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तँ होवाच नैतदब्राह्मणो विवक्तुमर्हति समिधँ सोम्याहरोप त्वा नेष्ये न सत्यादगा इति तमुपनीय कृशानामबलानां चतुःशता गा निराकृत्योवाचेमाः सोम्यानुसंव्रजेति ता अभिप्रस्थापयन्नुवाच नासहस्रेणावर्तेयेति स ह वर्षगणं प्रोवास ता यदा सहस्रँ सम्पेदुः
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He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth.' Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these,…
खोकी भवति सर्वमायुरेति अयोग्जोवति नास्यावर. पुरुषाः क्षीयन्त उप वयं तं मुञ्जामोऽस्मिःश्च लोके. वह पुरुष, जो इसे इस पक्रार जानकर इस ८ चार भार्गोमें विभक्त भग्न ) कौ उपासना करता हे, पापकमोंका नाश कर देता ह, ोकवान् होता हे, पूणे भायुको पराप्त होता है जर उज्वल जीवन व्यतीत करता अथ हैनमन्वाहा्यपचनोऽलु- फिर उसेः भन्वाहार्यपचन-- ५ । मेरे चार शरीर है । मै अपनेको चतसस्तनवधतुर्ादमन्वाहार्यप- चार प्रकारसे विभक्त करके अन्वा-
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He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth.' Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these, friend.' He drove them out and said to himself, 'I shall not return unless I bring back a thousand.' He dwelt a number of years (in the forest), and when the cows had become a thousand,
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
तँ होवाच नैतदब्राह्मणो विवक्तुमर्हति समिधँ सोम्याहरोप त्वा नेष्ये न सत्यादगा इति तमुपनीय कृशानामबलानां चतुःशता गा निराकृत्योवाचेमाः सोम्यानुसंव्रजेति ता अभिप्रस्थापयन्नुवाच नासहस्रेणावर्तेयेति स ह वर्षगणं प्रोवास ता यदा सहस्रँ सम्पेदुः
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth.' Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these, friend.' He drove them out and said to himself, 'I shall not return unless I bring back a thousand.' He dwelt a number of years (in the forest), and when the cows had become a thousand,
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth.' Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these,…
Sense: He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth.' Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
खोकी भवति सर्वमायुरेति अयोग्जोवति नास्यावर. पुरुषाः क्षीयन्त उप वयं तं मुञ्जामोऽस्मिःश्च लोके. वह पुरुष, जो इसे इस पक्रार जानकर इस ८ चार भार्गोमें विभक्त भग्न ) कौ उपासना करता ह…। आहार, निद्रा और इंद्रिय-भार शरीर की स्थिति को सीधे बदलते हैं। यह पंक्ति उस शारीरिक आधार को छोड़कर केवल विचार की बात नहीं करती।
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
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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
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