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तौ ह द्वात्रिँशतं वर्षाणि ब्रह्मचर्यमूषतुस्तौ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच किमिच्छन्तावास्तमिति तौ होचतुर्य आत्मापहतपाप्मा विजरो विमृत्युर्विशोको विजिघत्सोऽपिपासः सत्यकामः सत्यसंकल्पः सोऽन्वेष्टव्यः स विजिज्ञासितव्यः स सर्वाँश्च लोकानाप्नोति सर्वाँश्च कामान्यस्तमात्मानमनुविद्य विजानातीति भगवतो वचो वेदयन्ते तमिच्छन्ताववास्तमिति
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They dwelt there as pupils for thirty-two years. Then Pragâpati asked them: 'For what purpose have you both dwelt here?' They replied: 'A saying of yours is being repeated, viz. "the Self which is free from sin, free from old age, from death and grief, from hunger and thirst,…
“जलपूे शकोरेमे अपनेको देखकर तुम आमाके विषयमे जो न जान सक्तो बह मुञ्चे वतसखओ' रेता प्रजापतिने कहा । उन्हे जके शकोरेमे देखा । उनसे प्रनापतिने कहा--तुम क्या देखते हो ¢ 75 जीजनत अर्थात् जरसे भरे इए शकोरे आतमाको देखनेपर जो कुछ तुम त थस्तन्मे मम प्ररूतमाचक्षीयाथा- समञ्च सको वह तम से कना / उन दोनोसे प्रनापतिने कहा- (तुम अच्छी तरह अरङ्कत होकर, घुन्द्र॒वस् पहनकर ओर परिष्छरत होकर जलंके शकफोरेम॑देखो ॥ तब उन्होने अच्छी तरह भलङ्ृत हो, सुन्दर वल धारणकर घोर परिष्ृत
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They dwelt there as pupils for thirty-two years. Then Pragâpati asked them: 'For what purpose have you both dwelt here?' They replied: 'A saying of yours is being repeated, viz. "the Self which is 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, that it is which we must search out, that it is which we must try to understand. He who has searched out that Self and understands it, obtains all worlds and all desires." Now we both have dwelt here because we wish for that Self.' Pragâpati said to them: 'The person that is seen in the eye , that is the Self. This is what I have said. This is the immortal, the fearless, this is Brahman.' They asked: 'Sir, he who is perceived in the water, and he who is perceived in a mirror, who is he?' He replied: 'He himself indeed is seen in all these .'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
तौ ह द्वात्रिँशतं वर्षाणि ब्रह्मचर्यमूषतुस्तौ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच किमिच्छन्तावास्तमिति तौ होचतुर्य आत्मापहतपाप्मा विजरो विमृत्युर्विशोको विजिघत्सोऽपिपासः सत्यकामः सत्यसंकल्पः सोऽन्वेष्टव्यः स विजिज्ञासितव्यः स सर्वाँश्च लोकानाप्नोति सर्वाँश्च कामान्यस्तमात्मानमनुविद्य विजानातीति भगवतो वचो वेदयन्ते तमिच्छन्ताववास्तमिति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
They dwelt there as pupils for thirty-two years. Then Pragâpati asked them: 'For what purpose have you both dwelt here?' They replied: 'A saying of yours is being repeated, viz. "the Self which is 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, that it is which we must search out, that it is which we must try to understand. He who has searched out that Self and understands it, obtains all worlds and all desires." Now we both have dwelt here because we wish for that Self.' Pragâpati said to them: 'The person that is seen in the eye , that is the Self. This is what I have said. This is the immortal, the fearless, this is Brahman.' They asked: 'Sir, he who is perceived in the water, and he who is perceived in a mirror, who is he?' He replied: 'He himself indeed is seen in all these .'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: They dwelt there as pupils for thirty-two years. Then Pragâpati asked them: 'For what purpose have you both dwelt here?' They replied: 'A saying of yours is being repeated, viz. "the Self which is free from sin, free from old age, from death and grief, from hunger and thirst,…
Sense: They dwelt there as pupils for thirty-two years. Then Pragâpati asked them: 'For what purpose have you both dwelt here?' They replied: 'A saying of yours is being repeated, viz. "the Self which is free from sin, free from old age, from death and grief, from hunger and thirst,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
“जलपूे शकोरेमे अपनेको देखकर तुम आमाके विषयमे जो न जान सक्तो बह मुञ्चे वतसखओ' रेता प्रजापतिने कहा। प्रकाश, जल और ताप एक ही प्राकृतिक चक्र के रूप हैं; कोई भी अपने आप अलग सृष्टि नहीं है। यह पंक्ति उन रूपों को एक व्यवस्था के अंग की तरह पढ़ती 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
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