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॥ पुरुषो वाव यज्ञस्तस्य यानि चतुर्विँशति वर्षाणि तत्प्रातःसवनं चतुर्विँशत्यक्षरा गायत्री गायत्रं प्रातःसवनं तदस्य वसवोऽन्वायत्ताः प्राणा वाव वसव एते हीदँसर्वं वासयन्ति
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|| puruSho vAva yaj~nastasya yAni chaturvi{\m+}shati varShANi tatprAtaHsavanaM chaturvi{\m+}shatyakSharA gAyatrI gAyatraM prAtaHsavanaM tadasya vasavo.anvAyattAH prANA vAva vasava ete hIda{\m+}sarvaM vAsayanti
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Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gâyatrî hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The Prânas (the five senses) are the Vasus,…
इत्युक्तः- ¡ इस प्रकार कहे जानेपर-- तरहाभ्युवाद् तवं नु भगवः सयुग्वा रेक इत्यह्यरा ३ उसने एक छकडेके नीचे खान खुनठाते हए रक्वको देखा । वह उसके पास बैठ गया भोर बोला-'भगवन् क्या आप ही गाद़ी- वे रेक्व है तब रैक्व “अरे हाँ, मे ही है एेसा ककर स्वीकार
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Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gâyatrî hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The Prânas (the five senses) are the Vasus, for they make all this to abide (vâsayanti).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ पुरुषो वाव यज्ञस्तस्य यानि चतुर्विँशति वर्षाणि तत्प्रातःसवनं चतुर्विँशत्यक्षरा गायत्री गायत्रं प्रातःसवनं तदस्य वसवोऽन्वायत्ताः प्राणा वाव वसव एते हीदँसर्वं वासयन्ति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gâyatrî hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The Prânas (the five senses) are the Vasus, for they make all this to abide (vâsayanti).
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gâyatrî hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The Prânas (the five senses) are the Vasus,…
Sense: Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gâyatrî hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The Prânas (the five senses) are the Vasus,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
इत्युक्तः- ¡ इस प्रकार कहे जानेपर-- तरहाभ्युवाद् तवं नु भगवः सयुग्वा रेक इत्यह्यरा ३ उसने एक छकडेके नीचे खान खुनठाते हए रक्वको देखा। 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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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
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