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स होवाच महात्मनश्चतुरो देव एकः कः स जगार भुवनस्य गोपास्तं कापेय नाभिपश्यन्ति मर्त्या अभिप्रतारिन्बहुधा वसन्तं यस्मै वा एतदन्नं तस्मा एतन्न दत्तमिति
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
sa hovAcha mahAtmanashchaturo deva ekaH kaH sa jagAra bhuvanasya gopAstaM kApeya nAbhipashyanti martyA abhipratArinbahudhA vasantaM yasmai vA etadannaM tasmA etanna dattamiti
स॒ होपकोसरो व्याधिना खेदादुप- मानसेन द्ःखेनान- कोखलप्या- शितुमनशनं कतु उक्त्वा तुष्णीभूते ब्रह्म- ब्रह्मचारीके इस प्रकार कहकर अथ हान्नयः समूदिरे तप्तो ब्रह्मचारी शलं नः पर्यचारीद्धन्तास्मे परत्रवामति तस्मे होचुः भाणो ब्रह्म
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He said: 'One god--who is he?--swallowed the four great ones , he, the guardian of the world. O Kâpeya, mortals see him not, O Abhipratârin, though he dwells in many places. He to whom this food belongs, to him it has not been given .'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
स होवाच महात्मनश्चतुरो देव एकः कः स जगार भुवनस्य गोपास्तं कापेय नाभिपश्यन्ति मर्त्या अभिप्रतारिन्बहुधा वसन्तं यस्मै वा एतदन्नं तस्मा एतन्न दत्तमिति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
He said: 'One god--who is he?--swallowed the four great ones , he, the guardian of the world. O Kâpeya, mortals see him not, O Abhipratârin, though he dwells in many places. He to whom this food belongs, to him it has not been given .'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: He said: 'One god--who is he?--swallowed the four great ones , he, the guardian of the world. O Kâpeya, mortals see him not, O Abhipratârin, though he dwells in many places. He to whom this food belongs, to him it has not been given .'
Sense: He said: 'One god--who is he?--swallowed the four great ones , he, the guardian of the world. O Kâpeya, mortals see him not, O Abhipratârin, though he dwells in many places. He to whom this food belongs, to him it has not been given .'
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
स॒ होपकोसरो व्याधिना खेदादुप- मानसेन द्ःखेनान- कोखलप्या- शितुमनशनं कतु उक्त्वा तुष्णीभूते ब्रह्म- ब्रह्मचारीके इस प्रकार कहकर अथ हान्नयः समूदिरे तप्तो ब्रह्मचारी शलं नः पर्यचारी…। 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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- 2026-10-16
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