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स ह क्षत्तान्विष्य नाविदमिति प्रत्येयाय तँ होवाच यत्रारे ब्राह्मणस्यान्वेषणा तदेनमर्च्छेति
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
sa ha kShattAnviShya nAvidamiti pratyeyAya ta{\m+} hovAcha yatrAre brAhmaNasyAnveShaNA tadenamarchCheti
हंसने कदहा-- है सोम्य मँ तचे ब्रह्मका पाद् वतरा खत्यकाम बोख-- भगवान् मुञ्े वतर ॥ तव वह उससे बोख-- “अभ्नि कठा है, सूयं कटा है, चन्द्रमा कला है ओर वियत् कला है । स च पतमेवं विद्राश्चतुष्कटं पादं ब्रह्मणो स्योतिष्मानित्युपास्ते उ्योतिष्मानस्भिखोके भवति उ्योतिऽमतो ह खोकाज्ञयति य एतमेवं विद्रार्तु-
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The door-keeper went to look for Raikva, but returned saying, 'I found him not.' Then the king said: 'Alas! where a Brâhmana should be searched for (in the solitude of the forest), there go for him.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
स ह क्षत्तान्विष्य नाविदमिति प्रत्येयाय तँ होवाच यत्रारे ब्राह्मणस्यान्वेषणा तदेनमर्च्छेति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
The door-keeper went to look for Raikva, but returned saying, 'I found him not.' Then the king said: 'Alas! where a Brâhmana should be searched for (in the solitude of the forest), there go for him.'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: The door-keeper went to look for Raikva, but returned saying, 'I found him not.' Then the king said: 'Alas! where a Brâhmana should be searched for (in the solitude of the forest), there go for him.'
Sense: The door-keeper went to look for Raikva, but returned saying, 'I found him not.' Then the king said: 'Alas! where a Brâhmana should be searched for (in the solitude of the forest), there go for him.'
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
हंसने कदहा-- है सोम्य मँ तचे ब्रह्मका पाद् वतरा खत्यकाम बोख-- भगवान् मुञ्े वतर ॥ तव वह उससे बोख-- “अभ्नि कठा है, सूयं कटा है, चन्द्रमा कला है ओर वियत् कला है। देह के पदार्थ बदलते रहते हैं, पर जानने का बोध बना रहता है। यह पंक्ति उसी अंतर को कहती है — जो बदलता है वह आवरण है, जो जानता है वह निरंतर 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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