोपजीवन्ति
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sa brUyAtnAsya jarayaitajjIryati na vadhenAsya hanyata etatsatyaM brahmapuramasmikAmAH samAhitAH eSha AtmApahatapApmA vijaro vimR^ityurvishoko vijighatso.apipAsaH satyakAmaH satyasaMkalpo yathA hyeveha prajA anvAvishanti yathAnushAsanam yaM yamantamabhikAmA bhavanti yaM janapadaM yaM kShetrabhAgaM taM tamevopajIvanti
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Then he should say: 'By the old age of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) does not age; by the death of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) is not killed. That (the Brahman) is the true Brahma-city (not the body ). In it all desires are contained.…
इष्ड २ शाङ्करभाष्याथं जोर यदि वह भगिनीरोककी कामनावाा होता है तो उसके संकल्पते ही बहन वदँ उपस्थित हो नाती है । उर भगिनीकोकते स्तन अथ यदि सखिरोककामो भवति संकल्पादेवास्य सखायः समुत्तिष्ठन्ति तेन सखिरोकेन सम्पन्नोमहीयते।५। जौर दि वह सखाभकि रोककी कामनावाला होता है तो उसके अथ यदि गन्धमास्यरोककामो भवति संकल्पा- देवास्य गन्धमास्ये समुतिष्ठतस्तेन गन्धमाल्यरोकेन
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Then he should say: 'By the old age of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) does not age; by the death of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) is not killed. That (the Brahman) is the true Brahma-city (not the body ). In it all desires are contained. It is the Self, free from sin, free from old age, from death and grief, from hunger and thirst, which desires nothing but what it ought to desire, and imagines nothing but what it ought to imagine. Now as here on earth people follow as they are commanded, and depend on the object which they are attached to, be it a country or a piece of land,
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
स ब्रूयात्नास्य जरयैतज्जीर्यति न वधेनास्य हन्यत एतत्सत्यं ब्रह्मपुरमस्मिकामाः समाहिताः एष आत्मापहतपाप्मा विजरो विमृत्युर्विशोको विजिघत्सोऽपिपासः सत्यकामः सत्यसंकल्पो यथा ह्येवेह प्रजा अन्वाविशन्ति यथानुशासनम् यं यमन्तमभिकामा भवन्ति यं जनपदं यं क्षेत्रभागं तं तमेवोपजीवन्ति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Then he should say: 'By the old age of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) does not age; by the death of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) is not killed. That (the Brahman) is the true Brahma-city (not the body ). In it all desires are contained. It is the Self, free from sin, free from old age, from death and grief, from hunger and thirst, which desires nothing but what it ought to desire, and imagines nothing but what it ought to imagine. Now as here on earth people follow as they are commanded, and depend on the object which they are attached to, be it a country or a piece of land,
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: Then he should say: 'By the old age of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) does not age; by the death of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) is not killed. That (the Brahman) is the true Brahma-city (not the body ). In it all desires are contained.…
Sense: Then he should say: 'By the old age of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) does not age; by the death of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) is not killed. That (the Brahman) is the true Brahma-city (not the body ). In it all desires are contained.…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
इष्ड २ शाङ्करभाष्याथं जोर यदि वह भगिनीरोककी कामनावाा होता है तो उसके संकल्पते ही बहन वदँ उपस्थित हो नाती है। 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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- 2026-10-16
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