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तदेतच्चतुष्पाद्ब्रह्म वाक्पादः प्राणः पादश्चक्षुः पादः श्रोत्रं पाद इत्यध्यात्ममथाधिदैवतमग्निः पादो वायुः पादा अदित्यः पादो दिशः पाद इत्युभयमेवादिष्टं भवत्यध्यात्मं चैवाधिदैवतं च
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tadetachchatuShpAdbrahma vAkpAdaH prANaH pAdashchakShuH pAdaH shrotraM pAda ityadhyAtmamathAdhidaivatamagniH pAdo vAyuH pAdA adityaH pAdo dishaH pAda ityubhayamevAdiShTaM bhavatyadhyAtmaM chaivAdhidaivataM cha
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That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, the car is one foot-so much with reference to the body. Then with reference to the gods, Agni (fire) is one foot, Vâyu (air) is one foot, Âditya (sun) is one foot,…
जबालके पुत्र सलकामने अपनी माता जबाला सम्बोधित रके निवेदन श्रिया पूज्ये मँ ब्रह्मचयंपू्वक गुरुर्मे निवास करना सत्यकामो ह नामतः, हशब्द हः शब्द इतिहासका। योतक तद्या; जबालाया अपत्यं है । वालके पुत्रने, जो नामसे क। आमन्तित-सम्बोधित कर उसने उससे कहा--े तात । त॒ जिस गोतरवाला है उसे में नही जानती । पहके भँ पतिके धर आये हुए बहुत-से अतिथिर्योकी सेवा-टहलं करनेवाली परिचारिकः थी । परिचयं संरन होनेसे गोत्र आदिकी ओर
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, the car is one foot-so much with reference to the body. Then with reference to the gods, Agni (fire) is one foot, Vâyu (air) is one foot, Âditya (sun) is one foot, the quarters are one foot. Thus both the worship which has reference to the body, and the worship which has reference to the Devas, has been taught.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
तदेतच्चतुष्पाद्ब्रह्म वाक्पादः प्राणः पादश्चक्षुः पादः श्रोत्रं पाद इत्यध्यात्ममथाधिदैवतमग्निः पादो वायुः पादा अदित्यः पादो दिशः पाद इत्युभयमेवादिष्टं भवत्यध्यात्मं चैवाधिदैवतं च
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, the car is one foot-so much with reference to the body. Then with reference to the gods, Agni (fire) is one foot, Vâyu (air) is one foot, Âditya (sun) is one foot, the quarters are one foot. Thus both the worship which has reference to the body, and the worship which has reference to the Devas, has been taught.
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, the car is one foot-so much with reference to the body. Then with reference to the gods, Agni (fire) is one foot, Vâyu (air) is one foot, Âditya (sun) is one foot,…
Sense: That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, the car is one foot-so much with reference to the body. Then with reference to the gods, Agni (fire) is one foot, Vâyu (air) is one foot, Âditya (sun) is one foot,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
जबालके पुत्र सलकामने अपनी माता जबाला सम्बोधित रके निवेदन श्रिया पूज्ये मँ ब्रह्मचयंपू्वक गुरुर्मे निवास करना सत्यकामो ह नामतः, हशब्द हः शब्द इतिहासका। 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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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- Licence note (as recorded)
- Sanskrit mūla — public domain. Digitized by sanskritdocuments.org.
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