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॥ अथ हेन्द्रोऽप्राप्यैव देवानेतद्भयं ददर्श यथैव खल्वयमस्मिञ्छरीरे साध्वलंकृते साध्वलंकृतो भवति सुवसने सुवसनः परिष्कृते परिष्कृत एवमेवायमस्मिन्नन्धेऽन्धो भवति स्रामे स्रामः परिवृक्णे परिवृक्णोऽस्यैव शरीरस्य नाशमन्वेष नश्यति नाहमत्र भोग्यं पश्यामीति
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|| atha hendro.aprApyaiva devAnetadbhayaM dadarsha yathaiva khalvayamasmi~nCharIre sAdhvalaMkR^ite sAdhvalaMkR^ito bhavati suvasane suvasanaH pariShkR^ite pariShkR^ita evamevAyamasminnandhe.andho bhavati srAme srAmaH parivR^ikNe parivR^ikNo.asyaiva sharIrasya nAshamanveSha nashyati nAhamatra bhogyaM pashyAmIti
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
But Indra, before he had returned to the Devas, saw this difficulty. As this self (the shadow in the water) is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if the body is well cleaned, that self will also be blind,…
एवमेवैष मघवन्स॒म्यक् दे इन्द्र यह बात देसी ही है स्यावगतं नच्छायातमतयुवाच ९ ठीक समन्ला है, यस्मात्सकृद्व्याख्यातं दोषरहि- करूंगा । क्योंकि गपि दोषरहित ङ्न्द्रके प्रति खप्मुरपका उपदेश णोबारा है जिसकी “ एषोऽक्षिणि य॒एषोऽक्षणी्यादिना व्या ह्यादि वाक्यद्रारा व्याख्या की गवी
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But Indra, before he had returned to the Devas, saw this difficulty. As this self (the shadow in the water) is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if the body is well cleaned, that self will also be blind, if the body is blind, lame, if the body is lame , crippled, if the body is crippled, and will perish in fact as soon as the body perishes. Therefore I see no good in this (doctrine).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ अथ हेन्द्रोऽप्राप्यैव देवानेतद्भयं ददर्श यथैव खल्वयमस्मिञ्छरीरे साध्वलंकृते साध्वलंकृतो भवति सुवसने सुवसनः परिष्कृते परिष्कृत एवमेवायमस्मिन्नन्धेऽन्धो भवति स्रामे स्रामः परिवृक्णे परिवृक्णोऽस्यैव शरीरस्य नाशमन्वेष नश्यति नाहमत्र भोग्यं पश्यामीति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
But Indra, before he had returned to the Devas, saw this difficulty. As this self (the shadow in the water) is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if the body is well cleaned, that self will also be blind, if the body is blind, lame, if the body is lame , crippled, if the body is crippled, and will perish in fact as soon as the body perishes. Therefore I see no good in this (doctrine).
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: But Indra, before he had returned to the Devas, saw this difficulty. As this self (the shadow in the water) is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if the body is well cleaned, that self will also be blind,…
Sense: But Indra, before he had returned to the Devas, saw this difficulty. As this self (the shadow in the water) is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if the body is well cleaned, that self will also be blind,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
एवमेवैष मघवन्स॒म्यक् दे इन्द्र यह बात देसी ही है स्यावगतं नच्छायातमतयुवाच ९ ठीक समन्ला है, यस्मात्सकृद्व्याख्यातं दोषरहि- करूंगा। दोहराया हुआ स्वर श्वास और अवधान को एक लय में लाता है, इसलिए शब्द यहाँ केवल सूचना नहीं, साधना का साधन 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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- 2026-10-16
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